The boy on the hill

West Virginia · USA · Church

He was killed in the 1920s. He is seen pedalling his bicycle up the hill in a dark blue coat, trying to get home.

From the top of this hill at Hodgesville, West Virginia you can see the old road up to the Mount Lebanon church.

Sit near the top late at night and you may see a boy who was killed in the 1920s.

He is pedalling his bicycle uphill, trying to get home. He wears a dark blue coat, and he can be heard as well as seen.

The uphill detail is what makes this one stay with people. He is not gliding or drifting. He is working, standing on the pedals on a West Virginia hill, which is a thing anybody who grew up in that country has done.

No name survives with him.

A child killed on a road in the 1920s, in a county this size, would have been known to everybody, and the fact that only the coat and the bicycle came down through a century says something about how stories keep the wrong details.

The roads are rural.

FAQ

Hvor ligger The boy on the hill?

The boy on the hill ligger i West Virginia, USA.