{"id":86023,"date":"2026-09-02T00:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86023"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:54:55","slug":"say-it-aint-so-dolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/say-it-aint-so-dolly\/","title":{"rendered":"Say It Ain’t So, Dolly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While there has been an overwhelming outpouring of affection for Dolly Parton in the wake of her death, there are also detractors, from a mayor who opposed the lowering flags to half staff (which he feels should be reserved for public officials and military heroes) to those who claim\u2014in a way that is hardly indisputable\u2014that she had at least a fleetingly dark side.<\/p>\n

Below<\/em> an image taken from a video that certainly looks like the late country superstar was flashing a witchy hand symbol. But it’s difficult to tell if indeed it was something surreptitious or simply that the camera still caught Parton simply closing her hand in a way that for less than the tick of a clock left two fingers in a devilish salute.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a clip from Facebook (see the entire sequence here<\/a> if you have a Facebook account). It seems like a bit of a stretch (that Dolly is giving a satanic signal), but you can decide. (Remember always to view from the perspective of charity and innocent-until-proved-guilty).<\/p>\n