The horse field

Indiana · United States · Haunted site

Two black horses and a black foal. The only shelter in five acres was one enormous oak in the middle, and they ran to it when the lightning started.

In the late 1800s a storm hit this small town in Indiana harder than anything anyone there had seen.

In a field of about five acres there were two black horses and a black foal. The only shelter in the whole field was one enormous oak tree standing in the middle of it.

When the lightning began they ran straight to it.

Anyone who has kept animals knows what happens next, and it is the reason you do not shelter under a lone tree in open ground.

What is reported in the field is the three of them.

This is one of very few entries in this archive that concerns animals rather than people, and it is among the most affecting. They did exactly what instinct told them to do, and it was the one thing that would kill them.

The field is private land near French Lick.

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Where is The horse field located?

The horse field is in Indiana, United States.