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  • Cowboy Boots in the Carriage House by Tate Lacey

    Cowboy Boots in the Carriage House

    Tate Lacey

    A story about a supernatural experience in a museum after hours.

  • Missionaries and Skinwalkers by Samantha Layton

    Missionaries and Skinwalkers

    Samantha Layton

    A story about a missionary's encounter with a skinwalker/shape shifter in the Navajo Nation.

  • Missionary Miracle by Andrew Murphy

    Missionary Miracle

    Andrew Murphy

    A story about how a mysterious stranger is fed by a woman and later appears to her husband who is serving a mission afar to save him from starvation.

  • Scary Missionary Experiences in Oaxaca Mexico by Amy Ottinger

    Scary Missionary Experiences in Oaxaca Mexico

    Amy Ottinger

    A scary story told by a returned missionary that served in Oaxaca Mexico.

  • Three Nephite Folklore Argentina by Claire Owens

    Three Nephite Folklore Argentina

    Claire Owens

    A story told to a sister missionary about three men that came to a small pueblo in Northern Argentina. They shared the Gospel with the natives and the missionary believed the strangers must have been the three Nephites.

  • Three Nephites in the American Revolutionary War by Washington Pearce

    Three Nephites in the American Revolutionary War

    Washington Pearce

    A story, told to a missionary serving a mission in North Carolina, about Native Youths healing and blessing the American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

  • Three Nephites on a Cliff by Emma Peterson

    Three Nephites on a Cliff

    Emma Peterson

    A seminary teacher's account of being saved by one of the Three Nephites while on a hike.

  • The Karen Gold Book by Adrienne Powell

    The Karen Gold Book

    Adrienne Powell

    A legend about a golden book given to the Karen people by God.

  • The Legend of Mu Yeh Peh by Adrienne Powell

    The Legend of Mu Yeh Peh

    Adrienne Powell

    A story about a Karen/Thai queen.

  • Three Stories of the Three Nephites by Jacob Reese

    Three Stories of the Three Nephites

    Jacob Reese

    Three stories involving encounters with the Three Nephites including a man with a flat tire, sister missionaries being followed in the street, and vandalism of a temple in South America.

  • Argentina's Bogeyman, El hombre de la bolsa by Summer Toffoletti

    Argentina's Bogeyman, El hombre de la bolsa

    Summer Toffoletti

    A story popular in rural South American about the Argentine oikotype of the Bogeyman. The story is often told by parents to their children as a warning.

  • The Twelve Apostates in the California San Fernando Mission by William Warner

    The Twelve Apostates in the California San Fernando Mission

    William Warner

    A missionary story about a companionship that dusted their feet after being attacked by a man.

  • A Nephite Encounter in Philadelphia by Jade Wayne

    A Nephite Encounter in Philadelphia

    Jade Wayne

    A story about a missionary's encounter with a helpful stranger while serving in Philadelphia.

  • Paralyzing Car Accident by Marisa Wertz

    Paralyzing Car Accident

    Marisa Wertz

    A story about a young woman who was in a severe car accident and a ""stranger"" whose helpful advice saved her from significant and lasting injury.

  • La Llorona by Kamorah Wolfgramm

    La Llorona

    Kamorah Wolfgramm

    A story about a woman in Mexico who drowned herself and her children, and haunts the river.

  • Tom's 3rd Nephi Experience by Kamorah Wolfgramm

    Tom's 3rd Nephi Experience

    Kamorah Wolfgramm

    A story about a Tongan chief who takes over a village through violence, and how it affected his bloodline.

  • The Three Nephites and the Moquis: A Jacob Hamblin Story by Elena Arana

    The Three Nephites and the Moquis: A Jacob Hamblin Story

    Elena Arana

    A story about Jacob Hamblin and a group of Indians in Southern Utah who said that ""three prophets,"" who the narrator believed to be the three Nephites, led them to that land and told them to stay there.

  • The Nephite of Lake Isabella by Jennifer Conlee

    The Nephite of Lake Isabella

    Jennifer Conlee

    A story about a man who the sister missionaries in Lake Isabella, CA believed to be one of the Three Nephites.

  • New Mexican experiences with Three Nephites by Madison Gotfredson

    New Mexican experiences with Three Nephites

    Madison Gotfredson

    A missionary retells the experience of a second generation Native American whose parents were converted by a "white man" named Clemente. President Kimball later identifies the stranger as one of the Three Nephites. The informant also discusses Native American lore about a "white man," believed to be Jesus and a tablet of the ten commandments written in a form of Hebrew and Egyptian.

  • Dead Man's Cave in Pocatello, Idaho by Ryann Henderson

    Dead Man's Cave in Pocatello, Idaho

    Ryann Henderson

    A story, told to me by a senior zookeeper, about a spooky cave in the brushland next to the Pocatello Zoo.

  • An Angel for My Uncle by Darcie Huffaker

    An Angel for My Uncle

    Darcie Huffaker

    A story of an uncle rescued in the middle of the night from a car crash without an explanation.

  • Missionary Street Meeting & Scripture-Marking Man by Samantha Kyle

    Missionary Street Meeting & Scripture-Marking Man

    Samantha Kyle

    Stories about turn of the century encounters with the Three Nephites. One account tells of missionaries who are saved from being tarred and feathered by a strong but elderly stranger. The second account is about John Morgan who is baptized after seeing a dream. While serving a mission, he encounters a town where all the inhabitants are baptized after meeting an elderly man who marks passages in their family Bibles.

  • Of Vandalism and Conversion a Three Nephite Story by Siera Lara

    Of Vandalism and Conversion a Three Nephite Story

    Siera Lara

    A three Nephite Story that one of my friends family has passed down for generations about a beggar who writes a message on the wall of a family home. The message instructs the family to accept the beliefs of the missionaries who will come at a later date.

  • Three Nephites as Missionaries by Erin Lee

    Three Nephites as Missionaries

    Erin Lee

    A missionary returns from an unexpected conference to find that his investigators have been taught the remaining lessons by a set of mysterious elders.

  • The Perry's Experience with The Book of Mormon by Hannah Shoaf

    The Perry's Experience with The Book of Mormon

    Hannah Shoaf

    A family legend about a mysterious man, one of the Three Nephites, coming to the Perry home and telling them to accept The Book of Mormon from missionaries who will visit at a later date.

 
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