Dorcas was an elderly lady who lived in a cottage near Polbreen Mine in St. Agnes, Cornwall.

One night, unexpectedly she committed suicide by throwing herself down a deep mine shaft.

Her body was recovered and buried but her spirit is believed to live on in the mine.

Dorcas usually causes mischief by distracting the men from their work. One man was once called away by an unrecognised voice and no sooner had he left his work station than a huge rock feel and landed on the very place where he had been standing.

In the garden of The Railway Inn Hotel in St. Agnes a shaft from the mine can be found. It is reported that sometimes the spirit of a witch is seen emerging from the shaft, entering the inn and moving pictures on the wall.

Perhaps this is Dorcas herself, and perhaps the reason she committed suicide had something to do with witchcraft.

Article source: http://www.ghostdatabase.co.uk/articles/dorcas/

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