***Paranormal Metrou***(imported post) Ghosts of Georgia n South Carolina Plat eyes The Gullah are descendants of slaves that live in coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina. One of the most unusual types of haunting in that area is a creature called a plat-eye, said to be a restless spirit that didn’t receive a proper burial. Often, the spirits keep a watch over some sort of hidden treasure. The plat-eyes come in several forms, one of which is that of a humanoid with a single eye dangling from the middle of its brow. Legend blames many of them on Confederate landowners that buried their wealth to keep it out of Union hands. The landowners, say the stories, would behead slaves and bury them along with the riches to provide supernatural protection.In other retellings, the plat-eyes are shape-shifters that take the form of animals. In 1935, the US government commissioned writers to interview former slaves. One, named May Ethel Pickett, reported that she’d encountered a plat-eye as a child one day on her way home from church. She had seen a white cat emerge from the woods. When she turned back, it had become a white dog. She ran, and when she turned back again it was a white mule.
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