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1. To read a full account of this story, please pick up a copy of Haunted Places: The National Directory: Ghostly Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO Landings and Other Supernatural Locations by: Dennis William Hauck
Songo Hollow is a large gap in Doe Mountain near Roan Creek on the eastern side of Johnson County. Local legend says that it is named after Samuel Songo who was shot dead by an assailant that lay in wait in the bushes one night in the 1860s when he was walking to the small cabin he and his wife shared. Hearing the shot so close to her home, Mrs. Songo left her cooking and rushed to the door. There she saw her husband’s body lying on the ground, covered in blood. She was so overcome with grief that, in a Shakespearean moment, plunged the knife into her abdomen. She died there in the doorway, though in another version of this story, she used a hunting knife to commit suicide.
All that is left of the ghastly event is the remains of a stone foundation, easily overlooked by hikers. On some nights, however, this grisly crime is replayed. Others say that the spirits of Mr. and Mrs. Songo haunt the immediate area surrounding their own cabin. Still, others say strange lights can be seen from the place where the cabin once stood, linking it to the foxfire that allegedly stalks Doe Mountain. 1, 2
