Cemeteries filled with markers of distinction
By Robert Igoe
The Winchester Star
Winchester — Once and for all, it doesn't glow.
For many years, legend has indicated that a certain tombstone along Cedar Creek Grade is somehow possessed by powers that cause it to glow when approached by cars at night.
The stone, which marks the final resting place of P. Milton Lupton, is said to be able to either reflect headlights or glow in the dark.
Theories about the alleged phenomenon in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery have ranged from the type of materials the stone contains to some slightly less scientific theories — such as ghosts and curses.
However, a trip to the cemetery on a recent evening produced no evidence of any particular reflective or glowing properties, despite an experiment that aimed several different angles of low- and high-beam car headlights at the gravestone.
The inscription on Lupton's marker indicates that he died in 1911 and that he is "not dead but sleepeth."
But while questions can be raised about the most unusual tombstones and burial sites in the area, little doubt can be voiced about which are the most famous.
By Robert Igoe
The Winchester Star
Winchester — Once and for all, it doesn't glow.
For many years, legend has indicated that a certain tombstone along Cedar Creek Grade is somehow possessed by powers that cause it to glow when approached by cars at night.
The stone, which marks the final resting place of P. Milton Lupton, is said to be able to either reflect headlights or glow in the dark.
Theories about the alleged phenomenon in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery have ranged from the type of materials the stone contains to some slightly less scientific theories — such as ghosts and curses.
However, a trip to the cemetery on a recent evening produced no evidence of any particular reflective or glowing properties, despite an experiment that aimed several different angles of low- and high-beam car headlights at the gravestone.
The inscription on Lupton's marker indicates that he died in 1911 and that he is "not dead but sleepeth."
But while questions can be raised about the most unusual tombstones and burial sites in the area, little doubt can be voiced about which are the most famous.
Cemeteries filled with markers of distinction
By Robert Igoe
The Winchester Star
Winchester — Once and for all, it doesn't glow.
For many years, legend has indicated that a certain tombstone along Cedar Creek Grade is somehow possessed by powers that cause it to glow when approached by cars at night.
The stone, which marks the final resting place of P. Milton Lupton, is said to be able to either reflect headlights or glow in the dark.
Theories about the alleged phenomenon in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery have ranged from the type of materials the stone contains to some slightly less scientific theories — such as ghosts and curses.
However, a trip to the cemetery on a recent evening produced no evidence of any particular reflective or glowing properties, despite an experiment that aimed several different angles of low- and high-beam car headlights at the gravestone.
The inscription on Lupton's marker indicates that he died in 1911 and that he is "not dead but sleepeth."
But while questions can be raised about the most unusual tombstones and burial sites in the area, little doubt can be voiced about which are the most famous.
By Robert Igoe
The Winchester Star
Winchester — Once and for all, it doesn't glow.
For many years, legend has indicated that a certain tombstone along Cedar Creek Grade is somehow possessed by powers that cause it to glow when approached by cars at night.
The stone, which marks the final resting place of P. Milton Lupton, is said to be able to either reflect headlights or glow in the dark.
Theories about the alleged phenomenon in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery have ranged from the type of materials the stone contains to some slightly less scientific theories — such as ghosts and curses.
However, a trip to the cemetery on a recent evening produced no evidence of any particular reflective or glowing properties, despite an experiment that aimed several different angles of low- and high-beam car headlights at the gravestone.
The inscription on Lupton's marker indicates that he died in 1911 and that he is "not dead but sleepeth."
But while questions can be raised about the most unusual tombstones and burial sites in the area, little doubt can be voiced about which are the most famous.
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