The Fire that Consumed an Elderly Woman

The story of the elderly woman who lived on a small income derived from gathering and selling watercress near a small, stone bridge helps make Pluckley England’s most haunted village. It seems that she had no relatives to speak of and she was often seen smoking tobacco from a small clay pipe. 

Unfortunately, she also liked to drink and one night as she was consuming the contents of a flask under the bridge, she fell asleep. The pipe was still in her mouth when it dropped onto her clothing which set it on fire. Before anyone could help her, she burned to death. 

And while some residents have reported a strange, pink glow that comes from that area of the bridge at night, others have a more horrifying tale of seeing a figure wrapped in flame screaming in pain. Normally, the apparitions so far would be more tales that what you might find in other villages across the English countryside. But in a sense, the stories have only begun.

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