I admt I'm no expert on it. I've heard bits on Coast to Coast and read things elsewhere; that the entity could not have been Kate Batts; that its return during the 20th century has little no reportage, or that it might not have returned; perhaps it never left, and so on.
But what bothers me are two things:
1. How over the top the story seems. I'm not aware of any other ghost story like it from the time. If there are any, they should be interesting.
2. The inexplicable reason for the entity going after John Bell. To me, speculation that Bell cheated someone, or made a deal with the Devil, etc., doesn't suffice. What could bell have done to have his demise come by an entity like the "Bell Witch"? Besides, the story of the Devil and the Blacksmith is not as involved. You could cite the story of Rumpelstlltskin as inspirational metaphor, but that only adds to the idea of the story being false.
I try to be open minded, and like ghost stories, but this one seems too out there.
2006-12-17
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