The Devil's Chair

WHAT IT IS

A brick bench beside a grave. Leave an unopened beer on it overnight and it is said to be empty by morning.

Nineteenth-century cemeteries built brick chairs so mourners could sit with their dead. This one, in the Lake Helen–Cassadaga cemetery, acquired a reputation: sit in it after dark and you will hear the devil, or a phone call, depending on who is telling it. The beer test is the local version. Rangers and residents ask that you take your can with you, which suggests the outcome.

HOW IT SCORES

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