Pennsylvania Dutch settlers called this place Hexenkopf (witch's head) due to an outcrop of rock resembling the profile of a witch. Sometimes it's called Misery Mountain or Haunted Hill by the locals. There are tales of unholy shrieks, evil spirits, and an eerie glow in the moonlight (due possibly to large deposits of mica embedded in the rock).
Lenape Native Americans used this rock as a site for rituals intended to take evil and sickness from the body. Later, immigrants continued this practice. Local pow-wow doctors used Hexenkopf Rock as a place to transfer sickness, curses, and spells. For two centuries, misery was deposited into this rocky landscape.
Similar to Mount Brocken in Germany, witches are said to congregate here on the night of April 30th, Walpurgisnacht.
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