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Where Shute Fell

Stoneham, MA

A lonely stone on Great Island in Spot Pond bears only the words 'WHERE SHUTE FELL.' Stories propose a duel, a wrestling match and even a drunken accident, but the meaning was already uncertain in the nineteenth century. Reaching the island requires authorized boat access or a rental from the permitted Spot Pond boating operation.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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