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Plat-Eyes and Boo Hags: Creepy Folklore of the Lowcountry of Georgia and South Carolina | Scary Stories

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The Gullah Geechee are descendants of West and Central Africans enslaved on the Sea Islands and coastal plantations. Isolated in these regions, they preserved a unique creole language and a rich spiritual folklore. For a long time, any ghostly apparition or sinister spirit in the Lowcountry was simply called a "haint," a term for haunt or ghost. But over time, people realised not all haints were the same. Gullah lore eventually classified the evil spirits into two categories: plat-eyes and boo-hags.


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Research Links:

https://genteelandbard.com/southern-history-haunts-folklore-journal/boo-hags-plat-eyes

https://www.blacksouthernbelle.com/www-blacksouthernbelle-com-gullah-geechee-folk-rituals-hoodoo-voodoo-and-conjuring

https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php/Plat-eye

https://www.reddit.com/r/dogman/comments/1dz4act/i_learned_something_new_and_i_want_to_talk_about

https://charlestonterrors.com/boo-hags-haint-blue-vampires-of-the-lowcountry-the-paint-that-stops-them/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_hag

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ufxm0g/old_hag_sleep_paralysis_about_7_years_ago


Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday.


Sarah and Tobie xx


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