The incident was the first of several to be blamed on the Blair Witch. A man drank the water sometime later, and it killed him, while several animals also got sick and died. Afterwards, the creek mysteriously became clogged with oily bundles of sticks, rendering the water useless for thirteen days. The creek was searched, but Eileen's body was never recovered. Eleven eye-witnesses claim to have seen a ghostly white hand reach up out of the water and pull her in. During the event, ten-year-old Eileen Treacle wandered off towards Tappy East Creek and drowned in the shallow water. In 1825, a year after the town was rediscovered and founded as Burkittsville, the villagers held the first annual Wheat Harvest Picnic. It contained the first recorded use of the term 'Blair Witch'.

Sam Adams book told of the trial of Elly Kedward, her execution and supposed “rebirth,” as well as the curse on the entire town. Fearing a curse, the townspeople immediately fled Blair, vowing never to utter the name 'Elly Kedward' again. The next year, all of her accusers and half the town's children vanished without a trace. She was hung on a tree with stones tied to each of her limbs, stretching her body down with gravity. In the winter of 1785, Elly Kedward was banished from the town of Blair after several local children accused her of performing witchcraft.

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