Trip S5 · Pikeville / Tompkinsville
The Buried-Alive Statue & the Squalled Burger
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Two far-flung legends for the committed: Pikeville's monument to Octavia Hatcher, buried — as the story is told — during a coma and found too late; and a Monroe County café squalling burgers in decades-seasoned grease on a flat-top older than everyone present.
The route
Two separate stretches — pick your pilgrimage
Stops
Octavia Hatcher monument
A grieving husband's 1892 monument crowns the cemetery hill. Pikeville's most retold chill, handled with cemetery manners.
Dovie's Café
Burgers 'squalled' in ancient grease, cash only, odd hours, pilgrimage-grade. Call before driving.
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