Here is something for next month. The Ghost Lovers of Fripp Island In the late 1600s Blackbeard started his maritime career as a privateer for Queen Anne. Seeing how profitable resale of pilfered goods could be, he braided coils of freshly burned rope into his long beard and hair and set off to terrorize the West Indies. After years of successful plundering, the pirate headed back to his second home near Ocracoke Inlet on North Carolina’s Outer Coast. When rumor reached Blackbeard and his crew that several wealthy and important Charleston folks were about to set sail for England on the “Crowley,” the pirates sailed south to overtake the ship and extort needed supplies. Ransom was so quickly delivered that the passengers’ lives were spared. But just as the ”Crowley” prepared to set sail from Charleston Harbor, Blackbeard fled with a particularly beautiful young lady and headed for Fripp Island while her fiancé followed after in hot pursuit. During the journey to the island, the girl adamantly resisted the pirate’s advances and repeatedly declared that her love for her fiancé and stated that he was the only man for her. Blackbeard, being a swashbuckler who didn’t handle rejection well, finally had had enough and in an ultimate fit of rage killed the girl’s lover, he slashed off his hand, and threw the severed limb at her. The hysterical girl fled screaming and ran across the sand into the heavy surf to drown. Legend states that on clear nights during a full moon the ghosts of those two lovers can be seen reunited and walking hand in hand on that very beach.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:31:32 +0000
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