The Land’s End Light is a famous ghostly legend from the Lowcountry of South Carolina on St. Helena Island. The yellowish orb appears on a 3-mile stretch of Land’s End Road, just a few miles past the Chapel of Ease. Some also refer to this road as one of the most haunted in the state, and it’s also been called South Carolina’s Sleepy Hollow. There are a few deviations to this tale, but the orb usually appears from 10 to 12 feet above the roadway before zooming up to curious onlookers and then abruptly disappears into the night. It’s also been reported that the mysterious light hovers next to vehicles and chases them as they pass through the area.
One legend dates back to the Civil War, when Confederate soldiers were stationed there. Reportedly, around 1861, the soldiers got into a physical altercation with some residents, when one of the soldiers was decapitated. The soldier is now said to wander Land’s End Road with his old lantern, looking for his missing head.
Again, this South Carolina ghost story has three different legends attached to it.
Written By John G. Clark Jr
