57 years of mystery: Who visits Poe's grave?
Roses and bottle of cognac appear on writer's birthday each yearBALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- For the 57th straight year, a mystery man paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer's grave to mark his January 19 birthday. For the 57th straight year, a mystery man paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer's grave to mark his January 19 birthday.
[from the AP via CNN]
TheHouseofUsher.net has a purported genuine -- and genuinely eerie -- photo of the graveside visitor... and links to one literary geek’s tale of journeying from Sweden to Baltimore to join the annual boneyard ritual to watch for the unknown mourner. It’s kinda like waiting for the Great Pumpkin, it seems...
The next writer who inspires such devotion is probably a blogger posting right now. What will be the virtual equivalent of leaving flowers and booze on a tombstone? Ritual hacking of a legacy Web site once a year to post an image of flowers and booze?
