Question
Hi Scorpion
Actually I have a silly question but I'm really curious.
While I was headbanging with one of my fav songs (Mary Jane), I thought who's this lucky women? :)
Deniz from Istanbul
Answer
Hi Deniz,
There are no silly questions. Ok...that's not true. But your question is one that I'm sure many fans have wondered before.
Legend has it that Mary Jane Twilliger was a young witch buried alive by her father in the nearby Loon Lake, MN cemetery. The mystery surrounding her grew to such legendary proportions over the years that it was rumored anyone who dared violate her grave in any was was doomed to a certain and immediate death. There were even stories of deadly car crashes involving people who got drunk and caused mayhem on her grave, thinking it was all harmless fun.
The Jackson County Historical Society relocated the headstone from her grave to its museum located in the nearby town of Lakefield, MN. Check out a photo of David Ellefson with Mary Jane's headstone below. Her headstone?s epitaph was the inspiration to the bridge section lyric of the song.
"Beware my friends, as you pass by
So you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so you must be
Prepare my friends to follow me"
Maybe she was not so lucky after all?! Happy Halloween!
-ScorpioN
