History & local legend
Oakmont Cemetery in Ridgway, Elk County, has a local tradition of spirits walking its grounds around three in the morning. One visitor's account, posted in January 2010, described something seen closer to midnight during a second night at the cemetery.
While the visitor's friend briefly returned to the car, a black dog with stiff, bristly fur appeared in the darkness. A neighbor offered a more everyday cemetery memory: while running along its roads, she once startled a gravedigger who was working by hand deep in a grave.
