The Moonlit Road. Home / Audio Short Stories / Marie Jolie Cajun folktale about a beautiful girl who has the misfortune of choosing a real devilish mate.
Written by J.J. Reneaux Down in the bayou country there was once a beautiful girl named Marie. She was so pretty, so jolie, that all the people called her Marie Jolie. Now Marie Jolie grew to be of a marrying age, but to her maman’s disappointment, she wasn’t yet of a mind to be married. After a while her maman got impatient with Marie, for she worried that her daughter would wind up an old maid – a terrible fate in those days. “Well, Maman,” says Marie, “if it’s got to be, I s’pose – that’s as good a way as any of choosin’ a man.” The contest was held the following week. Baba yaga. 10 More Mysteries of the Unexplained - Top 10 Lists. Mysteries We all love spooky tales which defy explanation – which is clear from the popularity of our many unsolved mysteries lists.
Therefore, we have dug around the vast body of literature on anomalous phenomena to present you with yet another list of mysteries of the unexplained. Because we have so many “unsolved mysteries” lists, it seems sensible to list them here so you can look over them before asking why we have not included your favorite in this list! Top 10 Unsolved MysteriesAnother 10 Unsolved MysteriesYet Another 10 Unsolved Mysteries10 More Unsolved Mysteries10 More Unsolved Mysteries of the World Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp is a humanoid cryptid which is said to inhabit areas of swampland in and around Lee County, South Carolina.
10 Roads That Will Scare You Stupid. Creepy All Hallow’s Eve.
Samhain. Halloween. Call it what you want, but it is fast approaching! We have all heard our fair share of urban legends, visited some “haunted” houses, been to these locations willingly. A75 Kinmont Straight South West Scotland For over fifty years this road has been the scene of numerous hauntings. Kelly Road. Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM?
(also WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WITCH ELM?) Is a graffito that started appearing soon after a 1941 unsolved murder. The graffiti was last sprayed onto the side of a 200 year-old obelisk on 18 August 1999, in white paint. The obelisk known as Wychbury Obelisk is on Wychbury Hill, Hagley near Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, England. On 18 April, 1943, four boys (Robert Hart, Thomas Willetts, Bob Farmer and Fred Payne) from Stourbridge were poaching in Hagley Woods near to Wychbury Hill when they came across a large Wych elm.[1] (An article in The Independent gives the species as "wych–hazel", but that is merely an old synonym for the same kind of elm.) Believing this a good place to hunt birds' nests, Farmer attempted to climb the tree to investigate. On returning home the youngest of the boys, Tommy Willetts, felt uneasy about what he had witnessed and decided to report the find to his parents.
The body was sent for forensic examination by Prof. References[edit] Top 10 Strange and Unique Forests. Weird Stuff Forests cover approximately 9.4% of the Earth’s surface.
However, they once covered over 50%. Most people identify forests with trees, but the concept of the forest ecosystem reaches much further and includes many species, such as smaller plants, fungi, bacteria, insects, animals, as well as energy flow and nutrient cycling. Luckily, a large percentage of people on Earth are still able to enjoy the tranquility of an ancient forest.
However, some people have never had the chance to enter one of these majestic plant communities. As you step foot into an old growth forest, the rush of fresh air fills your lungs. North Sentinel Island Forest. Human Mutilations By Aliens. The Rain Man. Growing up your entire life, you have undoubtedly heard the line "It was a dark and stormy night...
" before being followed up by some sort of children's tale that would now seem to be little more than cheesy horror. These were usually stories of things like the boogeyman and simple things like that. But as you read more and more into CreepyPastas, you will hear of far worse boogeymen, like the demonic husky in Smile.Dog, the chupacabra-like Rake, or possibly the most famous, Slenderman. These figures have struck fear in the hearts of many people making them watch for signs, a distant, otherworldly murmur, electrical interference, and unnatural, yet biological, shapes. All of these are perfectly reasonable signs to look for. But what if there was only one sign; the pitter-patter of rain on your roof? Entry 1 A while back, I was in an outback Australian pub.
"There's a man that lives out there, a man that moves with the rain. "Yep, but that's not all. Entry 2 Rain man (Sightings) Details Update. The Paranormal Forums. Unexplained Mysteries - Paranormal Phenomena and the World's Greatest Unexplained Mysteries. Supernatural UFO Ghost Paranormal & Occult Chat Tavern Forums - Cryptozoology.