👻 HAUNTED PLACE · EXP. Nº9477
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Avilla, Missouri
Avilla, Missouri is a location reputed to be haunted in Missouri, US. Its reputation comes from reported apparitions, unexplained phenomena and eyewitness accounts gathered over time.
Where is Avilla, Missouri?
- Location
- Missouri, US
- Type
- Other
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -94.13
- Testimonies
- 0
- Last updated
LOCATION
Why is Avilla, Missouri said to be haunted?
Once a stop on Route 66, Avilla is now a near-ghost town in Jasper County with barely a hundred residents — and a Civil War legend that refuses to fade. In 1862, as Union troops hunted Confederate bushwhackers in the area, the corpse of one raider was reportedly hanged from a tree south of town rather than buried, its skull left dangling for over a year as a warning. Locals still call it the "Death Tree," and say the headless ghost of "Rotten Johnny Reb" still searches the roads and woods for his skull — and for Yankees. Residents also report Avilla's "Shadow Folk": dark, person-shaped silhouettes glimpsed through the windows of abandoned houses or drifting down empty streets, believed to be impressions left by people who once lived in the fading town.
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