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then left for several weeks. “Every time it was a different group,” they said. Usually there were children with the groups.

One of the two neighbors, who has lived in the area for 30 years, said that the cabins on the Pettie property were always unlocked, and it was known that “if someone wanted to go in there and stay, they went in ... It was something odd, but we didn’t know what.”

They confirmed that the members of the group were always friendly, but kept to themselves. They said that they had seen Mr. Pettie at one of the cabins as recently as two months ago.

Mr. Pettie was separated from his wife, Isabelle Mason Pettie, who died several years ago. According to records on file in the Rappahannock County Courthouse, dated Aug. 23, 1975, he deeded six parcels of land to his wife. The tracts total about 200 acres. Three are in Rappahannock County, one in Madison and two straddle the county line.

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