That's one version of the Axe Murder Hollow story that's been an Erie legend for at least 60 years.Īs far as police and local historians know, there never was an ax murder in the hollow off Sterrettania Road.
And when the headlights come on, there is blood everywhere - on the ground and on the car and dripping from the trees. When the boy tries the car's engine again, it starts. The couple huddle close for five minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, until finally, except for a strange gurgling, the eerie sounds at last recede. The boy tries to start the car, to get the heat on, he says, but the battery is dead. "It's just the wind," the boy says stoutly, to impress his girlfriend. Other sounds, like moans, approach the car. According to local legend, the farmer has haunted the woods since hacking his wife and her lover to death nearby.Īt first as the teens wait, there's nothing, then a strange rustling close to the ground, like footsteps through dry leaves. He and his girlfriend hope to see - or maybe secretly hope not to see - the ax-wielding ghost of a farmer. It's late one October night in the woods in the Weis Library area of Millcreek Township.Ī teenage boy pulls his car off Thomas Road and parks.
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