Local Legends

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There are a number of urban legends and supernatural occurrences that took place in Rotborough throughout the years. Many of which have yet to be confirmed or definitively debunked. Some of the most prominent being the dis

appearance of Frank Feldman's cows and the infectious luck of Luke LaChance. Many of these events are compiled by eyewitness testimony and secondhand sources.

Timeline of Events

Event	Timeline	Description
Impact of the Leonids	November 1833	In early winter of 1833, there was a low angle impact meteorite which hit what would later become Rotborough. The impact was speculated by surrounding towns and cities as the reason behind the many strange and bizarre phenomenon surrounding the town itself, but there has never been any conclusive evidence to support this assertion.
The Slaughter of Rotborough	April 1845	Oscar Duley, father of 3 for no discernible reason slaughtered his entire family and went missing in the spring of 1908. Police and forensic reports did not find a motive as those who knew Duley stated he was a loving and devoted father. Rumor spread of this sudden and unexplained murder and began to speculate either he or his wife had a secret life but no evidence has ever been found to support this. What also puzzled police is the day before the murders, locals in town recalled a strange mildew like smell coming off of Oscar. The smell made those around Oscar violently ill.
The "Sound"	June 1910	The "Sound" refers to a mysterious auditory event that reportedly took place in Rotborough during the summer of 1910. Beginning in early June, residents claimed to hear a strange resonating sound that was said to induce varying degrees of psychological distress and madness. Curiously, those who could not perceive the sound reportedly experienced a different but equally intense form of mental disturbance, attributed to their inability to hear what others could. The phenomenon sparked widespread debate and confusion throughout the community. The sound abruptly ceased on the afternoon of June 21, 1910, and no definitive explanation was ever identified.
Piddlepaddle	May 1919	"Piddlepaddle" was a cryptid later confirmed to just be local Rotborough resident Hubert Pickerton, a veteran of the first World War. The legend originated from an eyewitness account of teenagers in the area late at night during the summer of 1919.
The birth of BOY	July 1942	Farmhand Arnold Coopersmith, rose one morning to tend to a calving mother only to deliver an a calf with out front legs. Stranger still, as Coopersmith was getting ready to slaughter the calf when it stood upright on it's hind legs.
The MIracle on Feldman's Farm	August 1942
Mass Hysteria in Grigori Theater	December 1956
The Great Vanishing	November 1967