The “Real” Legend of the Pig Man from ‘American Horror Story: Roanoke’

American Horror Story fans have plenty of nightmare fodder this season. Tomasyn White, the ghost of a vengeful colonist played by Kathy Bates, is enough to chill anyone’s bones—but she’s not the only one wreaking havoc in Roanoke. A man with the head of a pig, once one of White’s victims, is also terrorizing residents of the isolated house.

While there was a real Tomasyn White—she was the wife of Roanoke governor John White—as far as we know, she wasn’t particularly terrifying. The legend of the Pigman, however, has had people shaking in their boots for decades.

Like any small town worth its salt, Angola, New York, is home to a creepy tale that has been passed down to generations of teenagers looking to scare themselves while out for a drive on a Friday night. The story goes like this…

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