Every year on the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious man left roses and cognac on his grave

Every year, on 19 January 1930, on the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, who died in 1849, his grave came a man surnamed Poe Toaster («toasting On"). He was wide-brimmed hat and a white scarf with a bouquet of roses and a bottle of cognac. Rose laid out in a certain order on the grave and poured brandy into a glass and drank, apparently in memory of the great writer. Then he left unfinished bottle on the tomb and left.

Sometimes Toaster leave notes form "Edgar, I have not forgotten you." In 1993, the year the note read, "The torch will be passed," and in 1999 - reported that the original Toaster died and the tradition passed to his son.



In 2006, a group of people tried to detain him by force to reveal the identity, but nothing came of it. Neither before this incident, or since nobody did so out of respect for tradition. In 2008, the appearance Toaster Watch more than 150 people, in 2009 - slightly less. And in 2010, the first time in 80 years, there was no toaster. He did not come in 2011 or in 2012. Apparently, this long-standing mystery tradition, unfortunately, was interrupted.

via factroom.ru