Are the Blair Witch Files by Cade Merril based on truth?
The Blair Witch Files is a ficitional novel, which was probaby inspired from legend of “The Bell Witch.” The Bell Witch is a ghost story from American Southern Folklore. The legend of the Bell Witch, also called the Bell Witch Haunting, revolves around strange events allegedly experienced by the Bell family of Adams, Tennessee, in 1817–1935 when the witch was said to return. According to the legend, the first manifestation of the haunting occurred in 1817 when John Bell encountered a strange animal in a cornfield on his property. The animal, described as having had the body of a dog and the head of a rabbit, vanished when Bell shot at it. This incident was quickly followed by a series of strange beating and gnawing noises manifesting around, and eventually inside, the Bell residence. Betsy Bell, the family’s younger daughter and the only daughter still living at home claimed to be assaulted by an invisible force.
