The Legend (and Truth) of the Voodoo Priestess Who Haunts a Louisiana Swamp
The Manchac wetlands , about a half hour northwest of New Orleans , are boneheaded with swamp ooze . In the summer the H2O is pea - dark-green , traverse in tiny leaves and cower with insect that hide in the shadows of the ancient , touch - gray cypress tree trees . The boaters who enter the swamps face two independent threat , aside from sunstroke and desiccation : the alligators , who mostly lurk just out of view , and the broken log that blow through the muck , remnants of the days when the swamp was home to the now - abandoned logging townspeople of Ruddock ....