The Chilling Tale of the Convent The Daughters of Providence Sisters was one of many groups that arrived in Saskatchewan to create convents and spread the word of the Lord. The Catholic faith is well entrenched in the province, as many settlers of European decent had Catholic leanings. Today, churches on the prairies still stand, and some are still in use, of those long gone days. Not everything in those churches and convents was exactly peaceful. As the story goes, the convent found one of the sisters became pregnant. Believing the pregnancy to be the work of the devil himself, the sisters carried the pregnancy full term, and then disposed of the new born baby in a nearby well. Having believed the evil had been dealt with, the child was forgotten. The convent has since closed, but chilling tales are being told to this day. Visitors to the old site have taken a walk around the old grounds and returned to their vehicles to find a dark omen that leaves them feeling unnerved. Along the lower half of their vehicles tiny hand prints are seen, particularly near the rear of the car. Whether this tale is true or just legend is unknown, as no information outside of the book Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan has been found. I even recall trying to find the convent site with my ex-girlfriend after coming back from a vacation to Prince Albert National Park. Prairie girl
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 02:37:19 +0000