This week, in honor of Halloween, we will take a look at some of our county’s local ghost stories and spooky tales. Tonight’s post is about Whistling Patty.

Whistling Patty–sometimes known as Screaming Patty–is not necessarily a person. It is not necessarily an animal. No one is quite sure what the Whistling Patty is, but everyone who has seen it agrees that they do not want to see it again.

Some of our readers have told us that they have encountered Whistling Patty while in the woods late at night in the northern part of the county, specifically around Anderson Creek and Summertown. It is described as a predatory creature that makes noises similar to a baby crying or a woman screaming.

Dwayne Stewart told us in 2013 that he had encountered the Patty while coon hunting along Anderson Creek many years ago. He said you could always tell when the Patty was nearby because the dogs would come back frightened and refuse to hunt, and that many older men refused to hunt the area at all because of the Patty.

One of those older men claimed that he once watched as the Patty killed several of his dogs, and then followed him back to his truck.

Have you ever seen or heard the Whistling Patty?