Supposedly in 1794 a traveling stranger was boarding at a house in Middleway, WV, when he became ill and asked for a Catholic priest to perform his last rights. The man who owned the boarding house, Adam Livingston, reportedly told the stranger that he was a Lutheran who did not like priests and that no Catholic churches were near the family home. The stranger died without receiving his last rights and began haunting the house.
From then on people began to hear the sound of footsteps around the boarding house, and they would find their possessions with large half-moons and other shapes clipped into them. Scared, Livingston sent for a Catholic priest to cleanse the house. Suddenly the hauntings stopped and Livingston dedicated his 35 acre property to the Catholic Church. To this day the Priest Field Pastoral Center sits upon the site.
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Folklore, Spirits, and Urban Legends of WV.
ParanormalI used to live in West Virginia for about twelve years and I heard and read on my own about creatures that skulk about in the Mountain State as well as the spirits that will hopefully find peace. (Photo is my moms).
