A local reporter comes across some insane information he found in an old family journal in Vermont. Farmers, struggling in the hills beyond town, need a way to survive the winter. And so begins a bizarre family tradition meant to save on food rations. Were they really freezing their elderly and putting them into literal cold storage for the winter? Is cryonics or cannibalism more appropriate in this situation? This week's legend is: The
Frozen Hill People.
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Clunan, Natalie. “A Story of Frozen People in Vermont Will Give You Goosebumps.” OnlyInYourState, 11 July 2022, www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/vermont/frozen-hill-people-vt
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Alexander, William. “Vermont’s Deep Frozen Old Folks.” Vermonter.com, 2023, www.vermonter.com/vermonts-deep-frozen-folks/
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Heller, Paul. “A ‘Strange Tale’ Revisited.” Times Argus, 5 Aug. 2022, www.timesargus.com/news/local/a-strange-tale-revisited/article_47235db8-c516-5842-b21b-9cccfa7cb477.html
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Faignant, Janelle. “Vermont Author’s New Book Tells a Spooky Story.” Rutland Herald, 18 Oct. 2024, www.rutlandherald.com/news/local/vermont-authors-new-book-tells-a-spooky-story/article_9628c4da-8d5f-11ef-a9b8-8f5d3483ddae.html
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Hale Sr., Judson D. “Frozen Death.” The Old Farmer’s Almanac, 8 Jan. 2025, www.almanac.com/frozen-death
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Bushnell, Mark. “Then Again: Bizarre Tale of Hibernation Is a Mystery.” VTDigger, 5 Feb. 2017, vtdigger.org/2017/02/05/then-again-bizarre-tale-of-hibernation-is-a-mystery/
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r/vermont. “Vermont Fables, Legends and Myths.” Reddit, 2023, www.reddit.com/r/vermont/comments/15pbuzt/vermont_fables_legends_and_myths/
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Yankee Magazine. “The Story That Never Dies.” NewEngland.com, 1 Jan. 2007, newengland.com/yankee/history/the-story-that-never-dies/
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“Old & Cold: The Human Hibernators.” Shivers and Shudders, 11 Feb. 2025, shiversandshudders.com/2025/02/11/old-cold-the-human-hibernators/
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“Cryonics Institute.” The Cryonics Institute, cryonics.org/
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“Cryonics.” Alcor Life Extension Foundation, www.alcor.org/