The spring house at Scottsville

Texas · United States · Cemetery

The cemetery predates Texas statehood, but what is reported happens on the ground just west of it, around a covered spring house at the foot of the hill.

Scottsville Cemetery in east Texas dates from before Texas was a state, which makes it older than almost anything else in this part of the country.

What is unusual is that the reports are not from the graves. They come from the land bordering the cemetery and church on the west side.

There is a covered spring house at the foot of a hill, just outside the fenced area, near the parking. Stairs run from it up the hill.

That is where it happens.

A spring house is where a household kept milk, butter and meat cool before refrigeration, built over running water and half sunk into the ground. It is the coldest and darkest structure on any old property, and it is the sort of place people avoided at night long before anyone thought it was haunted.

The cemetery is a burial ground and the surrounding land is private.

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Where is The spring house at Scottsville located?

The spring house at Scottsville is in Texas, United States.