Sea Witch (Delaware)

The Sea Witch refers to the mascot of the annual Sea Witch Festival in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

She is most often represented by one of two parade balloons—Sally and later Hilda. Both were designed by Ken Moody for Kemps Balloons, a balloon manufacturing company based in Selbyville, Delaware.

Modern writers have tied her story to the concept of the “weather witch,” which was allegedly encountered by treasure hunters seeking the “treasure” of the HMS Braak a Royal Navy ship that sank on May 23, 1798, in the Delaware Bay off the coast of Cape Henlopen.

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