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Colonel Buck’s Tomb – Bucksport, ME

According to the story, Colonel Buck got a woman pregnant and made her raise the child on her own. Later in life, she was burned at the stake because she was accused of witchcraft. Their son was in the crowd during her execution. He ran up and stole her leg and ran to the cemetery where his father was buried. He slapped her leg onto the headstone to curse his father for eternity. The stain is apparently her leg.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.