My reputation stands behind my statement that this is not fiction but fact. I present the unbelievable details in the form of an urgent letter I wrote to the Sheriff of Wayne County and the Palladium-Item Newspaper Richmond, Indiana. The best psychic at Chesterfield, Indiana was also informed. The date of this letter was January 6, 1998.

Dear Sirs,

Yet another child drowning in your Dublin/Centerville area of Indiana has greatly upset me and it is urgent that you listen carefully to what I am trying to explain. This tragic situation must not be allowed to continue on forever. I will make a very startling statement and then lay out the true facts at least briefly. I know you are a very busy person and I'm sorry about the volume of this but I must somehow convince you of it.

YOU ARE FACED WITH A SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA! THIS MIXED UP INSIDIOUS THING PREYS ON CHILDREN. WHAT IS EVEN MORE TERRIBLE AND DISHEARTENING IS IT IS NOT A VISIBLE PERSON THAT YOU CAN TRACK DOWN AND APPREHEND. BUT READ ON. THERE IS HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE.

I will list some of the factors in this deplorable situation hoping they will convince you we are not talking about hearsay or coincidence here.

It was the crash of two autos at the crossroad south of Dublin and north of the now abandoned iron bridge over Simmons Creek that gave birth to all of this. My informants on this event were Mr. and Mrs. Herman Warner, ages 67 and 65, who then lived near the bridge. It was Mr. Warner's brother's wife who was killed in the accident. The husband, wife, and two sons, and the 18 month old baby, were returning from a swimming party in Simmons Creek in the summer of 1937. The broadside crash threw the mother and the baby in her arms out of the car. In her last fleeting moment the mother raised her head, looked for her baby, moaned, then died. The baby was not hurt and the last I learned was a married woman named Fields living in Union County. Apparently this mother's great love for her baby became a twisted destructive thing. In disembodied form she has never ceased to seek to replace that which she thinks she lost.

The Jana Hunter (8 years) drowning on July 1, 1963. Jana lived on the south edge of Dublin. This incident gives us some important clues about what apparently was going on. Jana's parents had ceased to talk about what happened but their neighbor a woman named Boyd knew all the details very well. For some time Jana talked about an angel who would appear to her. This was a beautiful woman and Jana repeatedly said she was told that she would not grow up like other girls and have babies but instead was going to go with the angel. This proved to be correct when she drowned in a limestone drop off in Simmons Creek below the iron bridge. The father was able to rescue his pregnant wife and son when they became hysterical and fell in when Jana did, but he reached Jana too late. The mother claimed that she seen Jana grow calm, look up, and smile before going under the final time. Apparently something controlled the little girls mind at this crucial time.

The ghost light incident one night in August 1967. This occurred under the canopy of tall trees that covered the approach to the iron bridge. As the six witnesses in the Chevy station wagon approached the bridge they saw a dull reddish-orange volley ball sized object about 15 feet away. The driver stopped and everyone looked at the strange object about two feet above the ground. The object looked solid when it darkened and transparent when it lightened. Fear brought on pounding hearts, one observer dropped to the floor, and the driver floored the gas pedal. The glowing object began to pace them south of the bridge Then it moved ahead of the car and at the next curve disappeared.

The ghostly apparition incident that occurred on the cement bridge on State Road 40 about a mile NW of the iron bridge on a cold winter night in February 1968. As the auto approached the bridge the four witnesses first thought the object was a big dog about to cross the highway. Then as the object was illuminated by the cars headlights, it became apparent that it was a form of a person dressed in a long flowing garment. The shocked driver swerved to the left and stopped as the form reached the center of the road. In the light the form appeared to be a solid fog-like white color. The slender form appeared to be that of a woman moving in a slow steady motion. The witnesses, who will forever remember that night , heard a low whimpering cry even though the car motor was running and the windows were up. As the apparition reached the right side of the road out of the headlights it appeared as a bluish white form with a mist around it in the partial moonlight. The figure then vanished from sight. Now for a moment want to discuss your possible rejection of the type of ghostly scenarios I have described above. I can only declare that no one in the above events is telling it anyway but the way it actually was. In an effort to convince you I will give a few details on another case of an entity who still was hanging around. The site is the Big Williams Creek, Mary Grey Bird Sanctuary area southwest of Connersville, Indiana. Three couples, plus I and my nephew, at separate times viewed the gliding form of Gladys Tate in her isolated creek valley. She appeared in a white glow and it was her plaid skirt that enabled me to identify her. Seventeen persons have seen her when she appeared as a ghost light. She has paced some and one night sped ahead of one lady and waited for her over her driveway. So here too we have a glowing orb and an apparition just like we do in the drowning area. Frustrated love in her life seems to draw Gladys to couples in the area.

The Tuft children drowning. In June of 1972, all four children of a Mrs. Tutt of Cambridge City, who were out playing alone, drowned in a farm pond near that city. Is this showing a skill to even produce multiple deaths in a favorable setting? I was able to talk to Mrs. Tutt about her children but she recalled nothing out of the ordinary.

Lisa Miller drowning. On August 23, 1976 this three year old child drowned in the Michel Miller above ground swimming pool a quarter mile west of Dublin. The mother missed her and found her at the bottom of the four foot pool. Address then RR 1 Cambridge City.