The Shades, or Shades of Death in Level Green. I visited this area frequently not knowing the story. One morning I found, what looked like a brand new, abandoned tent with two sleeping bags roughly 20-30' away from the tent in opposite directions. It looked like the campers made a quick nighttime exit. Gear scattered about. I mentioned this to a friend whose family has lived in the area for several generations and I heard The Shades story. The version they told was that several soldiers were hung in the trees there by native Americans and at night you could hear the soldiers moan and cry.
Another urban legend is that the Terrible Towel was a product of the Steagles merger. After the war when the teams separated the Eagles had absconded with the good white towels and left the yellowed older ones behind. It's rumored that a member of the Steelers organization said something like, -they left the terrible towels for us.
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The Shades, or Shades of Death in Level Green. I visited this area frequently not knowing the story. One morning I found, what looked like a brand new, abandoned tent with two sleeping bags roughly 20-30' away from the tent in opposite directions. It looked like the campers made a quick nighttime exit. Gear scattered about. I mentioned this to a friend whose family has lived in the area for several generations and I heard The Shades story. The version they told was that several soldiers were hung in the trees there by native Americans and at night you could hear the soldiers moan and cry.
Another urban legend is that the Terrible Towel was a product of the Steagles merger. After the war when the teams separated the Eagles had absconded with the good white towels and left the yellowed older ones behind. It's rumored that a member of the Steelers organization said something like, -they left the terrible towels for us.