History & local legend
Linvilla Orchards in Middletown Township, Delaware County, is the setting of a roadside story about an apple thief. The legend describes a man who lived across from the orchard and crossed after dark to take fruit. On a foggy autumn night, a car supposedly struck and killed him during one of those trips.
Later drivers were said to see a shadow crossing at the edge of their headlights in similar weather. They braked and got out, expecting to find someone in the road, only to discover it was empty.
