Indian Falls

New York · United States · House

They were walking along the edge of the falls when he went in. She did not want to live without him.

A woman and her husband were walking along the edge of these falls in western New York when he fell in.

What the story says she did next is why the place is remembered.

No date attaches to it, no names survive, and nothing about it has been documented, so it belongs to legend rather than to record.

What people report at the falls is a woman, and sometimes a red light.

Indian Falls is on Tonawanda Creek, on and beside the Tonawanda Seneca territory, and the falls themselves are a wide low ledge that the whole creek pours over. The rock shelf at the lip is slick, undercut and far more dangerous than it looks, which is the practical fact underneath every version of this story.

The falls are partly on Seneca land and partly private. Access is limited and should be respected.

FAQ

Where is Indian Falls located?

Indian Falls is in New York, United States.

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