White Screamer
In this small town of White Bluff there’s a famous hollow where the White Screamer dwells. No one knows exactly what it is or its origin. It’s said to be a white mysty form that wails and cries and screams enough to make any person go insane, thus gaining its title of “The White Screamer”. It has also been noted that if one ventures to the spot where they might’ve seen the White Screamer, the grass will be burned away. Alledgedly, around the 1920’s a young man built his family of a wife and seven children a home and farm down in the hollow, and every single night they’d wake up to the sound of this awful crying and screaming. So, finally, after this young man has had enough, he grabs his shotgun and runs out into the night off to find whatever beast is making this awful noise. He climbs to the top of one of the surrounding hills to see if he can spot it, and then hears the sound of screaming… only it’s the voices of his family and children. By the time he can climb down this hill and get back to his house, he finds his whole family dead.. and pieces of their body thrown around on the ground and the floors of the house. You can still drive down into the hollow and see the foundation of the house and graves of the members.
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Sarah says: |
January 1, 2008, 8:48 pm |
This story has been told for many, many years. It; along with the tale of werewolf springs are part of Dickson County’s history, true or not, these stories have been told by many grandparents, parents, uncles, and old timers. When it comes to paranormal activity, no one story is more true than the other. Its all about what you believe or don’t believe in. And it is what this website is all about. So…why put down people and say it’s BS? If you’re reading it, you must believe in it someway or another.
Paige says: |
January 29, 2008, 3:49 am |
I HAVE COMMENTED ON HERE BEFORE ON HOW I HAD INTERVIEWED MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH THE
“WHITE SCREAMER.” I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR LIKE 4 YEARS TO SEE THIS CREATURE AND I FINALLY DID. AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT IS MORE REAL THAN I EVER IMAGINED! THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE VERY SKEPTICAL, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT BE AT ALL. I SWEAR IT EXISTS. AFTER SEEING IT I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT IS A YETTI(IN MORE COMMON TERMS, A BIG FOOT).MY BOYFRIEND WAS BRINGING ME HOME ONE NIGHT AROUND 9PM. OUT WHERE I LIVE IS BACK WOODS. NEAR LEATHERWOOD AND NARROWS OF THE HARPETH. WE WERE COMING AROUND A TURN AFTER COMING OFF THE 2ND BRIDGE WHEN WE SAW SOMETHING STANDING IN THE CLEARING IN FRONT OF THE TREES, BUT IT WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE ROAD. AT FIRST I JUST FIGURED IT WAS A DEER OR COYOTE BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY TOO BIG TO BE A RABBIT OR SOMETHING. THEN AS WE GOT CLOSER I REALIZED THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY HUMONGOUS! I STILL CANT GET OVER THE FACT OF HOW BROAD ITS SHOULDERS WERE. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THAT ITS EYES GLOWED BRIGHT RED IN THE HEADLIGHTS, AND THE EYES WERE QUITE LARGE THEMSELVES. SECONDLY I NOTICED THAT IT WAS WHITE. THATS WHEN I STARTED TO GET SCARED. WE STOPPED THE CAR NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS THING THAT WAS ACTUALLY STANDING IN FRONT OF US. I YELLED AT MY BOYFRIEND TO “DRIVE!”. WE STARTED DRIVING AGAIN IN DISBELIEF AND HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO GO BACK AND I SAID NO.I WAS SO TERRIFIED THAT I STARTED TO TEAR UP. SURPRISINGLY HE DID TOO EVEN THOUGH I HAD TOLD HIM OF THE CREATURE BEFORE HE JUST ALWAYS MADE FUN OF ME. THIS PROVED HIM WRONG AND HE KNEW IT. WE PULLED UP IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY LITTLE SISTER CAME OUTSIDE TO GREET US AND I YELLED “GET INSIDE NOW!”. SHE HEARD THE FEAR IN MY FIRST SO SHE DID WHAT SHE WAS TOLD. AFTER CALMING DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES MY BOYFRIEND LEFT. HE CALLED ME ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT. WHILE HE WAS GOING BACK AROUND THAT TURN HE SAW IT AGAIN BUT IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD AND WATCHED HIM AS HE PASSES LIKE IT WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO GO BY, WHEN MOST ANIMALS WOULD RUN OFF OR ACT SKITTISH. BUT IT JUST STOOD THERE AND WAS COVERED IN WHITE HAIR, STANDING ON TWO FEET AND WAS HUGE. IT WAS MORE REAL THAN ANYTHING.
DDT says: |
February 20, 2008, 2:53 pm |
Its Elvis, he is still living in TN. The next time anyone sees it just ask it to sing are you lonesome tonight and you will all be amazed.
Kaos says: |
March 1, 2008, 4:11 pm |
Wow, ya you know I was planning to move there but, i gues I’ll just talk my parents out of it!
Gail says: |
March 6, 2008, 11:10 pm |
HEY I’M NOT SURE WHAT IS TRUE OR NOT. THESE STORIES ARE ALL A LITTLE FAR FETCHED. THE SUBJECT CAME UP TODAY AT WORK ABOUT HAUNTINGS AND I SAID THERE WAS THIS PLACE “WEREWOLF SPRINGS” BUT I COULDN’T REMEMBER THE STORY. IF ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS THE “REAL STORY” PLEASE POST IT. I KNOW THERE WAS A DOCUMENTARY DONE ON THIS NOT TOO LONG AGO BUT CANT RECALL WHAT CHANNEL IT WAS ON. I’VE NEVER HEARD OF THE “WHITE SCREAMER” BEFORE TONIGHT. I’D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE AREA AND HOW THIS SO CALLED CREATURE HAS CO EXISTED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG….LOL…..
Melodie Griest says: |
March 10, 2008, 8:59 pm |
This is a very interesting story. I love to read and hear about stuff like this! A lot of the comments left were very amusing also. I enjoyed reading them all. However, there is a possible explaination to this phenomenon. As we all know, there is a population of Black Panther’s here in Tennessee. I moved down here several years ago from Ohio and we also had Panthers up there. I got a call one day from my sister in law, she was excited saying that there was a white Panther on the rocks above her house. I thought, “Yeah, Right” but went right over there any way to see. I looked through the scope on her rifle and sure enough there was a VERY large white panther laying up on the rocks in the sun. He was swishing his tail, which was really long, back and forth and watching us while we were watching him! That was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen! Noone else said a thing about seeing that white panther, but it was there, I saw it with my own eyes along with my sister in law and her six kids and my husband. Panthers scream like a woman and make other sounds that sounds like a little child crying and whimpering. I’ll bet that is what the white screamer is. When people see things like this and there are stories about monster’s and unidentified creatures they are scared and think they see something they don’t. I believe there are unexplained creatures out there, I have seen ghosts and spirits myself and have a good pic of one on my back porch, so I am not a “nay sayer” in any way. But I do believe in trying to find a rational explaination if one exists.
Kaos says: |
March 13, 2008, 8:50 pm |
Hey! Werewolves are stupid! Vampires rock more!
Tiffany says: |
March 24, 2008, 6:32 pm |
I want to go there. See if I can see that thing. It sounds so cool and I totally believe in it. I believe in just about all the ghost stories I hear, but most of the time I have to see it to believe it. My family and I go to alot of the places that ghosts supposedly live. I just wrote a comment at the bottom of Sleepy Hollow Lane talking about a ghost site I visited. So cool & scary at the same time!!! lol Take a look at it if you read this.
Tiffany says: |
March 24, 2008, 6:34 pm |
P.S. I agree with the dude that wrote above me!!!! lol Vampires Rock!!!! lol
Melissa van Niekerk says: |
March 30, 2008, 5:18 am |
Hi, I’m from South Africa and we have loads of ghosts. If anyone is interested in a few stories you can email me at tongringdrummer@gmail.com
Lynda says: |
April 1, 2008, 7:08 pm |
Just found this site. Although I never needed extra proof because I saw the White Screamer (great name, by the way) with my own eyes, it helps to know more people have seen this creature. We always called him or her the White Man. My now ex-husband, myself and our daughter saw the White Screamer in 1986 between Hogin Rd. and Gum Branch Rd (also known as Lime Kiln Road) in Burns, TN. We were taking a hike and it was getting close to dusk, so we decided to start towards home on foot. We were coming out of the woods to a cow pasture and home was on the other side of this cow pasture. When we first saw the White Screamer he was crouched down just staring at the cow pasture. We must have made some noise in the woods and brush, because he stood up and turned around to face us. I think we startled him, and he sure startled us. My uneducated guess is he was about 7 feet tall, with longish, mostly white and cream-colored fur. This White Screamer stood there for a few seconds and we all just stared at each other. We were about 25 ft. away from him (or her). Then the White Screamer bolted for the cover of the woods. I have never seen anything run so fast with huge strides. I mean, even the Cheetahs on TV. This thing was FAST. As the White Screamer ran, he kept looking back at us. I guess to make sure we were not going to follow him. I said to my husband, “What the hell was that?!?!?!?” From what I hear from my daughter in recent times, he does not like to talk about this encounter.
Anyway, my daughter does not remember. She was only a year old and on my ex-husband’s shoulders at the time. I know of two other people that have seen the White Screamer. One is a current sister-in-law and another is an old friend. All of these sightings took place on Gum Branch (or Lime Kiln Rd.) in Burns, TN.
Three other notes I thought were interesting: 1) The White Screamer did NOT have a tail and he was bipedal.
2) There is a fascinating place on Gum Branch Road called Underground City. I believe it is now privately owned, but it would be the perfect “hideout” for the White Screamer!
3) There are numerous accounts of mutilated cattle/calves in this area, at least there was in the 1980″s.
Don’t put all your eggs in the science basket, because the scientists have’nt been able to prove the existence of a bipedal 7 ft. mammal yet!
moshy jurda says: |
June 3, 2008, 2:44 am |
the whitew screamer fucked BABY jesus i saw it with my own 2 eyes
Brad Welch says: |
June 21, 2008, 6:14 am |
some people say its like a vortigaunt from Half Life 2 as ive been told
ashleytisdalefan3 says: |
July 24, 2008, 10:58 am |
creepy
Charles says: |
July 27, 2008, 8:22 pm |
I was researching haunted places in Tennessee after a trip to Shiloh National Battlefield when I came across this site and stories of the White Screamer. What’s interesting is that I’ve lived in Middle Tennessee all of my life and have never hear of this story… but, it does seem to fit in with an experience that myself and another friend of mine had about twenty years ago.
Before getting married, I was a hunter and fisherman. I liked fishing better so when my new bride asked me to choose one over the other, I chose fishing. I was already growing tired of getting up at three in the morning and trekking through the woods at 32 degrees only to come home empty handed except for a few sightings, so giving up hunting wasn’t an all together bad thing. Plus, hunting pressure was growing and finding a decent place to hunt was a chore in itself.
Anyway, this has all reminded me of one hunt in particular in White Bluff. A family friend of our owned a home on Old Hwy 70 just as you enter Dickson County, and we were always invited to hunt the wooded areas behind their home. The family even kept a little travel trailer there hooked up with electricity for us to use when we came, although most of the time we stayed in their home. This trip however, we stayed in the trailer since the family was away. Our plan was to stay there for four nights, hunting each morning that we were there, or until we each bagged a deer. The first day there, we mainly searched the area over. We noticed tracks and followed them deep into the wooded hillside until they finally disappeared altogether, but we were excited to have tracked them as far as we did. The next morning we were going to retrace our selves by following the little reflective trail tags that we had secured to branches on our way out, setting up a watch at a couple of key openings in the woods. Surely if the deer were using this as a trail, we would at least get a glimpse of a couple. We just hoped that there was a buck in the mix.
On the following morning, we woke up somewhere between two-thirty and three o’clock as we had planned, got dressed and set out to follow our trail. White Bluff is a very dark place at that time of the morning I want to add, even though Nashville isn’t all that far away, you still can’t get any benefit from the city lights here. We each had a flashlight though, and started looking out for that first little glimmer of reflection of the trail tags. My friend was the first to spot one, so I followed him through the thicket and into the woods. We trailed the tags for about a half mile to where we wanted to set up our first post in a small, but visible clearing where we could watch the trail from a western view. I would stay here with the sun rising behind my back while my friend walked on toward the next area. Luckily, the wind was in my favor that morning and was hitting me directly in the face.
I sat there in the dark waiting for that first glimpse of sunlight for what seemed like a long time. Finally, I was becoming aware of the growing sunlight and watching diligently as the light began making funny shapes around me. I’m normally a little freaked out by these things, but this morning I was pretty calm as I thought for sure that I would take my buck on the first real hunting morning on this ridge. That would soon change as my friend would come wandering back towards me making more noise than a bear! He told be to come down from my tree and to get the hell away. I questioned him on what was bothering him and he told me of some crazy thing that had scared him from his hunting area. Needless to say I was pissed because I just figured that the shadows were playing around with him as they had started doing to me, but since the whole area was compromised for the morning, I returned back with him to the trailer. I kept asking him what it was that spooked him, but he would not say… I figured that he was too embarrassed to admit early morning jitters had gotten to him but I harassed him about it anyway. I took a nap and let him deal with whatever it was that bothered him.
That night, we rode down to Joe’s White Bluff Bar-B-Cue for some sandwiches. When we got back we started a little campfire and sat around waiting to go to bed. While sitting there I started poking a little more fun of my friend asking him if he was going to get scared again, but could see that it may just happen. Still, he never said a word and when the fire had waned, I got ready for bed. That was when I first heard what you may be calling the White Screamer. There was a loud piercing scream from the direction that we were hunting that very morning. I looked over toward my friend and he was literally shaking and finally said, “Whatever is making that noise… is what I think I saw this morning!” Still, I doubted my friend, but the noise wasn’t about to end there as another loud scream echoed from the woods. I went into the trailer to get my rifle. For a minute, my friend thought I was going to go out searching for whatever was making that noise, but there was no way I was going in there alone. There was also no way I was going to site here unarmed either, and this is what I told my friend. All throughout the night we heard this thing “screaming” and at times it didn’t sound like it was too far away. We both decided to rebuild the fire knowing that neither one of us was going to get any sleep with that noise just beyond our site, so we spent the night sitting there beside the fire with our hunting rifles.
At one point, I did finally fall asleep. Nothing came out of the woods. Nothing else I’ve ever heard of made that sound again as far as I can remember. I’ve heard deer grunt and squeal before and know that they can be creepy when you don’t know what, or where it is, but I’ve never heard this sound again after this one time. The family friends have never heard the noises neither and still say that we let our imaginations get the best of us. I would be inclined to believe it myself but like I’ve said… I’ve heard lots of noises in the dark woods, and none of them compared to this. We’ve both hunted the woods after this and have never had this experience again.
Looking on the map, I see that this area even ties into the stories that are posted here. Trace Creek Road and Leatherneck roads are the first two roads that we would have connected with had we kept walking to the North. I’m not a believer in Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster so I’m still a skeptic, although what I remember of that night is surely sending shivers down my spine today, even twenty years later!
Charles says: |
July 27, 2008, 8:30 pm |
Sorry… I meant to say Leatherwood Rd, not Leatherneck Rd.
Jeneen says: |
August 6, 2008, 2:45 pm |
We, the Dickson County Ghost Hunters 07, Are interrested in investigating this . Please, if anyone knows the location of the graves and foundation to the first story we would greatly appreciate it. We are not afraid of the stories but would greatly like to prove or disprove the legend. Our team consists mostly of girls but have been lucky to have acquired two men.We are looking for other new members and if anyone has info or would like to experience what we have please e-mail info or interest to blue_eyez402006@yahoo.com. We are working on getting our website up and we are looking for an electronic technichian as well. please someone let us know though, if you know a specific location.
Jeneen
Elizabeth says: |
September 1, 2008, 11:46 am |
Exellent spooky story’s! Thank You for posting them.
james says: |
September 12, 2008, 3:30 pm |
im from whitebluff and the legend is 1000% the way he told it and if u wanna give me **** about it then thats to freaking bad i may only be 15 but ive camped out in that holow and weird things do realy hppen you should try it if u get the chance its awesome
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Ikey says:
December 30, 2007, 7:20 pm
What a bunch of B.S.Get real people.