There have been stories surrounding
the Buckout Road area for decades...
and in one case as early as the late
1600s. Native American legend
claimed that a Great White Deer
visited the area at during a full moon
and would bring good fortune and
success to the person who saw it.
Natives traveled from as far away as
the Great Lakes in hopes of seeing it.
A native known as “Indian Dan”
returned once a month from 1805 to
1866 to seek out the Great White
Deer (Reminds me of Linus waiting
for the Great Pumpkin). There is a
newer road in the Buckout Rd vicinity
known as White Deer Lane.
the Buckout Road area for decades...
and in one case as early as the late
1600s. Native American legend
claimed that a Great White Deer
visited the area at during a full moon
and would bring good fortune and
success to the person who saw it.
Natives traveled from as far away as
the Great Lakes in hopes of seeing it.
A native known as “Indian Dan”
returned once a month from 1805 to
1866 to seek out the Great White
Deer (Reminds me of Linus waiting
for the Great Pumpkin). There is a
newer road in the Buckout Rd vicinity
known as White Deer Lane.
Honk 3 Times And The Albinos Will Eat You
The story is that if you stop in front of a particular
red house and beep the horn three times then flesh
eating albinos will attack you. As ridiculous as this
sounds, people have sworn this has happened to
them. The chance of being an albino is about 1 in
17,000. When two carriers of the albinism gene
have a child together, that child has a 1 in 4
chance of receiving two albinism genes. Thus a
family of albinos is unlikely but possible. The
chances of that same albino family however being
cannibals is even more unlikely if not absurd.
The story is that if you stop in front of a particular
red house and beep the horn three times then flesh
eating albinos will attack you. As ridiculous as this
sounds, people have sworn this has happened to
them. The chance of being an albino is about 1 in
17,000. When two carriers of the albinism gene
have a child together, that child has a 1 in 4
chance of receiving two albinism genes. Thus a
family of albinos is unlikely but possible. The
chances of that same albino family however being
cannibals is even more unlikely if not absurd.
The Witches
For decades there has been a story about three women who were accused of being
witches and subsequently burned at the stake in the 1600s by locals in the area that
is now Buckout Road. People have said to have felt their presence and seen
apparations in the Buckout woods. The story is that three X's were marked on the road
where these three women were killed and if you drive over the X's strange things will
happen to you. The place on Buckout Road where the three X's were marked in spray
paint was on the crest of the hill that overlooked the Buckhout/Baldwin/Foster family
cemetery. After the construction on the road a few years back, the hill was leveled
and the X's were paved over and are no longer there. To determine whether or not
this event took place, let's educate ourselves a bit on the subject of burning witches.
It was once commonly believed that a witch's power could be nullified
by blooding her or by destroying her blood in a fire, hence the practice of burning at
the stake. Just how many were burned? I have read estimates ranging from 1-9
million women burned at the stake throughout Europe. In 1484 Pope Innocent VIII
issued a bill declaring the reality of witches and initiated the accusation, torture,and
execution of "witches" all over Europe. All costs of investigation, trial, and execution
of witches were borne by the accused or her relatives, including per diems for private
detectives, torturers and tar. The members of the tribunal for each witch burned
received a bonus, and remaining property was divided between Church and State
.The first Anglo settlers in North America were the Puritans who arrived first in 1620.
The Puritans murdered and stole land from Native Americans. They burned at the
stake - in public forums for all to see anyone whose beliefs were different than there
own; this included witches. When most people think of 'witch trials' they think of
Salem, Mass where 19 were executed duringthe witch hysteria of 1692. None were
burned at the stake. In 1664, Setauket, NY resident Ralph Hall and his wife Mary were
accused of witchcraft. In 1665 a trial was held which was the first witch trial in New
York state. Oddly enough, the place on Buckout Road where the three women were
said to have been burned at the stake for witchcraft is where Buckout Road turns into
Hall Ave. Even more odd...a second woman who was tried in New York state for
witchcraft was named Katherine Harrison, who resided in the Towne Of Westchestre.
However both the Halls and Katherine Harrison were released. I have not been able
to find any records pertaining to this alleged urban legend.
For decades there has been a story about three women who were accused of being
witches and subsequently burned at the stake in the 1600s by locals in the area that
is now Buckout Road. People have said to have felt their presence and seen
apparations in the Buckout woods. The story is that three X's were marked on the road
where these three women were killed and if you drive over the X's strange things will
happen to you. The place on Buckout Road where the three X's were marked in spray
paint was on the crest of the hill that overlooked the Buckhout/Baldwin/Foster family
cemetery. After the construction on the road a few years back, the hill was leveled
and the X's were paved over and are no longer there. To determine whether or not
this event took place, let's educate ourselves a bit on the subject of burning witches.
It was once commonly believed that a witch's power could be nullified
by blooding her or by destroying her blood in a fire, hence the practice of burning at
the stake. Just how many were burned? I have read estimates ranging from 1-9
million women burned at the stake throughout Europe. In 1484 Pope Innocent VIII
issued a bill declaring the reality of witches and initiated the accusation, torture,and
execution of "witches" all over Europe. All costs of investigation, trial, and execution
of witches were borne by the accused or her relatives, including per diems for private
detectives, torturers and tar. The members of the tribunal for each witch burned
received a bonus, and remaining property was divided between Church and State
.The first Anglo settlers in North America were the Puritans who arrived first in 1620.
The Puritans murdered and stole land from Native Americans. They burned at the
stake - in public forums for all to see anyone whose beliefs were different than there
own; this included witches. When most people think of 'witch trials' they think of
Salem, Mass where 19 were executed duringthe witch hysteria of 1692. None were
burned at the stake. In 1664, Setauket, NY resident Ralph Hall and his wife Mary were
accused of witchcraft. In 1665 a trial was held which was the first witch trial in New
York state. Oddly enough, the place on Buckout Road where the three women were
said to have been burned at the stake for witchcraft is where Buckout Road turns into
Hall Ave. Even more odd...a second woman who was tried in New York state for
witchcraft was named Katherine Harrison, who resided in the Towne Of Westchestre.
However both the Halls and Katherine Harrison were released. I have not been able
to find any records pertaining to this alleged urban legend.
The Hanging Boyfriend at Albert
Fish's old house
This is the story of a guy and a girl
who drove on the road on a rainy
night in the 1970s. The car battery
died, so the boyfriend got out
knocked on the nearest door for
assistance . Moments later, the
girlfriend hears three thumps on the
roof of the car. When she gets out
to investigate, she sees her
boyfriend hanging from a tree
.There used to be a tree in front of
this house that was tree that was
weeping over which did
complement this story, but there is
no police record of this event ever
taking place, . Another urban
legend pertaining to this house is
that serial killer Albert Fish once
lived there. Though I have been
unable to prove this one either way,
the current house owner claims it is
not true, however offered that John
Barrymore once owned the house.
Fish's old house
This is the story of a guy and a girl
who drove on the road on a rainy
night in the 1970s. The car battery
died, so the boyfriend got out
knocked on the nearest door for
assistance . Moments later, the
girlfriend hears three thumps on the
roof of the car. When she gets out
to investigate, she sees her
boyfriend hanging from a tree
.There used to be a tree in front of
this house that was tree that was
weeping over which did
complement this story, but there is
no police record of this event ever
taking place, . Another urban
legend pertaining to this house is
that serial killer Albert Fish once
lived there. Though I have been
unable to prove this one either way,
the current house owner claims it is
not true, however offered that John
Barrymore once owned the house.
The White Lady
"A common story going around at the time was about the 'White Lady'. Supposedly,
this was the ghost of Mary Buckhout, who had allegedly hanged herself from a tree in
the woods up there someplace, and now haunted the area in the form of an all white
apparition. I had one friend who actually lived on Buckout Road. She swore that her
father on several occasions had seen the French doors leading to an outside porch
that faced the woods fly open on their own, even though they had been locked. He
would then see a whitish looking apparition of a woman float past him. She also
claimed to have seen several occurrences of apparent grave robbery in the Buckhout
family cemetery, which was right on Buckout Road. Her house was almost right across
the street from it. On several occasions, she claimed to have seen dug up graves, and
various things left scattered around the dug up area" -
1977 White Plains High School graduate who did not want to use his name
"A common story going around at the time was about the 'White Lady'. Supposedly,
this was the ghost of Mary Buckhout, who had allegedly hanged herself from a tree in
the woods up there someplace, and now haunted the area in the form of an all white
apparition. I had one friend who actually lived on Buckout Road. She swore that her
father on several occasions had seen the French doors leading to an outside porch
that faced the woods fly open on their own, even though they had been locked. He
would then see a whitish looking apparition of a woman float past him. She also
claimed to have seen several occurrences of apparent grave robbery in the Buckhout
family cemetery, which was right on Buckout Road. Her house was almost right across
the street from it. On several occasions, she claimed to have seen dug up graves, and
various things left scattered around the dug up area" -
1977 White Plains High School graduate who did not want to use his name
Mary's Lantern
Another Buckout Rd urban legend that has survived for decades is about Mary’s
Lantern. Basically there’s a statue of Mary on someone’s front lawn and the legend
was that if the statue was illuminated then it was safe to precede and if the statue
was not lit thenthere was potential danger ahead. People have also wrote to me
claiming that the statue had bullet holes in it, which is not true. I have also been
informed of an urban legend pertaining to a demonic doll in someone’s attic with
a story that goes if you stare into the doll’s eyes then you become possessed.
Another Buckout Rd urban legend that has survived for decades is about Mary’s
Lantern. Basically there’s a statue of Mary on someone’s front lawn and the legend
was that if the statue was illuminated then it was safe to precede and if the statue
was not lit thenthere was potential danger ahead. People have also wrote to me
claiming that the statue had bullet holes in it, which is not true. I have also been
informed of an urban legend pertaining to a demonic doll in someone’s attic with
a story that goes if you stare into the doll’s eyes then you become possessed.
Haunted Mansion, slaughter houses, ...
Buckhout Mansion
To the best of my knowledge this was the estate where John Buckhout once lived.
The site included the main house, a farm house, and several 'slaughter houses in the
nearby area. I randomly met a guy named Pete in 2002 who told me his father
owned Buckhout Mansion and was using it as an office for his fuel company. Pete
had described the inside of the mansion as "creepy" and I was denied entrance when
asked if I could visit the mansion with a camera. Pete also told me of an experience
regarding him in the attic of the mansion and finding neckties "from another century"
on the door knobs and that "a lot of murders happened in the house". He also told
that a night watchman at the estate had some strange experiences so I went there
one night with several friends to speak to the guy. He told me he knew nothing and
referred me to a “very good web site about the area”; my site. The mansion used to
be located off of Buckout Rd behind a locked gate. Behind the gate was a path
which led to several abandoned slaughterhouses and a farm house. I have stopped
on the road in front of the particular location on several occasions and heard unusual
banging and chopping noises. Frequently photographs of the mansion would come
out with visible orbs (solid sphere balls which are believed to be a form of a spirit).
The mansion was torn down in 2003. Since then a new house is up in its place; the
last house at the end of (new road) Old Carriage House Road, off of Buckout Road.
There was another story I had first heard about ten years ago regarding a babysitter
who was working at a mansion on Buckout Road and began receiving strange phone
calls. Upon calling the police, she was notified the calls were coming from inside the
house, and the children she was sitting for were murdered. Oddly enough, this was
the plot of the 1979 film When A Stranger Calls.
Buckhout Mansion
To the best of my knowledge this was the estate where John Buckhout once lived.
The site included the main house, a farm house, and several 'slaughter houses in the
nearby area. I randomly met a guy named Pete in 2002 who told me his father
owned Buckhout Mansion and was using it as an office for his fuel company. Pete
had described the inside of the mansion as "creepy" and I was denied entrance when
asked if I could visit the mansion with a camera. Pete also told me of an experience
regarding him in the attic of the mansion and finding neckties "from another century"
on the door knobs and that "a lot of murders happened in the house". He also told
that a night watchman at the estate had some strange experiences so I went there
one night with several friends to speak to the guy. He told me he knew nothing and
referred me to a “very good web site about the area”; my site. The mansion used to
be located off of Buckout Rd behind a locked gate. Behind the gate was a path
which led to several abandoned slaughterhouses and a farm house. I have stopped
on the road in front of the particular location on several occasions and heard unusual
banging and chopping noises. Frequently photographs of the mansion would come
out with visible orbs (solid sphere balls which are believed to be a form of a spirit).
The mansion was torn down in 2003. Since then a new house is up in its place; the
last house at the end of (new road) Old Carriage House Road, off of Buckout Road.
There was another story I had first heard about ten years ago regarding a babysitter
who was working at a mansion on Buckout Road and began receiving strange phone
calls. Upon calling the police, she was notified the calls were coming from inside the
house, and the children she was sitting for were murdered. Oddly enough, this was
the plot of the 1979 film When A Stranger Calls.
The Leatherman
People have also wrote to me with
claims of seeing the apparition of
The Leatherman near Pop’s Cave
on Buckout Rd. If you're not
familiar with Leatherman, think
angry looking guy clad in leather.
Pop’s Cave was used during the
Revolutionary War to store
ammunition and it was the reported
hangout for “The Leatherman”
when he roamed through the area
in the 1880s. Jules Bourgalay was
born in France and fell in love with
a woman named Margarette Larson
who’s family owned a leather
business there. Mr Larson was
against his daughter dating Jules,
so Jules agreed to work for him for
one year free of charge to prove
himself worthy. If after one year of
free labor Mr Larson did not gain
approval of Jules, then he would
leave. A year later, Jules left
France and headed to the US by
boat. He became known as “The
Leatherman” and was first sighted
in CT in 1862. He was a wandering
hobo who frequented the Buckout
woods before passing in March
1889, in Mount Pleasant, N.Y.,
after cancer ate away his mouth
and jaw. The coroner's report
indicated he was 50 to 55 years
old. The Leatherman was said to a
bone comb and rosary wherever he
went and also frequented a cave in
the near by Saw Mill River Woods.
Rumors still continue to circulate
that Bourglay buried money in one
of these two locations and some
have claimed that they have been
confronted by either Leatherman’s
ghost or a Leatherman double.
People have also wrote to me with
claims of seeing the apparition of
The Leatherman near Pop’s Cave
on Buckout Rd. If you're not
familiar with Leatherman, think
angry looking guy clad in leather.
Pop’s Cave was used during the
Revolutionary War to store
ammunition and it was the reported
hangout for “The Leatherman”
when he roamed through the area
in the 1880s. Jules Bourgalay was
born in France and fell in love with
a woman named Margarette Larson
who’s family owned a leather
business there. Mr Larson was
against his daughter dating Jules,
so Jules agreed to work for him for
one year free of charge to prove
himself worthy. If after one year of
free labor Mr Larson did not gain
approval of Jules, then he would
leave. A year later, Jules left
France and headed to the US by
boat. He became known as “The
Leatherman” and was first sighted
in CT in 1862. He was a wandering
hobo who frequented the Buckout
woods before passing in March
1889, in Mount Pleasant, N.Y.,
after cancer ate away his mouth
and jaw. The coroner's report
indicated he was 50 to 55 years
old. The Leatherman was said to a
bone comb and rosary wherever he
went and also frequented a cave in
the near by Saw Mill River Woods.
Rumors still continue to circulate
that Bourglay buried money in one
of these two locations and some
have claimed that they have been
confronted by either Leatherman’s
ghost or a Leatherman double.
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The urban legends surrounding Buckout Road in Westchester County, NY.
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