Swamp Hound Ghost, Escambia, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/escambia/history/legend2.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: Lygia Cutts ==================================================================== July 1998 ESCAMBIA COUNTY LEGENDS SWAMP MOUND GHOST The story of the Conecuh River Swamp Mound ghost is very old and possibly of Indian, pirate, or even Spanish origin. The mound, now on private land,east of Brewton near the Conecuh River, measures 100 feet in length and is 60 feet wide, consisting of river bottom sand and rises 20 feet above water level. It has not been determined if it is an Indian burial or ceremonial mound, a pirate's buried treasure or just a simple, strange land formation. A large chain has appeared from time to time in on top of the mound. What is attached at the other end of the chain in the depths of the sand has never been found. Curious lads have tried to reached the chain, only to have it disappear deeper into the sand. When they tried to dig for the chain, horrendous sounds of moans, clanking chains, and creaking of old hinges rose from the depths of the mound. Enjoying the mystery of the mound and choosing to preserve the mound, the owners, well-known cititzens of this area and not given to wives' tales, share the legend with others. To this day, young wide-eyed boys still listen and wonder about the chain that cannot be surfaced and the eerie sounds that guard whatever treasure or bones lie beneath the swamp mound. SOURCE:Vertical File: Escambia County. SOURCE LOCATION:Alabama Room, JDCC Library, Brewton, Esc. Co., AL. Maintained by The Escambia County Historical Society.