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A
Timeline of Major Events in the History of the Blair Witch
The Township of Blair
was located in North Central Maryland, two hours from Washington,
D.C.
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| February,
1785 |
Several
children accuse Elly Kedward of luring them into her
home to draw blood from them. Kedward is found guilty of witchcraft,
banished from the village during a particularly harsh winter
and presumed dead. |
| November,
1786 |
By midwinter all of Kedward's accusers along with half of the town's children vanish. Fearing a curse, the townspeople flee Blair and vow never to utter Elly Kedward's name again. |
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| November,
1809 |
The Blair Witch Cult is published. This rare book, commonly considered fiction, tells of an entire town cursed by an outcast witch.
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| 1824 |
Burkittsville is founded on the Blair site. |
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Burkittsville, Pop. 194, is located in Frederick County, Maryland approximately one hour from Washington, D.C.
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| August,
1825 |
Eleven
witnesses testify to seeing a pale woman's hand reach up and
pull ten-year-old Eileen Treacle into Tappy East Creek.
Her body is never recovered, and for thirteen days after the
drowning the creek is clogged with oily bundles of sticks. |
| March,
1886 |
Eight-year-old
Robin Weaver is reported missing and search parties are
dispatched. Although Weaver returns, one of the search parties
does not. Their bodies are found weeks later at Coffin Rock
tied together at the arms and legs and completely disemboweled. |
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Rustin Parr was
38 years old in 1941.
He had lived in Frederick County, Maryland all his life.
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| November,
1940 - May, 1941 |
Starting with Emily Hollands, a total of seven children are abducted from the area surrounding Burkittsville, Maryland.
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| May
25, 1941 |
An
old hermit named Rustin Parr walks into a local market
and tells the people there that he is finally finished.
After police hike for four hours to his secluded house in the
woods, they find the bodies of seven missing children in the
cellar. Each child has been ritualistically murdered and disemboweled.
Parr admits to everything in detail, telling authorities that
he did it for an old woman ghost who occupied the woods
near his house. He is quickly convicted and hanged. |
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| October
20, 1994 |
Montgomery
College students Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and
Michael Williams arrive in Burkittsville to interview
locals about the legend of the Blair Witch for a class project.
Heather interviews Mary Brown , an old and quite insane
woman who has lived in the area all her life. Mary claims to
have seen the Blair Witch one day near Tappy Creek in the form
of a hairy, half-human, half-animal beast. |
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It's starting of
movie name Blair Witch Project
From : http://www.blairwitch.co.uk
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