The Hound of Goshen

South Carolina · USA · Execution site

On the right side of the graveyard there was no wind at all. Past the big oak in the middle, it nearly knocked her over.

Old Buncombe Road at Newberry, South Carolina runs past an old church graveyard, and the white hound reported along it is one of the oldest legends in the state.

A couple visiting the graveyard described something specific about the air. On the right hand side there was no wind at all. Walking past the big oak standing in the middle of the ground, the wind nearly knocked the wife over.

The hound is described as large and white, and it follows travellers along the old road without threatening them.

The story is usually attached to a man hanged for a crime he is said not to have committed, whose dog stayed. Versions of it have been collected in this county since the 1800s.

The Buncombe Road was one of the main routes through the upcountry before the railways, which is why a legend about a traveller's companion attached itself to it.

The road is public and the graveyard is a burial ground.

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The Hound of Goshen liegt in South Carolina, USA.