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| Site Name: | Stepp Cemetery |
 Click image for full view | Site Address: | Morgan-Monroe State Forest
6220 Forest Road Martinsville, IN 46151 Click here for driving directions |
| Site Type: | Public Grounds | |
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There are several stories surrounding this cemetery.
An old woman, accused of being a witch is said to roam the wooded area around the cemetery. It is believed that a group of fraternity boys in an initiation took her German Shepard and hung it upside down from a tree branch and gutted it. When the old woman stumbled across her dog, she is said to have cursed the boys and the cemetery. (There was a German Shepherd dog found hanging in the cemetery but there is no record of an old woman.) There is a tree stump at the front of the cemetery where an old caretaker used to sit to rest his weary bones after caring the graves. One day a semi truck carrying tree logs took a wrong turn and drove into the cemetery. The caretaker was taken by surprise and crushed by logs rolling off the semi-trailer crushing him on the stump. There is blood on the stump today. (A logging truck did indeed take a wrong trail and did crush a tree and destroyed several tombstones.) Finally, a young woman is said to haunt the cemetery crying softly and sometimes singing to a nearby grave of an infant boy. Her son was killed by a car, the woman overtaken by grief spent her remaining days sitting on a seat made from a tree talking to her son and singing to him. It is believed that anyone who sits upon that same seat will live less than a year - the age of the young boy who lies in the grave next to it. The cemetery is still in use today. It is a familial cemetery. Police and DNR patrol it regularly. This summer my son and I went there to do an investigation. It was late and my husband and grandson sat in the car. They were approached by a state trooped who made an inquiry into why he was there. While my son and I were there in the cemetery (12 AM) we did not encounter any oddities except for a feeling of dread and sadness. The tree stump with the red appears to paint and the tree where the dog was hung still stands. We did encounter a couple of moving cold spots in July! This is a popular place for teenagers to make out and try to scare one another. Frequently, they will leave someone behind in the dark, alone, to walk the dirt path without a light. |
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| Apparitions, Full | Sounds, Voice |
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| Heavily patrolled by state police and rangers - hours are varied dependent upon the season. |
| Travel Information: |
| Located southwest of Indianapolis, 35 miles south from Interstate 465 via STate Road 37 (5 miles south of Martinsville or 16 miles northeast of Bloomington - follow signs 8 miles east of State Road 37. Cemetery is located in the Forest. Approximately 2-3 miles in past the private land owners. You will see a metal gate, red, on the left hand side of the road on a curve. The cemetery is located up a dirt road overgorwn by trees and brush. |
| Site Contact: | http://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/index.html?http://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/stateforests/morgmonr.htm&2 |
| Web Reference: | http://www.mysticalblaze.com/GhostsIndiana.htm |
| Web Reference: | http://www.prairieghosts.com/stepp.html |
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