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Urban Legends are everywhere around us. In all shapes and forms, scary and sweet. They can even take a different life then the last. Today, we will be looking into the Legend of Dancing Point.
Dancing Point is nestled in Charles City County in Virginia, USA. Keep going once you leave the pavement of Sandy Point Road. It has been said the Devil made a bet with Colonel Lightfoot over a mere piece of land. But, there is another story the locals tell!
Over the years, the Devil fell in love with a woman. He asked her to meet him on a pitch of land where he intended to ask for her hand. The Devil loves to dance and would ask by dancing for her heart, proposing while they danced in the Halloween moonlight. Why Halloween? Because it is a special time of year. The woman was said to be a witch, but who really knows if that it true or added in over the years?
Well, back to the story. When the woman showed up to Dancing Point, she saw the Devil dancing. She didn't enter the forest, but instead left. For she was in love with Colonel Lightfoot and not the Devil! The Devil saw into her heart and knew she didn't love him. He danced the night away in sorrow.
To this day it is said the forest remains like it was that Halloween night. The grass hasn't grown from the height it was that night. Any new tress only grow in straight lines. The spot where the Devil danced stays untouched to this very day! It seems that no Muggle technology may enter the forest. Cellphones, vehicles, they all stop working at the edge of the forest. It is as if all time has stopped. Legends says, on Halloween the Devil returns to Dancing Point each year. Repeating the same dance from that night many years ago. Another legend says, probably to scare kids from going there on Halloween, anyone who enters while the Devil dances is driven mad and remembers nothing of the night. If he catches you, you will disappear for good!
Whether or not any of this is true, we will never know. I hope you enjoyed this months Legend. If there's an Urban Legend you think should be explored, please owl Salazia with any suggestions you have. Until next time,
~Dancing with the Devil~