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"The three "X's" were supposedly where three witches
were hanged. For years, there was rope hanging from the
thickest part of the tree nearest the road, and the tale was
that it could not be pulled, broken, cut, or burned."
were hanged. For years, there was rope hanging from the
thickest part of the tree nearest the road, and the tale was
that it could not be pulled, broken, cut, or burned."
"I know who found the farmer dead, layed out in a cross shape in front of the front porch, eyes open, gone. I used to feel something
looking at me from the window that was on the third floor of the house, facing west, which I could see from my bathroom window, a
dark hole of terror, I went in the house, cluttered with junk and went into the Buckhout mansion at 13, scared, Love Lane, the
slaughter houses, the church that was trashed, saw a car off the road once, and the best is probably when I was maybe 13 or 14,
walking past the small graveyard, jumped up on the wall, and saw in horror (at 14) the empty freshly dug pit that contained Mary
Buckhout's coffin, stolen, with two shovels left behind. She had a stone up there, and they were all knocked over" - Rick
looking at me from the window that was on the third floor of the house, facing west, which I could see from my bathroom window, a
dark hole of terror, I went in the house, cluttered with junk and went into the Buckhout mansion at 13, scared, Love Lane, the
slaughter houses, the church that was trashed, saw a car off the road once, and the best is probably when I was maybe 13 or 14,
walking past the small graveyard, jumped up on the wall, and saw in horror (at 14) the empty freshly dug pit that contained Mary
Buckhout's coffin, stolen, with two shovels left behind. She had a stone up there, and they were all knocked over" - Rick
| NATIVE FOLKLORE: The Legends Begin in The 1600's |
| THE INFAMOUS ALBINO HOUSE |
| 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 named after this legend. A little ironic; 1600's we have Indian Dan looking for an albino deer ... 400 years later we have people looking for cannibal albinos. Go figure. |
The story is that if you stop in front of a particular red house
on Buckout Road and beep your car 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.
Regardless, folks have honked their horns in front of this
house until it ultimately burned down and subsequently
demolished in early 2009.
on Buckout Road and beep your car 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.
Regardless, folks have honked their horns in front of this
house until it ultimately burned down and subsequently
demolished in early 2009.
| THE HANGING BOYFRIEND AT SERIAL KILLER'S 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. To heighten the .. eerie
factor in this story, the aforementioned house
was once inhabited by notorious 1920's serial
killer Albert Fish.
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. To heighten the .. eerie
factor in this story, the aforementioned house
was once inhabited by notorious 1920's serial
killer Albert Fish.
Some locals have claimed to have seen the apparition of infamous The Leatherman
near Pop’s Cave on Buckout Rd. 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.
near Pop’s Cave on Buckout Rd. 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.
| THE LEATHERMAN AND HIS GHOST |
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 then there was
potential danger ahead. There are variations of this
story which include the statue crying (ie some form of
stigmata). Another variation is of a different statue
holding a lantern ...which would be lit if it was safe and
dimmed if it wasn't.
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.
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 then there was
potential danger ahead. There are variations of this
story which include the statue crying (ie some form of
stigmata). Another variation is of a different statue
holding a lantern ...which would be lit if it was safe and
dimmed if it wasn't.
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.
| MARY'S LANTERN |
"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
| THE LADY IN WHITE |