Folklore
There is a folklore story "Phantom Lovers of Dismal Swamp" that is based entirely around this area.
There is a story in "Grandfather Tales", a collection of tall tales from the region, called "Wicked John and the Devil" about a man who even the devil feared, who when he died was given a red hot coal by the Devil and told to go to the Great Dismal Swamps to make his own hell. According to the tale he can be seen wandering the swamp at night with his red hot coal.
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