Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Legends of Gimghoul Castle


There are three different stories to the legend of Gimghoul Castle. One is that Peter Dromgoole was a UNC student in 1831 from a wealthy Virginia family. Peter met a girl named Miss Fanny at UNC and fell madly in love with her. They met regularly for dates at a place called Piney Prospect on campus. However, another student was also in love with Miss Fanny and grew extremely jealous of Peter and Miss Fanny. Out of rage, he challenged Peter to a duel. The duel was at Piney Prospect and Peter was killed in the duel. The other side panicked and dug a shallow grave and put Peter in it with a rock on top of him to cover him up. In the process, the rock was stained red with Peter’s blood and is supposedly still stained to this day. After this incident, Miss Fanny began to wonder where Peter had disappeared to. All she learned was that he left campus possibly to join the army. Miss Fanny was heartbroken and still returned to Piney Prospect to wait on her lover. She cried everyday on the rock that Peter was buried under. After some time, she became sick and died heartbroken. People say that Peter and Miss Fanny’s ghosts still visit Piney Prospect to this day. -Kamal Patel & Natalie Jones

The 3 Legends:

Legend 1: Peter Dromgoole was in love with a girl known as Miss Fanny.
Another man was also in love with her and challenged Peter to a duel at the Castle.
Peter was shot and killed and his blood still stains the rock he was killed on.
The men at the duel left Peter there and used the rock to cover his body so no one could find him.

Legend 2: Fanny did not know that Peter had been killed in a duel so every night she walked around the castle and prayed for his safe return. She ended up dying of sorrow and loneliness.

Legend 3: Fanny heard of the duel as it was happening and arrived at the scene in her night gown just as Peter fell to the ground. He died in her arms staining her night gown and the rock for all time.

"Gimghoul Castle." WelcomeToNC.com. Web. 24 Oct. 2010.

"The Legend of Gimghoul." Ibiblio. Web. 24 Oct. 2010.

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