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Jonathan Buck Monument
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Sherry
July 2, 2018
The Buck Monument is a local legend having to do with a witch's curse. Jonathan Buck was the founder of the town of Bucksport. Legend has it that he put a witch to her death, and the witch cursed him, and now there is an imprint of the witch's leg (which rolled out of the fire in which she died) on his monument. According to my mother, who grew up in Bucksport, they tried to scrub off this leg, but no matter what, it returned. When she was young, they even replaced they monument, to no avail, still the leg returned. There is also a sideways heart at the top of the monument. When I was young, you could walk around this very old cemetary, but now it is a small tourist attraction. Free.
The Buck Monument is a local legend having to do with a witch's curse. Jonathan Buck was the founder of the town of Bucksport. Legend has it that he put a witch to her death, and the witch cursed him, and now there is an imprint of the witch's leg (which rolled out of the fire in which she died) o…
Jayme
January 17, 2020
A local paranormal favorite, Colonel Jonathan Buck was the founder of Bucksport (known as Buckstown during his life). In 1902, a story appeared in the New England Magazine that really popularized the story. A section of it reads, “All was ready and the hangman about to perform his grewsome [sic] duty, when the woman turned to Colonel Buck and raising one hand to heaven, as if to direct her last words on earth, pronounced this astounding prophecy: ‘Jonathan Buck, listen to these words, the last my tongue shall utter. It is the spirit of the only true and living God which bids me speak them to you. You will soon die. Over your grave, they will erect a stone, that all may know where the bones of the mighty Jonathan Buck are crumbling to dust. But listen! Listen all ye people — tell it to your children and your children’s children — upon that stone will appear the imprint of my foot, and for all time long, long after your accursed race has perished from the earth, the people will come far and near and the unborn generations will say, There lies the man who murdered a woman. Remember well, Jonathan Buck, remember well!’” Colonel Buck died in 1795 and in 1852 his grandchildren erected a grand monument near his grave site. Shortly after the monument was installed, a strange image (or stain) appeared on the grave. It seems to depict, albeit crudely, a woman’s leg and foot. When the stain could not be removed from cleaning, it was replaced. Shortly after being replaced, it seems the leg and foot stain appeared on the new stone monument and can be viewed today.
A local paranormal favorite, Colonel Jonathan Buck was the founder of Bucksport (known as Buckstown during his life). In 1902, a story appeared in the New England Magazine that really popularized the story. A section of it reads, “All was ready and the hangman about to perform his grewsome [si…
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