History & local legend
Old Brush Creek Cemetery on Leger Road near Ardara has a ghost story centered on a tree in the middle of the burial ground. A frequent visitor described seeing a shadowy figure leaning against its trunk when viewed from the parking area. On other visits, a pale form seemed to cross the grass as the group was leaving, accompanied by footsteps close behind them.
Two investigators visited on March 23, 2007 after hearing the cemetery’s reputation. They found fallen obelisks, broken headstones gathered in a corner, and a replacement marker beside an older worn stone. Their own afternoon visit was quiet; the recordings captured birds and machinery operating beyond the graves.
Sources
- StrangeUSA, repeated firsthand encounters with a shadow under the tree and a moving white form
- Paranormal Study & Research Society, March 23, 2007 on-site observations, lore, cemetery condition and GPS
- Norwin Historical Society, Brush Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery on Leger Road
- Royce Jones, KDKA, volunteers’ search for unmarked graves
- Old Brush Creek burial record and driving directions, Pennsylvania Roots
