LITTLE FREE LIBRARY: BOOK EAVES LIBRARY

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The above Little Free Library not only had 4 cute little cubbies for books, but the eaves are painted to look like an upside down open book.

UNUSUAL AD: Butt Drugs Commercial

One of my college roommates had posted this on her Facebook page and advised this is a real store in Corydon, Indiana.

Although the commercial is from 2010, they are still in business so you can still get your meds from Butt Drugs!

WEATHER: Rainbow & A Funnel Cloud

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Huntington New Now posted this picture two day ago indicating:

"Drew Finley Smith shot this in Warren. This has it all. Rainbow and a funnel cloud. Amazing."

Comments range from "It looks like a scene out of the "Wizard of Oz"" to "Photo is a PERFECT analogy for 2020 so far! Waiting for the next shot of locusts, frogs and fire from the sky!!"

What does it make you think of?

Gravesite of "Johnny Appleseed" John Chapman

Johnny Appleseed Festival  is this weekend, September 21-22, 2019 from 10PM- 6PM Saturday and 10AM to 5PM  Sunday, in Fort Wayne, IN and as his gravesite is nearby I thought I would share it here.

You may have learned of John Chapman a/k/a "Johnny Appleseed" in history class in grade school or Jr. High and how he went throughout the countryside and scattered apple seeds. In reality, he planted orchards.   Below it indicates it was in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois.  He was also a missionary of the Swedenborgian religion and a legendary folk hero even while living.

He was known to travel barefoot and wear rags and sometimes just a coffee sack and he would befriend every person and creature he met.   

In his obituary it indicated that he ‘submitted to every privation with cheerfulness and content, believing that in so doing he was securing snug quarters hereafter."

On the New England Historical Society page, as he is originally from Massachusetts, indicates he planted seeds in Western, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana as well as Ontario, Illinois, and West Virginia.   The article also indicates the seeds produced a bitter apple that was only good for making hard cider.  

His final resting place is Fort Wayne, IN where he lived an worked from 1835 until his passing in 1845.

It is not on Harry W. Baals Dr; it is up two driveways if going North.  Yes, our mayor was Harry Baals from 1934-1948. If you are driving south and see Harry Baals Drive, you have gone too far; it is two driveways North.

Grave is inside the fence

Closer view inside the fence

View looking up the hill

View looking at the Coliseum from the hill

View looking down the hill

Graves outside his gravesite to the left of the fence; perhaps family members?  I have not been able to find any information on this.

View looking south down the hill to Turner's baseball diamond.

Deer grazing nearby on what appeared to be apples; although Johnny is gone, his gifts to the world live on.

Fodor's Travel Most Disturbing Urban Legend From Every State in America

Hello and welcome to Day 21 of Countdown to Halloween.

A few days ago came across an interesting article by Meg Butler on Fodor's Travel citing Fodor's Most Disturbing Urban Legends in Every State.

I checked out the state where I live, Indiana, and found the following indicating in Indiana, the legend is the lights on Bruick Road in Fort Wayne:

"Some fun facts about Fort Wayne, Indiana: For one thing, it’s haunted by spooky lights. Drive along Bruick Road at night and they’ll pop up above the tree line, change colors and sizes, and chase your car for a while until they get bored and wander off"

Although I have lived in Fort Wayne over 30 years, I had never heard this Urban Legend before, but as it is farm country it could be combines harvesting the fields late at night.

One local Urban Legend, but not a disturbing one but much more prevalent is there being a  Phantom that haunts the Embassy Theater, that opened as the Emboyd theater around 90 years ago and recently renovated and still in use today for concerts and performances.  It is said to be a gray apparition that those that work there attribute to a former stage manager.

Check out the full article at Fodor's Most Disturbing Urban Legends in Every State and see what is in the State that you live in.   If so, were you aware of it?  Is there another Urban Legend or mystery that is not listed?   Please feel free to share in the comments section.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the other participants in this year's Countdown to Halloween in the link below.