Brownrigg Mill's Black Cat | Campfire Tales
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Deep in the countryside of Chowan County, North Carolina, an old millpond surrounded by towering cypress trees and dense woodlands has been the subject of some particularly unsettling folklore. Known today as Dillard's Millpond, this secluded stretch of water was once home to Brownrigg Mill, an eighteenth-century gristmill where, according to legend, a widowed miller named Tim Farrow encountered a mysterious young woman who arrived by boat one evening. What began as an unexpected romance soon gave way to strange occurrences, troubling rumors, and accusations of witchcraft that threatened to unravel the quiet life he had built. But as the old story goes, something far more terrifying was lurking in the darkness surrounding Brownrigg Mill..
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