History & local legend
At Restland Memorial Park in Monroeville, a local legend describes a young woman called Walkin’ Rosie. Some accounts place her among the graves after dark; another centers on a girl represented on a monument. In that version, shining a flashlight at the figure supposedly makes her move toward the person holding it.
The nickname became familiar enough that people made trips specifically to look for Rosie. A woman interviewed for a local newspaper remembered doing so with a friend years earlier, using the same name that appears in other Pittsburgh accounts.
