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Pirate lore also weaves its way into Everglades stories with the ghost ship legend. Said to be haunted, this phantom vessel sails the swamps, a reminder of its crew's cursed fate after their cruel fate at the hands of pirates. The ship, eternally doomed to wander the Everglades, blends with the region’s landscape, perpetuating an eerie presence among the mist.
The Haunted Flight 401
In a more modern ghost story, the tragic tale of Flight 401 illustrates how everyday events can blend into the supernatural. The flight crashed in the Everglades due to pilot error linked to a faulty landing gear indicator. However, the aftermath saw ghostly apparitions of its dead crew appearing on subsequent flights—a captivating blend of disaster and spectral folklore.