| whitewater rumored to have witches |
| Posted: Disenchanted Faerie @ Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:00 pm |
When a Whitewater man was arrested inside the city’s water tower in June, he said to the officer: “Do you believe in witches … I have to detonate this tower and kill all the witches.”
The man also had a butcher knife to protect himself from witches, according to the criminal complaint, and he had been drinking whiskey all night long.
Although he was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors, the man can’t be accused of having a healthy curiosity.
Whitewater has long been rumored to have a haunted past.
A movie, “The Witches of Whitewater,” is coming soon. The movie’s trailer can be viewed on YouTube.
The trailer has had nearly 10,500 views. It also has generated 56 comments.
A Facebook group titled “They made a movie about Whitewater … and it’s based on a true Story” has 880 members.
The water tower is believed to be a meeting place for witches, according to www.weirdus.com, and residents once called police on Halloween after seeing people in robes performing a candlelight ceremony next to the tower.
According to the Web site, other rumors about Whitewater’s haunted history include:
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Four people have died after reading a secret book that is now kept locked in the university’s library.
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The cemeteries in Whitewater form a triangle.
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The former Morris Pratt Institute was built to communicate with spirits.
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And the city has a series of underground tunnels.
So, when the man was arrested inside the city’s water tower that night, he may have been on a witch hunt.
He was charged with felony criminal damage to property, felony battery to a public officer, misdemeanor carrying a concealed weapon and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
According to the criminal complaint, he is accused of assaulting a city worker in the tower, cutting wire in a control panel and concealing a knife.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to court records, and the case against him is pending.
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