tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post3589193407926730915..comments2024-03-28T05:28:46.610-04:00Comments on NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: Cannibals off the Coast of MainePeter Muisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-39999894612285447812022-04-10T09:56:24.929-04:002022-04-10T09:56:24.929-04:00Thanks for the story, Peter! Whenever reading stor...Thanks for the story, Peter! Whenever reading stories like this one wonders what they would have done if faced with the same choice?Rich Clabaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915392348153309406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-43549125076300700082010-10-03T00:41:25.665-04:002010-10-03T00:41:25.665-04:00sounds a little crazy, but with all of the sightin...sounds a little crazy, but with all of the sightings over the years it wouldn't surprise me if something was out there, and there is an enormous stretch of wilderness up in the North Woods of MaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-48455396136130463902010-09-15T01:50:37.327-04:002010-09-15T01:50:37.327-04:00From what my students have discovered, it is very ...From what my students have discovered, it is very possible that descendants of George Burroughs are still surviving in the North Woods and that they have basically devolved. They are possibly cannibals<br />according to some stories they live amongst the wild and are at one with the animals. They do not speak they just use howling sounds to communicate. Sounds a little far fetched to me but makes for interesting reading!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140773153040166829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-33972103768815768052010-09-09T21:22:38.428-04:002010-09-09T21:22:38.428-04:00It seems there is more info out there in regard to...It seems there is more info out there in regard to the Burroughs family I've asked a few of my students to do some research. I will get back to you with the findingsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140773153040166829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-4233160019942365582010-09-08T10:45:56.149-04:002010-09-08T10:45:56.149-04:00I would be curious to hear what you and your stude...I would be curious to hear what you and your students come up with, please post your findings<br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-29403186617349216632010-09-08T10:44:36.873-04:002010-09-08T10:44:36.873-04:00Very interesting
I did hear something about that ...Very interesting<br /><br />I did hear something about that story. My students are studying The Salem Witch trials and one of them stumbled onto a story about the Burroughs family. We are looking for more info right now. I have asked them to see what they can come up with.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140773153040166829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-68712726314425505762010-09-07T23:52:53.788-04:002010-09-07T23:52:53.788-04:00* It has been said that some of the creature sight...* It has been said that some of the creature sightings in the North Woods could actually be a family of people who moved deep into the woods back in the late 1600's. The Rev. George Burroughs of Salem, moved his family to Maine just before the witch hunts started. Later he was named, arrested at his home in Maine, taken back to Ma., tried and hanged. The story that has been told is that his family, in fear of being persecuted as well, moved deep into the woods and were never heard from again. According to stories, they completely cut themselves off from the outside world and over the years since, due to inbreeding and living in the woods they have become creature like. It has also been said that they were possibly cursed by the Indians, who George had run ins with previously or they had resorted to cannibalism, consuming the body of another human in order to keep from starving to death during a long hard winter. This is said to be the most frequent cause of transformation into a Wendigo.<br /> Any truth to this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-31712592244036521762010-07-18T17:20:08.407-04:002010-07-18T17:20:08.407-04:00There is something particularly horrible about bei...There is something particularly horrible about being marooned so close to civilization yet still being forced to cannibalism. Knowing those winters from experience, I'm surprised they survived that long.Doug Lazoricknoreply@blogger.com