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 * The Devils Tramping Ground **

==== The Devil's Tramping Ground is located in the low rolling hills of southern Chatham County, North Carolina. It’s a mysterious perfectly round and absolutely barren circle, about 40 feet in diameter (20 foot radius) and was said to have been created by the devil himself. The mysterious circle has been there since the 1800s. Any vegetation transplanted there will wither and die. It is said that any object left in the circle at dusk will have been violently moved outside its bounds by dawn. Dogs are scared to go into the circle because they are said to feel the presence of the devil himself. In his Tramping Ground, the Devil spends his nights pacing around and around in a circle and turning his bitter mind towards ways to bring human souls to damnation. The scorching heat of his cloven hoof prints is what kills the vegetation and has rendered the soil barren. He angrily brushes aside anything left in his path. ====



Pat, Cc. "The Devil's Tramping Ground | North Carolina Ghost Stories And Legends." Blog. North Carolina Ghosts And Legends. North Carolina Ghosts And Legends. ccpayst@ophymirage.net, N.D. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. .

** The Little Red Man **



==== On March 25, 1786 a shoemaker who was known by the name of Andreas Kresmer died while helping on the construction of adding onto the building of The Single Brother’s House. Working while it was very dark outside, around midnight, Kresmer was found buried alive under a bank of earth wearing his favorite red hat. His fellow brethren mourned his death because Kresmer was a kind and gentle man. Kresmer often walked around from place to place because he was a busy man; his fellow brethren kept record that he had almost always went around wearing a red hat, the very same that he had died in. ==== ==== One of the most well known stories of an encounter with The Little Red Man is the story of Little Betsy. Betsy was the granddaughter of a resident who lived at the once known Single Brother’s House which had been converted to a home for Moravian widows. Betsy’s grandmother was a widow and lived there. Betsy had been left deaf ever since an early part in her childhood, but she could still speak clearly enough to be understood by others. One day Betsy was walking at a slow pace to go and visit her grandmother, but then she encountered the Little Red Man who had gestured her towards him to come and play. Betsy, who was a very paranoid child had never been told about The Little Red Man and because she was paranoid she was freaked out by the man and decided to go to her grandmothers immediately for protection. Betsy was in the Garden at the House of Widowed Moravians when Betsy sprinted to go and visit her grandmother to tell her of what had just occurred. This was one of the many records that had been found left behind by the Moravians and there are many other stories that have been recorded and kept on file by the Old Salem Incorporation. ==== ==== The calling of the minister to release the ghost’s spirit to be set free came to be because of the ghosts decision to reveal himself to an important person in the community where the building that use to be known as Single Brother’s House was located. It was not wise of the ghost to reveal himself to a boss of the community because the job of the bosses are to protect the community and cast away anything that may cause harm. The boss had decided to call in a minister to release the soul of The Little Red Man and it appeared to have worked because no record has shown any appearances of the Little Red Man since. ====

Payst, Cc. "The Little Red Man Of Winston-Salem | North Carolina Ghost Stories And Legends." Blog. North Carolina Ghosts And Legends. North Carolina Ghosts And Legends. ccpayst@ophymirage.net, N.D. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. 