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Hancock, Iowa Ghost Sightings
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A gentleman named Tony once owned a livery stable located on the north end of the Main Street of Hancock. There were twelve horse stalls on the right
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and ten on the left. The end two stalls were filled with hay and straw. Hay was stored in the loft above. As a young youth I and my friend knew every
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creek, stream, river bend, and alley way around Hancock. It was whispered between us that at night an Indian slept in the livery stable in the hay. The
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whispers started when I overheard some adult conversation in the kitchen, but not getting the entire story made it even more than exciting. When in our
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tours around town looking for excitement we were told by Tony never to go into the livery stable. This did nothing but to reinforce the whispers: an Indian
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lived at night in the livery stable.
Life went on. Most of the excitement was when Cletus, Jack, and Bob would ride their horses to the south end
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of Main Street and then race them up the rock covered streets to Everhardt Implement and then turn east. You could hear the horses' hooves pounding the
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