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<blockquote data-quote="orbitalfreak" data-source="post: 1090202" data-attributes="member: 1669">Springfield, Louisiana.&nbsp; It's about a twenty minute drive from where I live.&nbsp; There is a cemetary in Springfield that has a ... unique ... tale surrounding it.On August 20, 1983, there was a vehicle accident that claimed the life of a sixteen-year-old boy.&nbsp; It was a hit-and-run, and there were no witnesses to the crime.&nbsp; The victim was buried, and a headstone was placed on his grave.&nbsp; After the funeral, the boy's mother stayed for an hour at the site, and then left to go the store across the street.Then, within the space of tje ten minutes for which the mother was gone, something was carved on the tombstone's blank back side.&nbsp; It was a sketch of the accident scene.&nbsp; It listed the names of the people involved.&nbsp; It listed the licence plate number of the vehicle.&nbsp; The detail of the carving was such that it was said that it would normally take a week's work to create.The tombstone still stands there.&nbsp; I have not personally seen it, though I do want to drop by one day to see it.&nbsp; This story was featured on &quot;Unsolved Mysteries&quot;.&nbsp; Due to the popularity of the story, the cemetary took to closing its gates to the general public to dissuade traffic from flocking to the grave.Upon being contacted and informed of the scene on the tombstone, the driver of the vehicle confessed to the crime.Here is a (poor) picture that I found on the Internet of the tombstone.<img src="http://www.freakopedia.com/images/BrownGrave.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://www.freakopedia.com/images/BrownGrave2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <a href="http://www.freakopedia.com/Stories/grave_revenge.htm" target="_blank">link</a> to the site where I found the pics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="orbitalfreak, post: 1090202, member: 1669"] Springfield, Louisiana. It's about a twenty minute drive from where I live. There is a cemetary in Springfield that has a ... unique ... tale surrounding it. On August 20, 1983, there was a vehicle accident that claimed the life of a sixteen-year-old boy. It was a hit-and-run, and there were no witnesses to the crime. The victim was buried, and a headstone was placed on his grave. After the funeral, the boy's mother stayed for an hour at the site, and then left to go the store across the street. Then, within the space of tje ten minutes for which the mother was gone, something was carved on the tombstone's blank back side. It was a sketch of the accident scene. It listed the names of the people involved. It listed the licence plate number of the vehicle. The detail of the carving was such that it was said that it would normally take a week's work to create. The tombstone still stands there. I have not personally seen it, though I do want to drop by one day to see it. This story was featured on "Unsolved Mysteries". Due to the popularity of the story, the cemetary took to closing its gates to the general public to dissuade traffic from flocking to the grave. Upon being contacted and informed of the scene on the tombstone, the driver of the vehicle confessed to the crime. Here is a (poor) picture that I found on the Internet of the tombstone. [IMG]http://www.freakopedia.com/images/BrownGrave.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.freakopedia.com/images/BrownGrave2.jpg[/IMG] [URL=http://www.freakopedia.com/Stories/grave_revenge.htm]link[/URL] to the site where I found the pics. [/QUOTE]

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