History & local legend
A contributor named Lance placed a Wind Gap-area story in woods near Bushkill Corners, off Route 512 in Northampton County. The experience described was a gradual change as visitors walked deeper among the trees: the woods seemed increasingly dark, ordinary sounds fell silent and shadowy figures appeared to follow.
Lance's explanation was a local curse legend. A farmer supposedly killed a Native neighbor during a dispute over land, after which disaster fell on the farmer's household. In the tale, he killed his family and then himself.
Sources
- Lance, original reader-submitted Wind Gap account, woods approximately 500 feet from the Bushkill Township crossroads on PA 512
- Dawn Dudeck Tunney, The Home News, identifies Bushkill Corners Center at Bushkill Center and West Moorestown roads
- Pennsylvania Bulletin, official listing for Bushkill Corners, 291 Moorestown Road, Bushkill Township, Northampton County
- OpenStreetMap, mapped PA 512 junction
