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Stone Man of Bowman Family Crypt

Shrewsbury, VT

A life-size marble figure appears to creep eternally up the steps of the Bowman family mausoleum in a rural cemetery. The strange composition is part of an elaborate nineteenth-century family memorial and gives the crypt a far more theatrical appearance than the surrounding graves.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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