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Welcome to Lily's Lore and Legends!

Welcome to Lily's Lore and Legends!

Elizabeth AKA Lily Lore
Hello friends and fellow lore lovers! This is Lily's Lore and Legends, a blog focusing on all the myths, ghosts, cryptids, and strange things that have taken place in and around North Carolina and the United States.

I'm Lily and ever since I was little, I've never been able to get enough of the unexplainable and the spooky. As a kid, I memorized almost every ghost story within a 20-mile radius of my hometown of Wilmington, NC and it wasn't uncommon for my weekly library books to contain at least one ghost story. As I got older, I started a personal collection of books focusing not just on ghosts but vampires, ghouls, dark legends, and more. And let's not mention the sheer number of horror and mystery shows and movies I've consumed over the years because it's a lot. Like a lot a lot, as horror is my number 1 to-go genre.

Follow along as I share tales, locations, history, and more for as many ghosts, demonic creatures, strange lights, monsters, and everything else that goes bump in the night as I possibly can. I'll even throw in a fun, non-spooky story every now and then as not legends are creepy. I'm also always taking story requests and personal experiences, so be sure to send me yours!

Until next time lore lovers, stay spooky💖

~Lily

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