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Members of the Savannah Airport Family

Since it was illegal to transfer graves without permission from the family, construction paved over the graves and laid two flat headstones to mark the location. According to Shannon Scott, graves under the airport suit the city. “To me, that is sort of the quintessential Savannah: A city built on top of its own dead.”

A spokesperson told FOX Weather that the Dotsons had become “members of the airport family.” Moreover, most of the pilots and crew are aware of the graves and have heard of the ghost stories about the planes that land and take off from runway 100.

One of America’s Most Haunted Cities

Savannah falls among Salem and New Orleans when it comes to haunted cities in the United States, and the Dotsons’ graves are only the tip of the iceberg. Haunted sites are everywhere. For instance, there are the soldiers who died during the Siege of Savannah during the American Civil War. People also believe that the spirits of the victims of the 1820 Yellow Fever epidemic as well as deadly fires remain where they had perished. Additionally, there are countless stories of the ghosts of slaves seeking vengeance against their captors, as well as victims haunting their murderers. Many tours around Savannah are based on these reportedly supernatural sites, and for some tourists, the spooks begin as soon as their plane hits the tarmac.

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