THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Local legend claims that people walking past Iva Cemetery around sundown may encounter the apparition of an unidentified elderly man who appears near the cemetery and then mysteriously vanishes.
Iva City Cemetery is associated with an Upstate South Carolina ghost story concerning an unidentified elderly man. According to local lore, pedestrians passing the cemetery around sundown have occasionally encountered the apparition of an old man. The figure is described as elusive and seemingly connected with the cemetery grounds, disappearing before witnesses can determine who he is.