ELKMONT GHOST STORIES - WANDERING SAW BLADE

These have been sent in from Elkmont residents or from published sources. Do you have one from the Elkmont area to share? Hill Spirit has not experienced any of these but one never knows...

In downtown Elkmont, a row of brick buildings has stood for many years.  One building close to the trail and used to be the home of Sugar Bucket Mercantile was built before 1936. It has been the site of several businesses over the years and many people have passed through its door.  Perhaps a few or perhaps just one, may have decided to stay.....

Two sisters (Rhonda Buelow and Tona Underwood) who had a passion for all things rustic and primitive decided a business, the Sugar Bucket, was just what was needed.  The old store front was perfect to share their collection of treasures with others.  As they worked to create a place that was a little touch of home to welcome those who also loved a simpler time, a curious presence was felt.  It was there when paint touched up the walls, as windows and floors were cleaned and as the furnishings and quilts added beauty and interest.  It seemed content and all was well.

However, tucked away behind a wall is a stairway that goes down into a cellar, one with the original stone walls and low ceilings, a place where the old water heater sat. A red, rusty circular saw blade snuggled down in the dirt floor beside it. This blade looked like it has been there for many years.  As the cellar was rearranged and decluttered, the saw blade was moved around but by the next morning, it always was in its place next to the heater.  After several weeks of the mysterious moving blade, Rhonda had enough of the invisible prankster, she had started to call Jasper.  She put the blade in a box of trash and threw it outside in the dumpster. It was finally gone and good riddance or so she thought.

The next morning when she went down the stairs to the cellar, she turned the corner and there the red saw blade was, nestled in the dirt next to the hot water heater.  She told Jasper, "I'm sorry I threw it away and since you evidently want this saw blade here than it will stay and nobody will bother it." ..... So...... if you dare the creaky, old stair down to the cellar, you will find the wandering red blade still there.