Bantley Graveyard

Wisconsin · United States · Cemetery

A bridge beside a Wisconsin burial ground where drivers are told their brakes will fail above twenty five miles an hour.

Bantley Graveyard near Canton, Wisconsin is a popular place for local teenagers, which accounts for a good deal of what happens there.

By day, people walking the road alongside it describe shadows following them. By night, figures are reported.

The rule everyone knows concerns the bridge next to the graveyard. Take it faster than twenty five miles an hour and your brakes are said to fail.

The legend behind it holds that a man named Bantley killed his family.

No record supports that, and it belongs to a very common pattern: a burial ground carries a family name, nobody remembers why, and a story arrives to explain it. The Bantleys were most likely simply the family who gave the land.

The brake warning is the part that gets tested, and it puts young drivers on a narrow bridge at speed, which is the genuinely dangerous thing here.

FAQ

Where is Bantley Graveyard located?

Bantley Graveyard is in Wisconsin, United States.