The Devil
Sources attach this name to the 3 places below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
The Devil — the circle-pacer of Chatham County legend — is said to walk the barren ring each night and throw out whatever's left inside by morning. The legend gives the anomaly an author; the anomaly gives the legend a stage. The ring stays empty; the legend stays full; campers keep testing both. The claim holds its place in the ledger.
The Devil is Stull Cemetery's claimed visitor — said to appear at midnight on Halloween at the 'gateway to hell,' alongside the 'devil's child' lore. The legend was born of a 1970s campus-newspaper hoax that grew national; the church was demolished in 2002 and the legend outlived the building. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.
The Devil’s Bake Oven is documented folklore. The site in Grand Tower, Illinois gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account appears in 'Grand Tower / Devil’s Bake Oven'. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.