Ep 79 – B!tch, I’ve Got Your Baby (The Legends of Bear Creek Swamp)

On any given weekend, young locals will gather on the dirt road that stretches straight through Bear Creek Swamp in Autauga County, Alabama. They don’t just go there to party — they also perform a Bloody Mary-esque ritual. Legend says if you say the words, “Bitch, I’ve got your baby,” three times, the woman who haunts the swamp will attack you. And unlike your typical Bloody Mary story where children at a sleepover try and fail to scare themselves, creepy things really do happen after they say the words.

In this episode, we explore the lore around Bear Creek Swamp, from a mysterious woman hiding by the creek to phantom cars to lights hovering over the water—and, of course, the horrifying porcelain dolls of it all.

But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern: wedding traditions of the South!

Sources:

“Why Autauga’s Bear Creek Swamp is fertile ground for spooky tales and ghostly legends” by Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser, pub. Oct. 27, 2021; updated Oct. 29, 2021.

https://www.alabamahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/bear-creek-swamp.html

“Paranormal investigator makes stop at haunted Prattville spot” by Judd Davis, WSFA.com, pub. Oct. 27, 2017.

https://www.wsfa.com/story/27479589/nearly-2-dozen-dolls-pulled-from-autauga-co-swamp/

“Creepy doll graveyard found in Alabama swamp” by Marty Roney, USA Today, pub. Nov. 25, 2014; updated Nov. 26, 2014.

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/bear-creek-swamp/

“Bear Creek Swamp” by bubbasquirt, YouTube.com.

Haunted Montgomery, Alabama by Faith Serafin, published by Haunted America, 2013.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_gas

“WATCH: Will-o’-The-Wisp AKA Ignis Fatuus…Spooky Swamp Gas Explained” by Pat Donahue, Unofficial Networks, Oct. 6, 2021.

https://escapethemansion.net/where-do-swamp-lights-come-from/#:~:text=According%20to%20scientists%20they%20are,lit%20up%20by%20magical%20creatures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp

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