Doniphan Cemetery

Missouri · USA · Cemetery

There is an angel here, a woman rather than a child. At midnight on a full moon she is said to weep blood, sometimes until one in the morning.

The cemetery in the middle of Doniphan, Missouri holds a statue of an angel. The local telling is precise about which one: the woman, not the child.

Go at midnight on a full moon, and only on a full moon, and she weeps tears of blood. It sometimes carries on until one in the morning.

During that hour, voices are said to be audible faintly across the graveyard.

Weeping statues are among the oldest reports in this field and among the easiest to explain. Porous stone holds rainwater and releases it slowly, iron in the stone or in nearby fittings stains it red, and a face carved to look downwards will channel it through the eyes.

That explanation covers the mechanism. It does not cover why people keep coming, or why they only come on the nights when they have been told to.

The cemetery is public and should be treated as a burial ground.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Doniphan Cemetery?

Doniphan Cemetery ligger i Missouri, USA.