According to local legend, General Anthony Wayne, the Revolutionary War leader born in what is now Easttown Township, still haunts area roads more than two centuries after his death, writes Claudia Dimuro for the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

Wayne died on Jan. 1, 1796, in Erie, where he was buried. However, 10 years later, his son Isaac brought his body back home and buried it at St. David’s Church in Wayne. However, since his father’s coffin was too large, a local doctor boiled the body to remove the remaining flesh from the bones.

And since the road home was rough, some of the bones fell out along the way.

As a result, it is said that each year on his birthday, Wayne can be seen riding between his two resting places in search of the bones his son lost.

Read more about General Anthony Wayne in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.