The back hill

Massachusetts · United States · Cemetery

In the daytime it is a man's voice in the woods and the sense of being watched. At night it becomes something else entirely, and the public road beside it.

Something is reported on the back hill of this cemetery at Westfield, Massachusetts, and the accounts change completely depending on the hour.

In daylight, visitors describe a man's voice in the woods and the feeling of being watched.

At night the watchfulness turns into terror, and the witnesses describe it as unreasonable, meaning they know it is out of proportion and cannot do anything about it.

What makes this entry unusual is that the public road running alongside the hill is enough to produce it. People driving or walking past on the street, outside the cemetery entirely, report the same thing.

That removes the usual objection, which is that anybody standing among graves at night has talked themselves into it.

The cemetery is a burial ground and the road beside it is public.

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Where is The back hill located?

The back hill is in Massachusetts, United States.