Storm Hag
A Pennsylvania Ghost Story
retold by
S.E. Schlosser
She lurks below the surface of the lake near Presque Isle, her lithe form forever swimming through the weeds and the mire. Pale and green of skin, her yellow eyes shine luminously in the dark, and her thin long arms wrap themselves around the unwary, while foul-green pointed teeth sink into soft flesh and sharp nails at the end of long bony fingers stroke you into the deepest sleep there is. She is called by many names, but to sailors of Lake Erie, she is known as the Storm Hag.
The creature is a sea witch, an evil Jenny Greenteeth who summoned the storms and pulled shipwrecked sailors down into her evil embrace to live with her forever at the bottom of the lake. Sometimes she waits until the calm right after the storm to attack. When the sailors relax their guard, lulled into thinking that the danger had passed with the storm, the Storm Hag bursts forth from the dark waters of the lake, spewing forth lightening and wind like venom. And the ship will vanish - never to be seen again.
There is only one warning before she strikes. If you listen closely, you can hear her singing against the harsh wind and the thrashing waves:
"Come into the water, love,If you can, flee immediately, for the Storm Hag is right beside you. If you cannot, then pray to your God for mercy, for the Storm Hag will grant you none. Her whirlpool will suck down your ship, and her long green arms will lovingly stroke you into the depths of the lake, where she will feast on your body among the weeds.
Dance beneath the waves,
Where dwell the bones of sailor-lads
Inside my saffron cave."
A young man has an up-close and personal encounter with the Storm Hag in Spooky Pennsylvania by S.E. Schlosser!
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Awesome! Great story.
Posted by: Lulu | July 31, 2010 07:30 PM
better not go sailing then
Posted by: chim | August 7, 2010 04:17 AM
kinda boring. nothing happened.
Posted by: :\ | September 19, 2010 03:00 PM
cool scary
Posted by: ally | October 4, 2010 08:01 AM
its a good thing i get sea sick then!!!
Posted by: just a fith grader | October 5, 2010 06:37 PM
it is so cool
sounds creepy
Posted by: eliza | October 9, 2010 07:09 AM
Hahahahahaha! Its kinda funneh.. Ina creepy way!! =P
Posted by: Skye | October 10, 2010 11:46 AM
that is really spooky
Posted by: justin | October 14, 2010 05:57 PM
that is really spooky
Posted by: justin | October 14, 2010 05:58 PM
i love the story
Posted by: KEKE | October 25, 2010 11:45 AM
i guess i will not go boating.... i dont like dieing!! :D ha ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by: Anonymous | October 25, 2010 05:44 PM
I can imagine someone reading this on a cruise or somthing! XD
Posted by: Anonymous | October 30, 2010 02:43 PM
great.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 3, 2010 07:54 PM
This sounds very close to the Celtic legends of Banshees
Posted by: Kim Lewis | December 4, 2010 10:37 PM
Omg I'm never going boating on that lake ever again. o.o
Posted by: Lala | December 15, 2010 11:21 AM
crrrazy
Posted by: Isabella | January 12, 2011 06:59 PM
Eeeeeeew!
That's kinda weird don't you think?
Posted by: Skye | January 19, 2011 10:51 PM
hehe funny
Posted by: Anonymous | February 12, 2011 02:45 AM
OMG I will never go boating LoL.
Posted by: Natalie | March 2, 2011 08:12 PM
woooow
Posted by: lesbo23 | March 23, 2011 08:11 AM
lol! funny
Posted by: dominique | March 23, 2011 03:08 PM
dis story is awsome.
Posted by: dedee | March 23, 2011 03:14 PM
My brother is still missing after the storm near that lake few weeks ago. This is creepy finding out.
Posted by: Jane | April 29, 2011 09:08 AM
Thats the creepy stuff that makes you wanna investigate!
Posted by: annebeth | May 1, 2011 01:09 AM
its okay. scary if you are reading it while you are on a boat in the lake, or on a cruise outside at night
Posted by: greece | June 13, 2011 12:37 PM
This wasn't really scary
Posted by: Janelle | June 30, 2011 12:12 AM
it kinda reminds me of the story of lorelie
Posted by: lor | July 25, 2011 04:56 PM
She eats ppl? ZOMG... I shall NEVER go boating, good thing it makes me seasick anyway. Ever play Dragonquest 9? This is like a creepier version of a crossbreed of Morag and Leviathan... AieeeEEEEE!!! I wil never never never never ever go boating ever again.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 28, 2011 10:48 PM
If no one lived to tell the tale, how do you know its a she?
Posted by: Omar | August 11, 2011 07:09 AM