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Manchac Swamp/Julia Brown

This swamp in Louisiana (not far from New Orleans) is the center of stories about stories of ghosts, voodoo magic, and strange creature sightings. People who visit have claimed to hear shrill screams, see children running around and other ghostly sightings.

It is the known home of Rougarou, the Cajun werewolf, numerous malicious spirits and ghosts including that of Julia Brown, a voodoo priestess who lived in the swamp. It is rumored that she would sit on the porch of her tiny cabin (last two pics), giving anyone that passed, the evil eye.

One of Julia Brown’s favorite pastimes was to predict the destruction of the neighboring towns. They called her the oracle, because if something bad was going to happen, Julia Brown already knew about it. Upon her death, she cures the entire town. It’s also rumored that on her funeral in 1915, a deadly hurricane destroyed three towns and numerous lives.

Manchac swamp is only accessible through a local tour. The tour offers rides to her cabin and the cemetery she is buried in.