Short Story Of Big Liz And Cry Baby Bridge

The legends of Big Liz and Cry Baby Bridge will forever be in the minds of the young and old generations and more to come. Big Liz was an African American slave that lived in Dorchester county Maryland with her master, Big Liz was a strong woman she could lift two full-grown pigs under each arm and take them to the smoke house without any help. Big Liz was a part of the Harriet Tubman regime and was a spy for the north, keeping Intel about her master and his smuggling routes and she kept this from her master for a very long time. Her master was a part of the southern army and he would help smuggle goods from the north taking routes that the north did not know about, Big Liz’s master has a large amount of gold and wealth that he gets by smuggling

goods from the north and the Yankees that work for the north have been tracking Big Liz’s master. (“The Legend of Big Lizz”)
Big Liz’s master was always never fond of her because of her size and strength, but very afraid of her strength and size but one day Big Liz's master got word that one of his smuggling routes had been caught and heard of his name and were after him but he couldn’t figure out why for her never told a soul of these routs but one person did , Big Liz told the north of these routes and the master had assumed it was going to be her.

So the Yankees were after the master and he didn’t want the Yankees to get the chest of gold and wealth that he smuggled from them, so what the master did was he took Big Liz, a shovel, the chest full of gold and a tree sapling. The master and Big Liz were on their way to the swamp that is still to this day in Dorchester County. They walked the great muddy and dangerous waters of Briar swamp. Big Liz and the master found a spot and big enough for Big Liz.Big Liz was instructed to dig a hole to bury the chest filled with gold and with her in it as well. When Big Liz was almost to the point where her head was below ground, the master then said to Big Liz “you traitor” then chopped her head off. Big Liz’s master buried the wealth and big Liz so that no one would find her or the wealth from the north or the Yankees, then the master put a sapling over the wealth on the same location so that he could find it later as he was leaving the master felt a strange feeling that he was being watched, so an ease strange light mist came out of the swamp and the master

turned around. There standing with her head in her hands stood Big Liz. Big Liz was not pleased with what her master did too her so then the master was running and trying to get away from Big Liz he then fell and tripped and chopped his head off with the shovel. To this day Big Liz protects the wealth from anyone who tries to take it. When people talk about the story of Big Liz, they talk about the wealth that she is protecting from the north locals have seen on a full moon that mist comes from that mist comes from the swamp and that she makes sure that no one is around to steal the wealth from her and the swamp. The Swamp isn’t the only place that is haunted from Big Liz’s phantom she has another place. (“The Legend of Big Lizz”)
People have seen the ghost of Big Liz at her grave and they say that when you walk up to her grave, she will come to you and scare you away because it is said that her grave give clues to the wealth.

There are rumors that say Big Liz was cursed to protect the wealth because the south lost and she was a part of the south. The locals say that she doesn’t affect the homes that live near because she is protecting the wealth, but people get an odd feeling at night on a full moon that they are being watched from the swamp and that they can’t fight the urge to call her name wait to for her to come out of the swamp and take them to the wealth but they never come back and never to be seen again. Here is what you do if you want to find the gold you will have to turn on Decoursey bridge Rd in Cambridge MD go during the night, park on the bridge, flash your lights three times, honk your horn two times and turn your car off if she does appear she will come out of the mist and with her head in her hands and take you to the wealth that she has been protecting. She will have you at the wealth, but no one has been able to stay with her because she will do the same thing that happened to her she will behead you (“The Legend of Big

Lizz”).
The legend of Cry Baby Bridge is well known around America and the name is taken by so many bridges. There is one in Illinois where children have died on the bridge and when people go to the bridge and put their car in neutral and put out baby powder on their bumper and if your car is moving by itself you will have the dead children moving your car and there will be hand prints all over the baby powder , there is a bridge in Ohio and this bridge is very some what similar to the one you are about to hear about but this one is about when a mother who was delivering a baby but the baby didn’t make it and the mother threw the baby over but then she slipped on black ice and fell over with the baby into the icy waters.

So, let’s talk about the legend of Cry Baby Bridge, Cry Baby Bridge is located in between Middleton and Smyrna in Delaware seen in the picture and current its run-down shape. the bridge was built between the years 70’s and the 80’s. before the bridge was haunted the bridge was a major bridge that people would come and go on to get to from Smyrna to Millington (“Strange Magazine”). The bridge was soon destroyed from rotting and was replaced by a replica after the replica was made major highways was being built and different roads were being made the bridge was sonly forgotten. But to the locals of the area always know about this bridge it is very know for its time with teenagers and their parties and wild drinking, the bridge is in a remote area it is surrounded by trees and has a dark watered river that you can’t even see the bottom. One night a woman was due to have a baby and when that day came she looked at the baby and was shocked that the baby was hideous but there are so many legends to the bridge one where it was ugly and or it had a deformity. The mother wanted to dispose of the monster baby and to never see it again, she knew about this bridge that no one lived near and no one could hear a baby cry so one night she took the baby and threw her baby over there is another legend that she threw herself over with it because she want ready to be a mother and kill herself. There are so many tales of strange phantom lights they appear and then they disappear just like everything else and if you park on the bridge an turn off your car and try to go and get in the car people have reported their cars cannot start or even unlock for the ghost never wants you to leave but there is something lingering in the woods, a voice a voice of the crying , helpless baby that couldn’t live his life the bay haunts the woods around the bridge and they say that you could never leave the baby because it gives you a feeling of regret and never wants you to leave it. People have also reported hearing a loud screaming of the mother falling to her death in to the icy waters (“Strange Magazine”).