History & local legend
Hadley Cemetery in Mercer County has a tradition about a bride killed in a car crash on her wedding day. People said her image in a bridal gown could appear on her grave marker. A visitor went to photograph the cemetery with that story in mind and later described finding two unexpected shapes in the pictures.
One looked like a woman in white walking between graves. Another resembled a little girl's face. The visitor returned with a fiancé and stood where the face had appeared so a comparison photograph could be taken. In that later image, the visitor said, the extra face was gone.
Sources
- StrangeUSA, Hadley Cemetery, photographer’s original report, follow-up visit and directions to Loper Hill Road
- Hadley Cemetery, USGS feature 2801307 and mapped burial ground
- U.S. Census Bureau, Perry Township roadway geometry confirms Loper Road joins the village beside the collector’s original point
- Mercer County historical project, David Hadley and Perry Township
