| There is a Legend that surrounds The University of | | | | that they "eye" was not a large eye, but an eye all the |
| South Carolina. Some call it a ghost story, while others | | | | same. The policeman ran from the scene and called |
| think that it is something else. The "it" I am referring to | | | | for back up. |
| is the "Third Eye Man". The first reported sighting was | | | | It is told that the policeman was in hysterics and when |
| in 1949 on campus grounds. School records at the | | | | his back up arrived, there was no sign of the third eye |
| university state that a strange man dressed in all silver | | | | man. He had a hard time convincing his friends of what |
| was witnessed by two students opening a man hole | | | | he had seen. People thought that maybe this freaky |
| cover and crawling inside, pulling the cover back over | | | | encounter would be the last of the third eye man, but |
| the opening and disappearing into the sewers. One of | | | | they were wrong.In the late 1960's, the underground |
| the students who witnessed this strange occurrence | | | | tunnels or commonly referred to as "the catacombs" |
| was named Christopher Nichols and wrote for the | | | | beneath the University, became a popular place to |
| Gamecock. | | | | frequent for students. |
| He wrote about what he had dubbed as the "sewer | | | | These tunnels connect most of the University. One |
| man" and word began to spread around campus. | | | | night in early October, a fraternity took a few pledges |
| After a few weeks, the initial hype of the sewer man | | | | down to the catacombs.. They entered the tunnels and |
| had faded.About six months later, in 1950, A | | | | as they rounded the first corner, they were met by a |
| University Police officer was patrolling when he | | | | "crippled looking man dressed all in silver" (according to |
| stumbled across two mutilated chickens. It was | | | | police reports). The man charged at the students |
| reported that feathers and chicken parts were | | | | wielding a pipe, and it didn't take long for the students |
| scattered all over the loading dock of Longstreet | | | | to realize that this was not a joke. One of the pledges |
| theatre. The officer's first instinct told him that this was | | | | was forced to the ground by the creature, and was |
| some sort of twisted college prank. He walked back | | | | reported to suffer "minor cuts and minor shock." |
| to his vehicle to report the findings. | | | | Two of the students went to the police and later that |
| After making a call into headquarters, he returned to | | | | night the first "third eye man-hunt" began. The police |
| the scene and was shocked to discover a silver man | | | | searched for hours, but the hunt was to no avail. As a |
| keeled down over the mutilated chickens. He | | | | precaution, the police sealed off the entrances to the |
| immediately shined his flashlight onto the figure which in | | | | tunnels anyway.It is said that University maintenance |
| turn looked up at him. What the officer saw horrified | | | | workers even today, will not venture into the tunnels |
| him. Staring back at him was what was described as | | | | unless it is absolutely necessary and will not go alone. |
| a grotesque, oddly colored face with what the officer | | | | Is the third eye man a ghost? Or is it something else |
| said was a third eye on it's forehead. It was stated | | | | possibly even more frightening? We may never know. |