Who Is The Mysterious 'Woman in Black' In This Photograph?
Over the past week, residents throughout East Tennessee have reported seeing a woman dressed in a black shroud wandering the highways and roads. On Saturday, sightings were reported in Rhea County, leading many to question, just who is the mysterious ‘Woman in Black’?
Southern Appalachia is filled with tales of ghosts and other myths. From the haints that haunt the Smoky Mountains that are said to appear as black mists only visible out of the corner of your eye to the Cherokee legends of the Yunwi Tsunsdi, a small, fairy-like race of men who are said to either help or play tricks on travelers in the mountain wilds, East Tennessee is filled with unique legends and stories.
And over the past week, another legend has been growing surrounding the appearance of a woman dressed in black shrouds wandering the highways and roads of East Tennessee.
She has been spotted in the recent week as far south as Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., and as far north as Kingsport, Tenn., near the Virginia border. And on Saturday, Rhea County sheriff’s deputies responded to calls regarding a suspicious woman, clad in a long black robe, walking along Highway 30.
“We did receive a couple of calls about her,” Rhea County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy John Argo said. “We checked her out on Highway 30, but she didn’t appear to be a threat to anyone or a threat to herself.”
Argo said the woman told deputies she was originally from an “Islamic nation” and that she formerly worked at the Pentagon, a claim that law enforcement officials doubt.
On Saturday, reports began flooding into a Rhea County forum on Facebook, with several posters claiming they had seen the mysterious woman in Rhea County, including a sighting at the Dayton Wal-Mart.
“I saw her [Saturday] at the Dayton Wal-Mart at 8:30 p.m.-ish,” Facebook user and Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., resident Kayla Orafferty posted.
The next day, on Sunday, the woman was spotted walking on Highway 27 near Graysville.
“I saw her walking towards Sale Creek [Sunday] morning around 7 a.m. on Highway 27 [near the] Graysville line,” Erich Lang-Seibold posted.
Some social media users claimed to have interacted with the woman while at the Dayton Wal-Mart, but details about who the woman is remain elusive.
“When she was seen at the Dayton Wal-Mart [Saturday] night, she was offered a gallon of water and refused,” Spring City resident Lisa Motes Price said in a Facebook post. “Later, someone saw her inside Wal-Mart at the McDonald’s. People have offered to help her but she refuses.”
But reports of sightings of the woman are not specific to Rhea County. Sightings have been reported in Cleveland, Bakewell, Kingsport and even as far west as Lebanon.
On Wednesday, June 4, sheriff’s deputies in Sullivan County stopped the woman after receiving calls of a suspicious person outside the Kingsport city limits.
According to reports, the woman told deputies that her name was Elizabeth Poles of Motts, Ala., and that she was on a “Bible mission” and needed a ride to Winchester, Va. She told Sullivan County deputies much the same thing she told deputies in Rhea, reports state — that she was originally from an “Islamic nation,” used to work at the Pentagon and that she was on a “Bible mission.”
Those same reports state that Sullivan County deputies drove the woman to the Virginia border and dropped her off so she could continue on to Winchester, Va.
After being dropped off in Virginia, the woman appeared three days later in Dayton — 184 miles southwest of Sullivan County.
The sporadic nature of the sightings as well as the large distances between sightings have caused much speculation on social media as to the identity and mysterious nature of the woman. Some have even questioned whether there are in fact several similar women walking the roads of East Tennessee.
Explanations for the intriguing behavior of the woman range from mental illness to missionary work, but the woman’s story remains captivating and mysterious for those who have seen her or heard about her.
Though the woman’s full story may never truly be known, some social media users have even referenced Hebrews 13:2 when discussing the woman in black. That verse states, “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.”
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Looks like someone with a mental disability, ie…Homeless wanderer
Oprah Winfrey
Maybe Muslim terriost, trying to hook up with lost party, knowing they can be safe anywhere, are Americans are so stupid, they can do anything, go anywhere, no problem!
First you need to learn how to use proper English, grammar and punctuation. Your sentence is a run on!
Publishing rambling run-on sentences is a badge of honor these days. So is drinking to excess.
Here is a better article about her:
http://www.wate.com/story/26058556/mysterious-woman-in-black-spotted-in-morgan-county
Maybe she’s a Russian, communist spy…..trying to infiltrate the souths rightwing militia’s.
Once…back in the mid 70′s, on a very cold day, 20- and just east of Lodge Grass, Montana….I was on my way to visit relatives in Broadus, MT. Any way, as I was cruising down the highway, I came upon an elderly Native American walking down the side of the road. I stopped, backed up to where he should’ve been. I rolled down the passenger window, to ask if I could give him a lift somewhere. He was not there and thinking maybe he’d fallen in the ditch or something, I got out to see. The man was nowhere to be seen, no tracks in the fresh snow or anything.
I know what I saw….and to top it off, the man was dressed like he was heading to summer gathering or something. All spiffed up and ready to party…and man, was it ever cold out. I refused to travel that road, until they widened it and changed the road to where that incident occurred.
wow…goosebumps
Is a watcher
Yes perhaps, but why…Dayton Wal-Mart?
Kill it with fire before it can lay eggs!!
LOL, yeah that was a good one tonight
Appalachia is filled with ghost stories because reality is just too much for them, and boredom prevails when there is not enough work for everyone. This woman apparently gets in car, drives to a new place, gets out and goes for a walk where she can explore during her walk. Something many people do. The sight of her is remarkable because she looks like “one of them a-rab women!” Just say it because that’s what you’re thinking!
She is a homeless individual that just doesn’t want help because she doesn’t want to feel indebted to anyone. She is most likely perfectly sane, and possibly sick. Dealing with a terminal illness is a possibility. I have seen photos and she doesn’t look well, just keep her in your thought and offer well wishes her way. She is not hurting anyone, leave her alone! The problem with this world today is if people don’t understand or can’t explain something they want it removed or done away with… just think, what if others feel that way about you? Let people live their lives, If I chose to wander the world and be a nomadic recluse, how long would it be before someone wanted to lock me away? Even though they live their life the way they choose…
#MeZedo
Maybe it`s Benjamin Netanjahu..
its your mommy
How can you even tell if the person is a woman or a man?
She looks harmless.
Better worry about the men in black…
What do you meann’who is this mysterious woman’, the fkg answer is in your story, why you asking us? Is that the beast title you could think of?
Probably wearing a camera and mic. This will end up as an Islamaphobia piece. I am actually afraid of anyone in an outfit that conceals their identity so to me she looks suspicious and creepy.
Michelle?? Or should I say Mike??
It’s a free country filled with paranoid sub humans
not all who wander are lost…
Whoever she is…..God Bless her!!
There are a lot of myths around these types of figures. Here’s an example
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lady_%28ghost%29
How in the hell can you tell by these photographs what this women’s mental capacities are???
And I have an idea….. why don’t we all just MIND OUR OWN BUISNESS !!!
If she needs our help of course we should help her. But lets not infantilize this person.
Who cares…….
Who Cares…..
LOVE THIS , this is one hell of a creepy story..reminds me of the hitcher “going my way”