History & local legend
Iverson’s Pits lies near Oak Ridge on the Gettysburg battlefield. On July 1, 1863, North Carolina soldiers under Brigadier General Alfred Iverson advanced into devastating Union fire. The name refers to the shallow burial trenches associated with the men killed there.
A visitor identified as David described an encounter at the site on September 5, 2000. Walking with a battlefield guidebook in the early afternoon, he raised his camera toward a cornfield and saw two black shapes among the stalks. When he lowered the camera, the shapes were still visible.
In the account he submitted to Ghostvillage in February 2005, David said the figures seemed to grow larger as he backed away, then moved off in opposite directions. He was particularly disturbed by the timing of the sound: he saw them moving before he heard the corn rustle. He later reported seeing a figure carrying a rifle and knapsack in the same area.
