Shiver: A Collection Of Paranormal Stories

The Bell Island Hag (Legend)

Bell Island is known to be one of the most haunted islands in North America.

The island, off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, is home to a female spirit who haunts a local marsh, where it's said she died. This shape-shifting succubus first appears as a beautiful woman wearing a white cloak, then transforms into a deformed creature who carries the overpowering stench of death. Her scent is so strong, it leaves her victims powerless and paralyzed.

The hag is said to haunt a patch of farmland known as Dobbin's Garden.

The story goes that in WWII, when German U-Boats attacked Newfoundland, a group of Germans had come aground on Bell Island, sneakily, and possibly even with the help of German sympathizers, to resupply their U-Boats. A woman stumbled onto the scene and was dragged into a marsh and killed to keep her quiet about what she'd seen.

Bell Island is rife with fairy lore - and their fairies aren't the cute kind, apparently they're mini monsters - so this woman's cries for help were ignored for fear of them being a "Fairy Trick." And now, to this day, people describe seeing "what initially looks like a woman in white walking up from the marsh after sunset. As the thing gets closer, the colour starts to go gray, and then the thing falls to its knees and starts to crawl on all fours like a dog,"

It's said if you witness her later as you sleep, she'll "hag you" by following you home and sitting on your chest causing sleep paralysis.

Source: https://theovercast.ca/who-is-this-hag-of-bell-island-on-the-new-canadian-coin-stamp-series/

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