THE BELL WITCH TORTURES SOUTH PANOLA STUDENTS! Okay, let’s rephrase that. For the past two weeks, Dr. Sue, also known as Sudi (that would be me) to her students, has tormented and scared the bajeegers out of her students with way-too-much information on the Bell Witch Legend. We’ve thoroughly covered the story of where the Bell Witch first presented itself in Adams, Tennessee in 1817, and how it brutalized poor young Elizabeth (Betsy) and killed her father John Bell, leaving the house in 1821, and of how some of the Bell family migrated to north Mississippi. Are we Bell Witched out? I’m sure many of the students will tell you they are glad this first topic in the unit “Mysteries of the Unknown” is over while others beg for more, especially on the ghost hunting. For me, the highlight of the two weeks was the day I brought artifacts from Adams, TN and showed the students how I use a maglite and a K2 meter to detect paranormal activity. During my fourth period class, I said, “Let’s put the maglite by the slave-made brick that was probably there when the Bell Witch who called herself “Kate” was there and see if, perhaps, some energy might still be in it.” The maglite flashed on three different times and threatened to clear out my classroom, so I had to cut it off to prevent any hysteria. The rest of the day, there was no activity with the maglite but the K2 remained on red much of the time. The rest of the classes wanted the maglite on and were hoping to see it turn on but were denied the excitement. If I have not taught but one thing to students during this two weeks, I hope it is to always be respectful when visiting the final resting places of fellow human beings. Cemeteries have always fascinated me, especially with my beginning my teaching career as a history teacher. Every tombstone is a personal history, and often, part of a big historical event. Many in Panola County still think that the Bell Witch is buried in Long Creek Cemetery, but if you ask one of my hundred plus students, they can tell you that “a witch” was never buried in Panola or Yalobusha Counties, but a eighty-two-year-old Christian woman named Elizabeth Powell IS buried in Yalobusha County. Elizabeth has earned the right after being traumatized as a young girl (according to legend), to rest in peace and to never be referred to again personally as “the Bell Witch.” Now on to HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, Near Death Experiences, Angels, UFOs and UFO Abductions with an interview with my friend Debi Tripp, and other topics to be suggested by students.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 03:14:31 +0000
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