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The Ghostly Apparition of Shipley Hollow
 As you travel north on US Highway 27 from Chattanooga heading towards Dayton, TN, you will cross through a small community known as Sale Creek. Sale Creek is located in northern Hamilton County, not far from the Rhea County line. If you look off to the right side of the highway (coming north, to the left if you're going south), you will see a back road named Daugherty Ferry Road. Follow this road, and you enter Shipley Hollow and find much lovely countryside. Shipley Hollow is a quaint little community on the banks of Sale Creek that has changed little over the years. Aside from farmland and forests, you might also find a ghost!
The glowing white apparition which inhabits Shipley Hollow has been reported since the late 1800s. In those days, the ghost was known to hitch a ride on the back of carriages. Since carriages have now given way to automobiles, sightings have been less frequent, but they still occur. The spirit is most commonly seen along Daugherty Ferry Road or Shipley Hollow Road. Just off Shipley Hollow Road is Shipley Cemetery, a very old and historic cemetery. Many If that is the case, the ghost is known to wander away from the cemetery. The ghost is also seen near an old mill located in the area. The idea that it might be someone hanging around the mill is implausible, since mosquitos keep everyone away from Sale Creek! Those who claim to have seen it say that it is a trademark ghost: glowing, and can be seen through. A ghost with a history of over a hundred years is difficult to determine who it might be. Perhaps it isn't buried in Shipley Cemetery at all, but in a long forgotten grave along the side of the road. Being so forgotten might drive a spirit to try to make people remember who it was during life.
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believe the ghost originates from there. Shipley Cemetery is full of ancient rocks and unmarked graves, and it is difficult to estimate how many people are buried there. Perhaps the apparition is that of someone buried there who is now long forgotten. 