Dark Shadows - "The Midget Man" Traditional Cache
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Dark Shadows - "The Midget Man"
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This is the first in a series of ghostly legends along the SC coast of Horry and Georgetown Counties.
In the late 1820's a diseased midget was outcast for his disfiguring disability. On his journey from the port city of Georgetown, he was to meet the love of his short life outside of the historic city. When he arrived for his rendezvous he witnessed his mistress hanging in a tree. She was being punished for having performed supposed witchlike experiments in an effort to heighten her lover's stature. It is said that the "Midget Man" found his lover struggling for her last breaths, but was unable to reach her to help her escape death's grip. After this experience, "Midget Man" lost his sanity and prowled the field until the day of his own death.
When you arrive at the parking coordinates, go into the spooky field. There you will see a tree heavily laden with moss. The decaying bark symbolizes the decaying flesh of his mistress, whose corpse rotted there over time. Walk around the tree three times, go under the branches of the tree, and reach up to rescue the lady. While you are under the branches, stand very still, not making a sound, and you may hear the faint clinking sound of her bones. If you have been successful in releasing the lady, as you leave the field you may see a ghostly image of "Midget Man" dancing and cheering due to the release of his lover's soul.
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