The title of this article may sound like a mistake, but it’s not. Not only do we have hundreds of haunted homes, buildings, and backroads in Alabama, but we also have our share of haunted trees. Here are a few of the more famous haunted trees in Alabama.
Boyington Oak
Charles Boyington was a young man with the world at his fingertips. He moved from Connecticut to Mobile, Alabama, in 1833, where he worked as a printer. His best friend was Nathaniel Frost. When Nathaniel was found murdered, Boyinton was blamed. Boyington was arrested, tried, and sentenced to hang, but he never wavered from professing his innocence. With his last words, he said, “I am an innocent man. You’ll know this when a mighty oak tree grows from my very heart.” Decades later, after Boyington was long dead, another man confessed on his deathbed that he had murdered Nathaniel Frost. Boyington was innocent, after all. Mysteriously, as he promised, a mighty oak tree sprang up from his grave. The tree stands in Mobile today and is named in his honor: the Boyington Oak. Legend has it that sometimes late at night when the wind is blowing, the whisper of Charles Boyington’s voice can be heard in the leaves, still professing his innocence.