I live in the upstate of South Carolina, and, well, i’ve been to Beaufort many times. I used to go to the festival in Frogmore when they had fresh crab, ribs, and BBQ, etc. I’ve been to a church-not sure if it is THE church- but it was very old, built in the 1700’s. It is made of seashells and a white material that resembles concrete. It has an open ceiling and windows. Is this the church you all speak of?

Hi Jessica, No, I think you are speaking of The Chapel of Ease. http://www.pbase.com/mbroam/chapel_of_ease
It is close to where we are talking about. I’m sure it has it’s own stories as well. I’m not familiar with any stories of it either. We only went to see the Light, Fort Freemont http://www.graveaddiction.com/dougff.html
(which is also located near the Frogmore or Land’s End Light), Old Sheldon Church and another graveyard near the Old Sheldon Church when we wanted to scare ourselves. Sometimes we would ride through The Point and talk about the ghosts in the houses there. We use to ride through Cat Island while they were developing it. It was spooky. I can’t think of anywhere else we went. There were some places we didn’t dare go because they were dangerous. We tried to avoid those places where there might be guns.

You think these stories are scary? You should visit Siler City in North Carolina. There is a place called The Devil’s Tramping Ground. It is in the middle of the woods,and there is a large circle, where no grass or weeds will grow. It has been there for years and years. It has said that it is where the Devil himself goes to stomp around in circles at night and plan out his evil deeds for mankind. No scientist can explain this strange circle. It has also been said that nothing will stay inside the circle after midnight, in the morning it will be moved. I have been there myself it was a very scary experience…. Look it up on google.. Real place…

The light is real. I’m not sure what causes it but a strange light it is.. Chris, I would like to see your tape of the light.. I have only seen it once and I think it is fairly a rare event.

I’ve seen the light in Jacksonboro, SC. All it is is the lights of the Rail Road crossing arm coming down. It’s cool to see if you’re trying to scare some people.

Your story makes no sense and readers can see this flaw. How can he be looking for his head if he is decapatated? The head would be right next to or on the body. If hes searching for his head then he would have had his he choped off and buried I don’t like your story one bit.

Amber

Hi Amber, Of course it doesn’t make sense. They are ghost stories. It doesn’t make sense that any “ghost” should care about anything in the land of the living. The light is real but whatever makes the light has never been explained sufficiently. Stories are always made up to explain the unexplainable and to my understanding, looking for his head is one of the oldest. It is attributed to more than one war and has plenty of “eye witnesses” to its ability to harm people. I don’t believe there is a documented case that harm to anyone was caused by the light. Having said that, there are plenty of weird things that really do happen out there.

is this real?

I and my two friends saw the light back in 1966 when we were stationed at parris island. It was dark and it had rained earlier in the evening. We had brought with us two portable flood lights. We were told that the light appeared between a white church and an oak tree, about a half mile apart. We parked our car by the church under a security light and started to walk toward the tree. I turned to check on the car and that is when we saw the light coming towards us from the swamp. We were stunned that we would see it this soon. We walked to the light but it vanished. Acouple of minutes later it appeared again, moving to us. At this time we turned on the lights which brightend the area. Wdid this to make sure someone was not pulling a prank. But there was nothing around the light. Also at this time the light seperated into two lights. The light was red and seemed to be about the height off the ground the one would hold a railroad lantern. It then backed off and vanished where it came from. We shined the lights into the swamp but saw nothing. The next day, in work, me and one of my friends were talking about the light when awomen civilian worker overheard us. She knew exactly what we were talking about, relating that when she was a young girl they would go for picnics there and the light would appear. The theory we were told was it is a cofederate soldier who was looking for his head. We went back ther about a month later to see it again but it never reappeared.

I only saw the first few posts and it really annoyed me how many variations of the “Land’s End Light” these people have. According to extensive research into the area, the tale, local accounts and personal visits, one thing is certain. No one can agree with what the light, the tree or the church can be attributed to. 1.) The Church: The only church on Land’s End Rd said to be haunted is the Chapel of Ease, which is less than a mile off Sea Island Pkwy. “Workers were once sent to the building to seal up the crypt. They would return each morning to find that the bricks they laid the previous day had been removed and placed in a neat pile. Others have felt unsettled in the church’s graveyard.” There is no tree or trees of importance near this location (unless u consider the one creepy, viney tree near the tomb). 2.) The trees: The most common and agreed upon story of these two trees (left side of road, along the straightest part of the road, as you are going toward the old fort) is that people used to be hanged there. If you park your car under the one that extends its branch over the road, a noose will eventually drop on the roof of your car, assuming you have been there for a considerable period of time. 3.) The Light: Dating back almost 50 years, there are accounts of locals taking their cars up to Land’s End Rd to catch a glimpse of the mysterious light. The light is said by observers to hover off the ground about 10 feet. It is one single light, resembling a motorcycle or car headlight from a distance. It is said to travel at a pretty high rate of speed at times. “Some claim it is the ghost of a murdered Confederate soldier, searching for his head, others claim it`s the ghost of a slave, sold away from his family, who`s come back to hunt for them, though the tales predate the American Revolution. It is most usually reported between the Chapel of Ease (see Beufort) and the “Hanging Tree”. The light has been the cause of at least one documented accident, and Paranormal author Nancy Roberts captured a picture of the light and published it in one of her many books about the ghosts of South Carolina.”
From personal experience, this is what I can add to the table. The Chapel of Ease does have an eerie aura to it. However, its location right next to a well-traveled road takes away from the spookiness. The “Hanging Tree” is definitely a tree that looks like it could have been used for that purpose. However, being able to park my car under it and wait, while cars would come up behind me periodically was impossible. Lands End Light: As with the tree, where it is suggested you park and turn your lights off, I would advise just driving slowly (given there is no traffic) along the point where there is a small white church on the right side of the road down about to where the road goes through sharp curves near the fort, back and forth. You can’t always count on seeing the light, but I know from experience it exists. What it is is something still left up to speculation though. I didnt wanna stick around long enough to find out. I pressed down on the gas and went about 75 mph. Even though the light seemed to be gaining on me, it disappeared in my rear view mirror near the before-mentioned small white church on the corner.
By the way…..dont go to Old Sheldon Church at night. Me and 4 friends about went to prison for “trespassing on federal property.” That place is awesome as far as its spookiness and history, but not worth the blue light special.

Oh my the Frogmore Light at Lands End I livd in Beaufort from 1976-1986 and seen the light a couple of times my self,we used to got there every weekend and yes we saw it as it went by our car under the big oak the car would not start the radio went haywire until it was gone, and there is a church about a half mile from the tree that has some tales of it’s own in the old fripp graveyard next the church. I had some friends say that thay went to the graveyard and started cursing at the old fripp crypt and it started bleeding from he stone needless to say they were totaly freaked out!!! I’m not sure what or who it is but it does happen.

I have lived in Beaufort most of my teenage years, had many, many partys at “The Fort”…never had any strange experiences there, though one nite me and a few friends decided to sit under the big oak tree on the curve…..I presonally was expecting a little light from a lantern floating around…..what I saw was completely the opposite. We may have only sat there for 20 minutes or so……in the dark, engine NOT running, Moving thru the trees and the road we saw what I strongly believe was “THE LANDS END LIGHT”
…It was a bright lumunious light, no oncomming traffic, so we know it wasn’t headlights…looked like a big giant Lumunious “cloud” just floating down the road between the trees and road line…..scared the living **** outta me, cranked the car before the”light ” got to my car….going back on Thursday April 24th and take video this time….look for postings…..Stacey

Hello I’m new to the area and I have no idea were frogmore is. If anyone here lives in the bluffton area and want to go see the lite maybe we could ride out there together. otherwise if someone could give me detailed directions on how to get there I would appreciate it. This is something i definately have to see.

I’m not great directions, maybe you should google it or something. Basic directions, From Bluffton, 278 to 170 to 21 in Beaufort. Turn right at 21 follow to Land’s End road on St Helena Island. Turn right. I’m not sure how far down it is but you’ll pass the Chapel of Ease (check out links to it in previous posts), you’ll come to a small church on the right hand side of the road, just past it will see a large oak overhanging the road. That is where you wait to see it. It is in the general area of Fort Freemont, so if you find it on a map, you can find the other landmarks and know you are in the right place. There is also a link to it in the previous posts. The light is on Land’s End Road, Fort Freemont isn’t. Just because you go doesn’t guarantee the light will show. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. THe best time to wait, midnite of course.

Private Frank Quiqley of Fort Fremont.

I seen the light a few years ago. We were told to shine our headlights over the graves as we pulled in, knock on the church window, and park under the hanging tree. This seems to make no difference but, we did see it like 12 times. I also seen “something” in the graveyard. If anyone else seen something please get ahold of me……..

I was a young marine stationed at Beaufort MCAS in 1966-1968. I’d ride out to Frogmore some nights with friends on our motorcycles. We’d go out to party at the hangman’s tree, and explore the old fort at Lands End. Back then the old fort was all overgrown with weeds, vines, and was very scarey. The story I heard back then about the light was; “In the past, a young girl was in love with a sailor who sailed out of Port Royal Sound, and once he shipped out and never returned (drowned?). Occassionally, she would take a directional lantern (shines like a modern day flash light) and walk down the road to Lands End, and shine the light out over the water to guide her lover home. Eventually, she grew old, died, and was buryed in the church cemetary.” I never saw the light myself, but being out there late at night, surrounded by very creepy darkness, ghost stories running around in my head, and the sounds of voodoo drums off in the dustance certainly scared me. Also, I never rode my motorcycle down that road alone at night, as the risks of being shot were too real. With only one headlight on a motorcycle, you looked too much like the light of Frogmore to be safe. I haven’t been back there since 1968, and I suspose the area has grown up drastically into a modern day, developed yuppieville, but back then there was nothing out there but the dark, scarey, unknown.

I was a young Marine stationed at MCAS Beaufort in 1966-1968. Occassionally, friends and I would ride our motorcycles out to Lands End to party under the old hanging tree and explore the old fort. The fort was all overgrown with weeds, and vines back then and was a very scary place in the middle of the night. I never would ride my motorcyle out there by myself because that was a good way to get shot at. A single motorcyle light coming down the road looked too much like the light of Frogmore. The story of the light that I heard back then, was this: In the past, a young girl was in love with a sailor who shipped out of Port Royal Sound. He went to sea and never returned, and was probably drowned. Occassionally she would walked down the road to lands end carrying a directional lantern (it shined a light in only one direction like a modern day flashlight). When she got to the end of the road, she’d wave the lantern hoping to bring her love back to her. Eventually, she grew old, died, and was buried in the cemetary of the old church. Afterwards, her ghost continued to carry a light to look for her lover.I never saw the light myself, but sitting out there in the dark, with ghost stories running around in my mind, and the sounds of voodoo drums in the distance was plenty enough to scare me. I haven’t been back there since 1968, but I’d guess that by now, the area has grown up into a modern type of yuppieville, or small ranchettes. Back then the area was little populated, and very scarey at night, ghost or or no ghost.

I have lived in beafort for 16 years and i still live here. Last night me and some friends went to see the light for the first time, im not quite sure how the legend goes, but when you get down the road from the oak tree that you drive under you can clearly see a bright light come out of the tree. There is no way it is a car because it was off of the ground and it was only one light. I dont know how to explain it but it’s something you have to see for yourself. If you ever come here to see it, take a trip to the fort down the road, Fort Fremont.

Matt from March 11, 2008 comment:
Your entry was well detailed and informative. Now I would like to inform you that the Beaufort County Police Department has jurisdiction over the PRIVATELY owned property. I have scouted the place out – there are absolutely NO – not a one – signs that state you cannot be on that property at ANY time of the day or night. Under federal, state and LOCAL law, owners of property and or state owned property must CLEARLY STATE the historical site’s “open” and “close” TIMES in full visibility to any and all citizens. I am reporting your corrupt “run-in” with the local authorities of Beaufort to the proper “higher-up” authorities. Beaufort is a county in South Carolina and due to the “nature” of this county some and I say SOME as to not down all authoritative figures in the county MISUSE the JUSTICE SYSTEM and have created ordinances in which the public is not made aware of through local media, newspapers and even at the visitor’s center. You were unfairly “given” the “blue light special” and I will FAIRLY hand it back to them. Look for a change in the near future regarding this matter. Columbia is getting fed up with the corrupt bureaucratic practices of those authorities that are blatantly misusing and creating false laws in your area. Investigations are already taking place and you should look for compensation representation material for any expenses you incurred due to this unfortunate event. As for the light(s), hauntings, etc., it’s your right to travel when and where you want in America. Don’t stop my man! Just get arrested with “grace” – it’s coming back to bite them in the *** before you know it. yours truly – sally