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The Widow of the Gap
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Set in the shadowed wilderness of Cumberland Gap, The Widow of the Gap tells the chilling tale of Elspeth Harper, a frontier woman whose husband got sick on the trail while crossing the mountains in the late 1700s. Heartbroken but refusing to leave, she stayed behind and camped at the edge of the Gap long after the settlers moved on. During a brutal storm, with no sign of Elspeth, her lantern was still burning, hanging from a limb.
Centuries later, travelers and night watchmen report seeing a pale woman wandering near the old wagon road, clutching a lantern that never goes out, her dress faded, hair loose and wild, walking the ridge-line with a light that doesn’t flicker. Locals say she still searches for her husband’s spirit, calling softly through the fog. Others whisper she’s not looking for him anymore—she’s looking for company.
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