The Hauntings At Gen. Anthony Wayne's Tomb and Blockhouse
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The Hauntings At Gen. Anthony Wayne's Tomb and Blockhouse

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Come with us as we Explore The Hauntings At Gen. Anthony Wayne's Tomb and Blockhouse in Erie, Pa "Paranormal Pursuit". The place where Gen. Anthony Wayne's Flesh is kept in his tomb. His body was boiled and bones transported per his sons request but his flesh remains at this location.

Gen. Anthony Wayne suffered a serious gout attack. There were no physicians at the fort so calls for doctors were rushed to Pittsburgh and the Army hospitals. As his health worsened he developed intense stomach pains. Unfortunately, the doctors only arrived on the same day as his death, December 15, 1796. He was buried in a plain coffin, his initials and date of death driven into the wood using round-headed brass tacks, at the foot of the blockhouse's flagstaff on garrison hill.

Twelve years later, Isaac, Gen. Wayne's son, rode to Erie in a small, two-wheeled carriage called a "sulky". His sister, Peggy, had begged him to bring their father's remains back to be buried in the family plot at St. David's Church, Radnor, PA. Isaac met Dr. John Wallace. He was the same physician from Pittsburgh who had been called to the dying Wayne's side.

When Dr Wallace opened Wayne's coffin, he found Wayne's corpse almost perfectly preserved. It was the consistency of chalk & only one leg was decayed. But Isaac had only space to bring his father's bones in his horse-drawn sulky.

Dr. Wallace used a custom common to American Indians to solve the dilemma. He dismembered the body and boiled it in a large iron kettle until the flesh dropped off. He cleaned the bones and packed them into Isaac's boxes. The task was so distasteful that Dr. Wallace threw the remaining flesh and his instruments back into the coffin and closed the grave.

In 1853, the abandoned blockhouse was burned down and the land around it leveled. The gravesite was lost until 1878. The coffin lid with the brass tacks, remnants of clothing and the dissection instruments were recovered. These items are on display at the Erie county historical society. The rest was reburied in a reconstructed "Wayne's Blockhouse" monument located on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home.

Paranormal Pursuit is a YouTube based reality show with Bill and his wife Katie. Their paranormal team is PSPR. We document our paranormal findings on this channel. Thanks for watching and Remember It's Only Scary If You Let It!

Pennsylvania Society For Paranormal Research (P.S.P.R.)

We are a paranormal group from Erie, PA and is dedicated to finding the reason a person may think they have paranormal activity. We use modern state of the art equipment, and explore all possibilities from faulty electrical, to pipes banging in your walls. We believe, but we will rule out all other possibilities before we come to the conclusion that your place of business, or residence is active, or haunted. but want to approach this in a scientific way.

Please stop by our website at www.PSPRErie.com

Thank you, PSPR team

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