100 Steps

Carpenter's Cemetery lies just west of 340 and US 40 on CR 675. Locally it is better known as 100 steps. Legend has it that, on the darkest nights when you can't see your hand in front of you, you can walk up the broken steps of this cemetery and count 100 steps. As you walk down, you can count only 99. It is not an easy thing to do since there are only 60 or so steps there any other time of the day or night.
Legend says the dark of night must be total and you must not be able to see where you step. As you can see in the photos, walking up or down this steep hill on these broken, uneven steps could be dangerous even in the light of day. Legend also tells of those trying to take a safer way up and down the hill, walking on the ground beside the steps and of people being knocked down hard to the ground with handprints appearing on their back or chest.
Why would anyone try to walk the steps at night? The legend continues that if you are able to navigate the steps in the pitch of darkness and make the magical counts, then that night, before the rise of the sun, the spirit of the original caretaker will somehow make known to you the manner of your death. If you are not careful while going down the steps, it could be sooner than you expect.

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