The Blair Witch Research Paper
The Blair Witch is a legend that dates back to the 1700’s and is said that she haunts the Black Hills Forest located just right outside of Burkittsville, Maryland. It all starts back in the year 1785 when an Irish-born woman known as Elly Kedward was accused of witchcraft by the children in the village. It is unknown if there was even a trial, Elly Kedward was then brought into the woods and tied to a tree in the dead of winter. When villagers went out to find the body, they were shocked to see not one sign of the corpse. It was assumed that when she died of exposure she was then eaten by the wild animals of the forests. The villagers didn’t think much of it until the children who accused her started vanishing, the townspeople then picked up
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One day a hermit known as Rustin Parr went into town and kept repeating the phrase “I am finally finished.” Mr. Parr brought authorities to his house in the Black Hills Forest and in the house, officials found evidence of severe torture and homicide. A little ways outside of the house, officials found seven graves, and when dug up they found the bodies of seven children. When Parr was asked about it he claimed that an old woman spoke to him and told him to kill the children. Many believe it was the Blair Witch who convinced him to commit those evil deeds.
The Blair Witch has no true nemesis, she only goes after those who decide to wander her forest during the night. She shows the campers/wanderers no mercy. In the 1999 film The
Blair Witch Project her enemies were 3 college students who went out to the forest to research the legend. The 2000 film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 the victims were 4 civilians who after watching the 1999 movie were fascinated in the legend and decided to go camp in Rustin Parr’s home in the Black Hills Forest. Finally in the 2016 film Blair Witch tells the tale of 6 people, one of them being the brother of one of the victims of the 1999 story, decide to go out into the woods with hopes of finding the 1999 college students. None of them were shown mercy by the witch. As mentioned earlier, anyone who dares to enter the forest, automatically becomes the witch’s
One day a hermit known as Rustin Parr went into town and kept repeating the phrase “I am finally finished.” Mr. Parr brought authorities to his house in the Black Hills Forest and in the house, officials found evidence of severe torture and homicide. A little ways outside of the house, officials found seven graves, and when dug up they found the bodies of seven children. When Parr was asked about it he claimed that an old woman spoke to him and told him to kill the children. Many believe it was the Blair Witch who convinced him to commit those evil deeds.
The Blair Witch has no true nemesis, she only goes after those who decide to wander her forest during the night. She shows the campers/wanderers no mercy. In the 1999 film The
Blair Witch Project her enemies were 3 college students who went out to the forest to research the legend. The 2000 film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 the victims were 4 civilians who after watching the 1999 movie were fascinated in the legend and decided to go camp in Rustin Parr’s home in the Black Hills Forest. Finally in the 2016 film Blair Witch tells the tale of 6 people, one of them being the brother of one of the victims of the 1999 story, decide to go out into the woods with hopes of finding the 1999 college students. None of them were shown mercy by the witch. As mentioned earlier, anyone who dares to enter the forest, automatically becomes the witch’s