Mystical tree took the form of a murdered woman

In the American Madisonville, Kentucky, there is a curious urban legend that is very similar to the truth.

Once there you can find a white oak tree whose crown, with the right angle looked like a woman's head in profile. The locals called it the Tree Mandy. People used to overcome many miles to have a look at this unusual attraction in his eyes. And the thing is that strange oak, rumor has it, was the mystical and showed that profile not just.

It is alleged that in the 20-ies of the last century, there lived a young housewife named Mandy Holloman. One day when the woman was home alone, someone went inside and shot her. The murderer was never found. Suspicion first fell husband of Mandy, but he easily proved that at the time of the murder was in the service. Someone said it was suicide, but the police decided that poor Mrs. Holloman was the victim of the attacker.

Anyway, Mandy's body was found under a window outside her house. Grew up near white oak, which after some time was mysteriously struck by lightning, completely destroying it. Another white oak tree appeared right in the same place, and when he grew up, the neighbors were surprised to find that the branches of the tree emerge in the form of a female head.

People began to whisper that the crown of oak shows the face of Mandy Holloman, as a mute reproach her killer, did not respond before the law for his crime. The townspeople were amazed at how much the tree resembled facial features, hairstyle, and even a high collar that loved to wear the deceased.

For nearly 4 decades, the tree kept the sinister image of woman while in 60-e years it was not destroyed by the hurricane. Despite this, the legend of the mystical oak tree is still alive, and here still come for the tourists who want to feel the sad story Mandy. They say that if you look at this place on the full moon, the moon disk can be noticed ephemeral branches of the tree phantom oak with the image of an unhappy woman. Although many think this is pure fiction generated by the wild imagination of superstitious Americans are, in fact, the ghosts of trees were noticed. Plants, apparently, as people have consciousness, and soul, especially since in this particular case, the white oak could be the reincarnation of the most Mandy Holloman...

Unfortunately, presents black-and-white photo is the one where you captured an amazing tree. The used many American Newspapers wrote about this legend. The original picture was sold in the 70-ies of the unknown private collector.

80 years of history suddenly has received a new round. The person then belonged to this house, reconstructed his dwelling, and found in the wall near the fireplace rifle caliber 5,6 mm. The man immediately took his discovery to the keepers of law and order, and those, carefully examining her, said that Mrs. Holloman could really kill with this weapon. The case, however, did not open again in connection with his prescription.

The rifle was transferred to the nephew of the late John Taylor, Jr., who left her own as a sad reminder of the unsolved murder of his great-aunt and her mysterious manner, which once embodied in the family tree is a mysterious white oak.

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