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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 17, 2019 10:46:47 GMT -6
People love telling stories about some of the scariest places in America— it's a tradition at campfires
and sleep overs all over America. While some stories, like Bigfoot, have entered mainstream pop
culture, others have stayed local, like the poisoned girl at Centennial Hall in Nebraska.
I wonder....what goes on in your state?? ~  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 17, 2019 10:58:34 GMT -6
ALABAMA: Hell's Gate Bridge  The bridge is located in Oxford, AL. The generally accepted story of Hell's Gate Bridge starts in the 1950s. A young couple driving over the bridge somehow drove their car off the bridge one night and both drowned.
There are two legends associated with Hell's Gate Bridge — one, that if you drive your car out to the middle of the bridge and turn off the lights, the couple will magically appear in your car and leave a wet spot on the seat. The other, which is how the bridge got its name, is the belief that if you drive over the bridge and look over your shoulder halfway through, the scenery behind you turns into a portal to hell engulfed in flames.
Potentially to curb ghost hunters and bored teenagers, Hell's Gate Bridge is closed to cars, and in such disrepair that walking across is strongly discouraged. ~ |
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Post by susan on Jul 17, 2019 11:54:39 GMT -6
well ours was that there was a mental patient who escaped, and he was after people with his hooked hand, and it got left on a door of a car....
and it fit the area, because well there's a mental hospital right near by....which my younger neice currently is working in as a nurse
so, that kind of scares me
susan
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Post by susan on Jul 17, 2019 11:55:46 GMT -6
The Hook - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_HookThe Hook, or The Hookman, is an urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. The story is thought to date ... |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jul 18, 2019 5:15:10 GMT -6
Spooky legends, Foxy and Susan.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 18, 2019 8:30:17 GMT -6
ALASKA: The Kushtaka of the Alaskan Triangle  Alaska's coastline is over 33,000 miles long.
Everyone knows the story of the Bermuda Triangle, but you might not know about the Alaskan Triangle. On average, 5 of every 1,000 people go missing in Alaska according to the LA Times, so even if there's nothing supernatural going on, it's easy to get lost in the Alaskan wilderness.
The Tlingit tribe that lives in Juneau has their own explanation for the high amount of missing people — evil spirits called the Kushtaka. The Kushtaka are shape-shifters (half-man, half-otter) that lure women and children to water with fake cries in order to steal their human spirit — and drown them. ~ |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 3:02:45 GMT -6
I have some books with supposedly legit haunted places across the country.....most of them are nationally registered places though so the only way to check them out is to do a tour...i would like to check some places out but on my own..not really interested in tours but them's the rules
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Post by Vicky G on Jul 19, 2019 5:28:10 GMT -6
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jul 19, 2019 5:56:21 GMT -6
I like knowing Alaska is a vast wilderness, Foxy ... those creatures sound scary!
Those poor women hanged as 'witches' ... no surprise they are haunting the cottage Vicky.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 19, 2019 9:21:27 GMT -6
Thanks for the link, Vicky.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 19, 2019 9:26:24 GMT -6
ARIZONA: The ghosts of Slaughterhouse Canyon  ~It's also called the less-frightening Luana's Canyon. Wikimedia Commons The story of Slaughterhouse Canyon takes place during the Gold Rush. During the 1800s, there was a family who lived down in the canyon. They were very poor, so the father would venture out into the canyon for food for his family. As you might have guessed, one day the father did not return, so his family slowly starved and descended into madness. The mother, unable to bear listening to her children's cries anymore, put on her wedding dress, murdered her children, and then threw them into a nearby river. The next day she succumbed to starvation herself.
The legend states that if you go down to Slaughterhouse Canyon at night, even now, you will hear the loud, anguished cries of the mother who lost her mind. ~ |
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Post by Vicky G on Jul 20, 2019 5:18:43 GMT -6
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jul 20, 2019 5:23:24 GMT -6
So very sad, Foxy ... thank you for the England haunted places link Vicky.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 20, 2019 9:58:02 GMT -6
Thanks for the link, Vicky.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 20, 2019 10:04:07 GMT -6
ARKANSAS: The Boggy Creek Monster  It's also known as the Fouke Monster. The Fouke Monster (Boggy Creek)/Facebook
The Boggy Creek Monster of Fouke is Arkansas' version of Sasquatch. He's commonly accepted to be around seven or eight feet tall and covered in hair. Legend says that he roams the creeks of rural Arkansas. He was first spotted in 1834, when people reported seeing a "wild man."
People still claim to spot the Boggy Creek Monster today, and he has been the subject of five feature length films including 1972's " The Legend of Boggy Creek." ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jul 21, 2019 5:41:44 GMT -6
This is a cool legend, Arkansas Big Foot.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 21, 2019 12:46:46 GMT -6
Oh yes!! I am very familiar with this one, Rick.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 21, 2019 12:51:22 GMT -6
CALIFORNIA: The Char-Man  The Char-Man calls Ojai, CA his home.
The Char-Man's origin story is gruesome — a father and son were both caught in a house fire and horribly burnt in 1948. After the fire, the son became so mentally unstable that he flayed and hung his father. When the police found the son, he was so unrecognizably burnt they didn't realize he was alive, so he ran away before they were able to arrest him for the murder of his father.
Ever since then, the Char-Man is still spotted wandering the woods surrounding Ojai, occasionally approaching tents of innocent campers, or pretending to be a hitchhiker and then attempting to attack them. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 3:07:21 GMT -6
Angie's oldest sister lives around there. She was actually telling Angie about this just the other evening
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jul 22, 2019 7:34:13 GMT -6
The Char-Man is sad and scary.
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Post by susan on Jul 22, 2019 7:38:44 GMT -6
i have some too with haunted places in ontario
susan
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 22, 2019 9:43:12 GMT -6
We'd love to hear about them, Susan.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 22, 2019 9:48:45 GMT -6
COLORADO: The many legends of Riverdale Road  A portion of Riverdale Road. Google Maps Riverdale Road is the site of not one, but eight creepy stories. Ranging from a Hell Gate, to ghosts of slaves hanging from the trees, the stretch of road is decidedly spooky.
The creepiest story, though, is that of the phantom jogger. One day, there was a driver who hit a jogger, freaked out, and left him for dead. Now, it's said that if you park at the site of the crash, you'll hear disembodied footsteps getting closer and closer to your car. People have reported hand prints on their windows and banging noises as if someone was kicking the outside. |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jul 23, 2019 5:31:36 GMT -6
I would not want to drive on this road at night!
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 23, 2019 10:29:56 GMT -6
Nor would I, Rick.
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