Bob Wright
New member
The posts regarding the Open Top revolvers, especially the 1851 Colt Navy. reminded me of a story regarding my uncle.
My uncle lived in the Red Boiling Springs community of middle
Tennessee many years ago, and carried a Colt Navy while making his rounds. Whether a conversion or not, I never knew, as this story was related to me by my cousin. One night, while making his rounds, they passed a cemetery on a bright moonlit night. Suddenly, from one of the graves an infant sprang up and flew up behind him and his party. The specter of the infant leaped up onto the flanks of my uncles horse but was unable to hold on, sliding off to the rear, raking the horse's flanks with its fingernails, and resting on his rump in the road behind them. My uncle drew his Colt and fired, and saw that his bullets penetrated the apparition and kicked up dust in the road. They fled the the scene very quickly.
Bob Wright
My uncle lived in the Red Boiling Springs community of middle
Tennessee many years ago, and carried a Colt Navy while making his rounds. Whether a conversion or not, I never knew, as this story was related to me by my cousin. One night, while making his rounds, they passed a cemetery on a bright moonlit night. Suddenly, from one of the graves an infant sprang up and flew up behind him and his party. The specter of the infant leaped up onto the flanks of my uncles horse but was unable to hold on, sliding off to the rear, raking the horse's flanks with its fingernails, and resting on his rump in the road behind them. My uncle drew his Colt and fired, and saw that his bullets penetrated the apparition and kicked up dust in the road. They fled the the scene very quickly.
Bob Wright