Many years ago, near the Neuse River in North Carolina, it’s said that an old blind woman lived with her son deep in the woods. Whenever she needed something, she would call out to him, ‘Where are you, my son? Every time he heard his mother call, he would come running to assist her.
One day, during a bad storm, the son slipped into the Neuse River and drowned. He never returned home. His mother went out to search for her lost son but never came back.
The elderly woman’s body was found by the river weeks later. It’s unclear if she got lost as she scoured the countryside with her trusty cane in hand, or if she passed from a broken heart.
Legend says that her ghost can still be seen wandering the landscape searching for her lost son. And, some suggest that you can still hear her cry of “Where are you, my son? When the wind begins to howl. The sound of her old cane tapping can also be heard.
Written By: John G. Clark Jr.
