LADY WITH THE RED SHAWL

by DEE BISHOP
(GETTYSBURG, PA)

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS LADY WITH A RED SHAWL.
THIS MORNING AT OLD BEDFORD VILLAGE A YOUNG TEENAGE BOY LEFT CAMP TO GO TO THE WOODS FOR HIS MORNING CONSTITUTION. WHEN HE RETURNED HE ASKED IF WE SAW A WOMAN ALL HUNCHED OVER WEARING A BRIGHT RED SHAWL CARRYING A PITCH FORK AND A BAG. WE ALL SAID NO. HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN HE WAS DOING HIS DUTY, HE NOTICED HER WALKING PAST HIM AND WENT INTO THE WOODS. HE LOOKED UP AND SHE HAD VANISHED. HE STATED HE DIDN'T HEAR HER FOOTSTEPS ON THE LEAVES OR GROUND. IT WAS WEIRD. IT WAS POURING RAIN AND NO ONE WAS DRESSED IN PERIOD CLOTHING IN THAT WE WERE ALL LEAVING EARLY. WE ALL DISCUSSED IT AND KNEW IT HAD TO BE A SPIRIT IN THAT SOME OF US HAD SEEN OTHER EVENTS IN OTHER LOCATIONS NOT IN BEDFORD. SO THIS PROMPTED ME TO ASK IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A LADY WHO HAD ONCE LIVED BY OLD BEDFORD VILLAGE OR HAD ANYONE ELSE SEEN HER.
THANKS, MISS D