Local Legends (please share yours)

[Laisrean]

I think local myths and monsters kick ass, and many of them are not heard of by anyone who lives outside of the area. That wolf-dog thing recently found in Maine is a perfect example of a local legend. For 15 years there were whispers of some bizarre creature there, and now the carcass has been found which proves there was something to the legend.

In my area there are a few local legends that I am aware of, and probably more that I'm not. I know that in the late 60's there was a report of a woman being attacked by a bigfoot in my area. That's pretty much it as far as bigfoot sightings go, that I know of.... my area is probably too far developed now to sustain such a creature (if it ever did).

I wish I knew of any local ghosts or anything else, but I can't say I know of anything like that around here...

What are some local legends in your area? I would love to hear any tales of local ghosts, curses, monsters, UFOs, aliens, lake monsters, and any other bizarre happenings that no one outside of your area really knows about. :)

[ViolinGoddess]

Well, I live in Northern California, right in the middle of Bigfoot country. ALthough I haven't seen it, I have a friend that has. When he was about 8 years old.

ALso, I live in the coast near a bay. Inthe middle of the bay is an island called Indian Island. As the story goes, in the 1800's a group of white people from the main land got together one night and went over to Indian Island (where a community of Native Americans were living) and slaughtered them all in one night, men, women and children. I don't know how many people died, but it had to be at least a hundred or two. Ever since then it's well known that there is something about that island that is not right. There is a bridge that goes to that island and continues on to the peninsula. No one lives on that island anymore, I think that they have tried to put buildings on that island and something alsways went wrong. But basically everyone knows that there's something wrong with that island. It's very creepy. I would never be caught on that island at night.

I also know a ghost named Patti who is 16 years old in a house in a nearby town. She is the daughter of the man who built the house. She killed herself when she was 16 and because she was afraid that she would go to hell for killing herself, she stayed on earth. She killed herself by hanging herself out of her bedroom window. How I got to meet Patti was my friend was living in the house that Patti lived and died in. Apparently, and occording to my friend, she is afraid of men. She always runs back intoher room whenever myfriend's husband come home.

[Liberty]

I think Bigfoot has a cousin in Oklahoma because supposedly he/she's hiding out there too.

As for Texas, hm...well aside from a Route 66 running through a part of Texas, there's this thing my 6th grade Texas history teacher told us.
During Halloween, he'd dress up as a Crypt Keeper, deck his entire class room like a cemetery and tell us Texas ghost stories. (He went all out with sound effects, lighting and fog)

I remember one in particular about a railroad in San Antonio.
A long time ago there was a school bus filled with kids crossing a railroad but the bus broke down in the middle of it. A train came and killed everyone on it. Now the children haunt that railroad track. It's said that if you go there at night and put your car on neutral, the children will push your car across the tracks. If you put powder or flour on the back of your car you can see their little hand prints. I think it happens year round but more people go out there during Halloween.

Some people are just asses and slam on their breaks when they're being pushed across though. Then the kids start pounding on their car.

The Alamo of course is haunted, never been there so I have no stories.

Another place is the USS Lexington docked out at Corpus Christi beach.
I took a school trip there and we got to spend a few nights on the ship.
It's said to be haunted by old crew members. The lights would flicker, the water in the showers and sink would turn on by themselves.
When I was there we were separate, girls and guys slept in different quarters of the ship.
One of my teachers freaked out in the middle of the night because she felt someone kissing her. All I remember was screaming and the lights came on and all the girls woke up.

[Trithemius]

Okay, here are a few from my area.

There are legends of caves along the river bluffs that were/are used by devil worshippers for rituals and sacrifices. Everyone has heard of them, but no one knows just where they are. All accounts of visiting them are from a "friend of a friend." It's a story that I think is more myth than anything else.

The main branch of the city library system is in an old building downtown. It's reported to be haunted by the ghost of what is assumed to be a former librarian. The staff at the library call her Rosie. I know a lot of the librarians and many have told me of personal experiences they have had. One woman said things would routinely disappear, and when they asked Rosie to return them, the items would turn up on the checkout counter. Another was working late in the children's department, in the basement, and heard footsteps in the hall outside. When she went to see who was there, the hall was completely empty. The desk faced the open doorway, which provided her with a clear view of the hallway, so she would have seen if anyone had come down the stairs. She also said that on one occasion, the keys of the computer keyboard were typing by themselves. Another couple of librarians told me that one morning, the huge card catalog cabinet, which normally sat on a table, had been set down on the floor. This was a heavy oak cabinet, and it took six men to lift it back onto the table. The janitor has reported numerous instances where the elevator will turn on and start operating early in the morning when he is the only one in the building. The school district offices are located on the top floor of the library building, and they have reported doors opening and closing by themselves.

We also have a reportedly haunted art gallery. It used to be the home of a wealthy couple in the late 1800's/early 1900's, the Albrechts. One of the items on display is a chair and desk that belonged to Mr. Albrecht. People have reported seeing a figure sitting in the chair. A few years ago, the gallery underwent some renovation to restore some of the rooms to their former appearances when the building was a home, and strange things apparently started happening. The story is that Mr. Albrecht was a drinker and gambler, and his wife didn't like that aspect of his life. He had a room in the basement where he and friends would drink, play pool and cards, and just basically carouse. After he died, Mrs. Albrecht decided to redo that room to remove the memory of her husband's activities there. She had everything taken out of the room and repainted the black walls white. Okay, that was the background info, now back to the renovation. According to the workmen, while they were stripping this room, they uncovered the original black walls. That's when things began to happen. Missing tools, mysterious power outages, flickering lights, that sort of thing. Nothing new or original, but interesting nonetheless. Naturally, everyone thought it must be Mrs. Albrecht coming back to show her displeasure at having this room she had despised restored. I don't know if these activities have continued since the renovation was finished or not.

Anyway, those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

[amunakht]

There are legends of caves along the river bluffs that were/are used by devil worshippers for rituals and sacrifices.

I highly doubt thats what they were for (sacrifices).

[Xander67]

We have a story that dates back to the 18th century. There are dozens of different versions of it.. X-files borrowed the theme for one of its eppisodes..


The origin of the creature dates back to the 18th century. The story goes as follows: when Mrs. Leeds, an indigent woman living in secluded poverty with her twelve starving children, found out she was to have another child exclaimed: "I don't want any more children! Let it be a devil." When the child was born, it was horribly deformed. It crawled from the womb and up the chimney and out into the woods. It is rumored to have fed on small children and livestock while haunting the area for years to come. Hence, the creatures other name is the Leeds Devil.

here is a link to an article which was featured in strangemag.com
http://www.strangemag.com/jerseydevil1.html

[Qeniheru]

My university campus is haunted like you wouldn't believe. o.o
Pretty much every building has at least one ghost for some reason or another. Some like to knock things off shelves or cause some sort of mischief (there was one in my old dorm like this...there's a long shelf extending across the room sometimes I would be up doing homework or something and things would inexplicably tumble off of it that shouldn't, and continue to do so until I placed them on my bed or my roommate's.), others tend to be just kinda there as apparitions that appear for a few seconds and fade away. Most tend to be the quieter ones. :p
Also, people have been dropping dead a lot on campus of late...someone on my floor in my old dorm of asphyxiation due to asthma, another of an aneurysm in one of the science buildings, and yet another just before spring break of alcohol poisoning, so their spirits might haunt the campus now as well...also, a little theatre area inset into a small hill (The Ravine, as we call it) is also quite haunted, at night you can see all kinds of people that seem to vanish instantly...creeps me out something awful. _inabox_

[Cindlady2]

Well, This area is so quiet and nothing ever pops up around here.
*Goes to next room and shuts door[[[:lol: :veryweird :spaceman: :veryweird :woah: :veryweird :ghost: :veryweird :rollingla :rollingla :rollingla :rollingla ]]]
OK, I'm better now :)*
Here is a start....

http://www.burlingtonnews.net/hauntedtours3.html

http://www.prairieghosts.com/brayrd.html

http://www.burlingtonnews.net/burlingtonwi

http://www.burlingtonnews.net/burlingtonmoundswehmhoff.html

There are more within a 10 mile radius I could try to hunt down if anyone is interested. LOL

[Trithemius]

I highly doubt thats what they were for (sacrifices).

I highly doubt they exist at all, but that's the legend, which is what the topic of this thread is about - local legends.

[Avalonia]

Newfoundland has a ton of ghost stories and stuff... here's a few that I found (I thought there would be more - guess most of them are in books instead.):

http://www.hauntedhike.com/nlghosts.htm

http://www.castleofspirits.com/stories04/sensitivity.html

http://www.castleofspirits.com/stories06/thetree.html

http://www.offdarock.com/ghostStories.asp

[Trithemius]

Here's another one I dug up. We have a psychiatric museum that's supposed to be haunted. The museum is on the grounds of the old state mental hospital. The hospital has since been converted to a prison, but the museum is still open. Some of the things that have been reported are strange noises, sightings of a man in dress pants on the third floor, and an old patient is said to be seen wandering the halls throughout the building. The basement, where the morgue is located, is said to be the most haunted part of the building. Apparently, the motion detector gets set off repeatedly and rapidly even though no one is in the area. A sewing machine there will start operating, and sounds of whimpering, crying, and cries for help are heard. Also, a man's shadow and muttering are heard in that part of the building. Several touring groups, including a college class, have reported hearing a woman's voice whispering "help me." Other groups have claimed seeing a man running towards the elevator yelling "Why are you here? Get out!"

I went through the museum once, but didn't experience anything. Actually, at the time, I didn't know it was supposed to be haunted.

[halfwaynowhere]

there's a park around here, Galster Park, where there's supposed to be this house up on a hill thats haunted. supposedly, the man who used to live there used to lure young children, and then molest and kill them. so its supposed to be haunted by the ghosts of the kids. from what i've read online, people see kids there at night, and have spoken to them. my mom grew up around there, and had never heard such stories. she didn't even know there was a house up there. my brother and his friends went looking for it one day, and couldn't find it. i looked on google earth, and couldn't find it. its a gang hangout at night though, so its too dangerous for me to go there at night, my brother and i went one evening, it was still pretty much light out, and when i told my mom, she flipped. so we might go in the daytime, but thats about it. if i were really interested, i'd go to the library and look through the microfilms and see if i can find anything in the papers about the story being true. then it might be worth looking into. but why do the dirty work without the research first? although i'd love to see if i could get some EVPs if it turned out to be true...

[Cerulean_damselfly]

I've heard this one from relatives.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/toysrus.htm

No harm to anyone, just a prankish one playing with toys.

Cerulean_Damselfly

[Kahlil the Heretic]

I live at the border with Mexico practically, and man, do we have some messed up ghost stories. La Llorona, for starters. Supposedly, as legend has it, a single mother lived in poverty with her several children. Seeing that she could never give them a good life, in a moment of passion she drowned them in the river, knowing that they would have a better life in heaven. After she realized what she had done, she drowned herself, and now forever wanders the local rivers at night, crying hysterically and looking for her children. Old legend.

And there is a host of other local legends surrounding one ranch in particular, an area called Loma Blanca (White Hill) road. Reports of fireballs falling from the sky and a bunch of other ghostly activity have come up.

On a lighter note, here's a story to leave a good taste in your mouth...

An old man was driving home one night, I'm not sure from where...when all of a sudden, a ghostly woman appears in his driver's seat. He looks at her, shrugs, and keeps on driving. I suppose he's seen scarier things, who knows. So he gets home and casually tells his wife about it. "Ah, it was probably just another woman you're seeing." she laughs.

[Faery-Wings]

NJ has a magazine, books, and website dedicated to this kind of stuff. Some really great stories.
In my town, there is Clinton Road which is a super long, very dark and very creepy road. There are numerous reports of ghosts there, most memorable about a little boy ghost under a bridhe. If you throw coins down to him, he'll throwthem back.
DH and I have seen a ghost once before driving down a different road. I said to him to watch out for the person crossing the road and next thing you know, there was no one. We both saw that too.

http://www.weirdnj.com/misc/main.asp

Check out the website. Very cool stuff.

[Avalonia]

I'm looking for various stories about the faeries in Newfoundland (to be exact, the very area I live in), but, unfortunately, one of the sites with the biggest collections is down for revamping. xPP

I'll keep searching in any case. Again, I think most of it is published. Author/journalist Dale Jarvis has quite a few things written about it, so if you can manage to get a hold of his most recent book, Wonderful Strange, there should be a good few stories there. :3

[Bluewillow]

Yorkshire's full of ghostly legends and hauntings. York is said to be one of the most haunted cities in the world.

http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/yorkshire/Pages/yorkdata.php

http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/May/ghosts.shtml

It's been said that Robin Hood (or at least a person that the legend was supposedly based apon)was actually buried in Yorkshire, and was said to be a Yorkshireman himself. Legend or not, who knows. I take it with a grain of salt, myself. There could have been plenty of people doing the sort of thing that his legend was based apon.

http://www.mysterymag.com/hauntedbritain/?page=article&subID=115&artID=282

http://www.robinhoodyorkshire.co.uk/haunts5.htm

[ViolinGoddess]

I think Bigfoot has a cousin in Oklahoma because supposedly he/she's hiding out there too.

As for Texas, hm...well aside from a Route 66 running through a part of Texas, there's this thing my 6th grade Texas history teacher told us.
During Halloween, he'd dress up as a Crypt Keeper, deck his entire class room like a cemetery and tell us Texas ghost stories. (He went all out with sound effects, lighting and fog)

I remember one in particular about a railroad in San Antonio.
A long time ago there was a school bus filled with kids crossing a railroad but the bus broke down in the middle of it. A train came and killed everyone on it. Now the children haunt that railroad track. It's said that if you go there at night and put your car on neutral, the children will push your car across the tracks. If you put powder or flour on the back of your car you can see their little hand prints. I think it happens year round but more people go out there during Halloween.

Some people are just asses and slam on their breaks when they're being pushed across though. Then the kids start pounding on their car.

The Alamo of course is haunted, never been there so I have no stories.

Another place is the USS Lexington docked out at Corpus Christi beach.
I took a school trip there and we got to spend a few nights on the ship.
It's said to be haunted by old crew members. The lights would flicker, the water in the showers and sink would turn on by themselves.
When I was there we were separate, girls and guys slept in different quarters of the ship.
One of my teachers freaked out in the middle of the night because she felt someone kissing her. All I remember was screaming and the lights came on and all the girls woke up.

I've heard of the kids pushing the cars across the tracks in Texas. Thats really cool!

Violin Goddess

[Malcolm]

Apparently we have our very own gateway to hell out in Stull, KS....which isn't to far from here. Then theres Abilene and a few other frontier towns that sport dsome neat ghost stories.

[Crysiira]

I know there's a rumor that Madison was built by Satanists, that's why our streets are so f*ed up and not in normal # block patterns, but circular and confusing as sh*t, because it was originally built in the form of a pentagram. I know there's also a former mental hospital in Watertown WI that they are currently remodeling to make an assisted living old folk's home right now; I can tell you there are not many old folks who want to go there. It's looking nice so far, but .... ghost stories abound. There's also a rumor in my hometown of Juneau WI, something about this certain road you go down and there's a Satan-worship house somewhere hidden in the woods and they're always looking for a fresh sacrafice. Lol. There's a whole book called Weird Wisconsin all about our urban legends and rumors, but I haven't read it yet. I was going to check out the website but it's "currently undergoing rennovations". Damn.

[Meadhbh]

Leaping Place of Souls
Desolate Kaena Point was known as a place from which souls departed from the earth. Here, the souls of the dead, or near dead, wander. Here they leap into the night. Good souls move to the right when leaping; those who move to the left fall into the pit of endless night.
Birthplace of Chiefs
The sacred birthing stone of Hawaiian royalty. A large, brown lava rock with a sculptured area that supported the mother in a semi-sitting position while she gave birth. Often women who come to this site experience birthing pains identifying with the mothers of the past.
Home of Fireballs and Spirits
The cemetery has a reputation of being haunted. Over many years, tales have spread about the glowing fires and swirling little balls of light that fly over the graves here. The Hawaiians refer to fireballs as akua lele, or Flying Gods. Some say that the appearance of such a ball of light is an omen of impending death.
The Menehune Pathway
A heiau so ancient that it is believed the menehune a legendary race of small people built it. The menehune had a reputation for hard work, and they are believed to have hauled the rocks a long distance, passing them down a line hand-to-hand in a single night. A pathway of stones leading across the platform is known as the menehune pathway.
Secret Burial Caves and Night Marchers
The remains of more than four hundred chiefs are said to be buried in the caves above Kualoa Ranch. Night marchers have been seen here, chiefs and warriors in huge ghostly processions, marching from their burial caves high in the mountains to the sea. Some of the many road accidents in the area have been attributed to these sightings.

[Lunacie]

There's the legend of Theorosa's Bridge. There are several versions ranging from Indians attacking a wagon train and stealing a baby to a mother having an illegitimate baby that she drowned and then she drowned herself. The original bridge burned down in the 70's, was rebuilt but that bridge also burned down. The road was then closed for several years, but was finally opened again and a concrete bridge was built there.
http://www.prairieghosts.com/theorosa.html

I've never been able to find out exactly where this bridge is, just that it's a few miles from Valley Center, which is where I work.



My ex actually claimed to see Bigfoot a couple of times during his life. The first time he and some high school buddies went for a walk after dark along the Arkansas River behind the truck stop and saw several saplings that were bent over or snapped in half. Then they heard something walking through the underbrush nearby and started to run back to the car on the road. But the guy at the back of the group felt something push him down. He scrambled to his feet and caught up with the group at the car, and when he turned around there was a huge handprint on the back of his shirt.

The second sighting was a few years later after he and I got married. He was working at a plant that made farming machinery and he and another guy drove forklift trucks out into the storage area and would load up boxes and pallets and drive them into the plant. The plant was a few miles upriver from the first encounter with Bigfoot. The guys were working 2nd shift and were out on their forklifts one evening around 10:30 when they heard yelling coming from the houses just across the train tracks. They headed that way on their forklifts and their headlights caught a huge man-shaped figure running flatout over the train tracks and across the storage lot. They gave chase but couldn't catch up with the figure even though those forklifts can go 30 mph. When the cops arrived a short time later, all they would say was that someone had stolen a fresh baked pie that cooling on the table just inside someone's back door. They both said it didn't look like any guy they'd ever seen.

[ShadowcatX]

Not exactly a legend, but once, on Halloween, me, a friend, his g/f, and her son (a baby) went out on a "haunted" road near Stillwater looking for ghosts. (I'm not sure the name of the road or the legend with it). The child wasn't in a baby seat, we were all in my pick up. It was late at night, and everything was still, when someone (IIRC) in a pick up got on my back bumper. The road was just an old dirt road so there was plenty of room for them to pass, but they wouldn't, so we began to worry it might be a policeman who had seen the kid and was going to pull us over.

Well, we detoured down a windy side road (again, a dirt road) and the pick up truck went on straight, so we thought we were good. Well, the road we were on wound around but eventually took us back to the road we were on (just down a little ways), where the pick up that had been behind us was sitting at the intersection, waiting for us.

I don't know if it was something out of the ordinary, or if maybe it was just some drunk kids out looking for trouble on Halloween night, but it scared us all to death. We flew away, and they followed us for a while, but I was going too fast for the road we were on, and we got away.

[earthygirl]

Where I live in Missouri there is a local legend of the Clayborn House.
(It still sits atop a tall Gasconade bluff.)

About ninety years ago, Tabitha Clayborn blew her husband's head off with a shotgun one stormy night, then took her own life in the same manner while her children watched in horror.
Tabitha Clayborn was buried near here, on the fringes of the private family plot, her grave facing west, a traditional sign meaning her soul is dammed for all eternity.
Ever since that night, "Things" have been seen at Clayborn House....Blue lights, the figure of a woman coming down the stairs....some believe Tabitha still haunts her unhappy home.

There are many who have been to the site to visit the spooky old stone mansion, and it has been reported that they never made it inside before they would run back to their vehicles and leave!

They said the vibes of that house was unlike anything they have ever felt before. Someone described it as pure, cold, & evil!






I think local myths and monsters kick ass, and many of them are not heard of by anyone who lives outside of the area. That wolf-dog thing recently found in Maine is a perfect example of a local legend. For 15 years there were whispers of some bizarre creature there, and now the carcass has been found which proves there was something to the legend.

In my area there are a few local legends that I am aware of, and probably more that I'm not. I know that in the late 60's there was a report of a woman being attacked by a bigfoot in my area. That's pretty much it as far as bigfoot sightings go, that I know of.... my area is probably too far developed now to sustain such a creature (if it ever did).

I wish I knew of any local ghosts or anything else, but I can't say I know of anything like that around here...

What are some local legends in your area? I would love to hear any tales of local ghosts, curses, monsters, UFOs, aliens, lake monsters, and any other bizarre happenings that no one outside of your area really knows about. :)

[Silverfire Darkmoon]

There's a town near here, Ancaster, where there's a burned-out, falling down, and abandoned old stone mansion that is called the Hermitage for reasons I will never be able to determine. It's a popular party spot for those lousy teenagers and is also quite haunted. There are a few stories about someone who hanged himself for love and was buried nearby, which is why a nearby road is called Lover's Lane.
In St. Catharines, which is a bit further afield, you've got such interesting things as the Blue Ghost Tunnel (fun) and the Screaming Tunnel (boring). There's a story that there was this little girl who somehow caught fire (either accidentally or on purpose), ran into the tunnel, and died in the middle of it. Apparently if you light a match there at the stroke of midnight, there'll be a hideous scream and the match will be blown out. It doesn't work with lighters :P
Hamilton has a LOT of waterfalls and there are two (Albion Falls and the Devil's Punchbowl) that are reputed lover's leaps.

[Tanya]

My legend is much less gory, and monstrous. My mother did a master's thesisi on it as folklore... it even has songs, it quite a Appalachia thing. The story is generally called Lost in the Woods

in the 1800s two little little kids (under 6) wandered away from their rural home on a bright summer's day.At first the parents weren't too worried but as night started to fall, and they didn't return they neighbor's were roused and the whole area started looking for them. They found nothing for 3 days, then a local psychic came forward and said she had been dreaming that the children had been cared for by a bear. She gave a good enough description of the area that some trackers were able to place it and found footprints of a bear and the kids and signs that they had indeed snuggled up with the bear to keep warm.
Then the lady dreamed of a shoe in leaves and again directed the trackers to a place where they found bits of the children's clothing, including shoes. Nearby they found the bodies of the 2 children, they had died of exposure.

The song says that the birds had covered their bodies with leaves.

[CheshireEyes]

We have a story that dates back to the 18th century. There are dozens of different versions of it.. X-files borrowed the theme for one of its eppisodes..


The origin of the creature dates back to the 18th century. The story goes as follows: when Mrs. Leeds, an indigent woman living in secluded poverty with her twelve starving children, found out she was to have another child exclaimed: "I don't want any more children! Let it be a devil." When the child was born, it was horribly deformed. It crawled from the womb and up the chimney and out into the woods. It is rumored to have fed on small children and livestock while haunting the area for years to come. Hence, the creatures other name is the Leeds Devil.

here is a link to an article which was featured in strangemag.com
http://www.strangemag.com/jerseydevil1.html

I was wonderin' if one of my fellow Jerseyites would post here so i didn't have to...:T

there's also a movie, a video game and tons o' books....

I've been campin' a few times in the pine barrens and some weird crap happens there, oh the stories...

[Cliona]

Yorkshire's full of ghostly legends and hauntings. York is said to be one of the most haunted cities in the world.

http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/yorkshire/Pages/yorkdata.php

http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/May/ghosts.shtml

It's been said that Robin Hood (or at least a person that the legend was supposedly based apon)was actually buried in Yorkshire, and was said to be a Yorkshireman himself. Legend or not, who knows. I take it with a grain of salt, myself. There could have been plenty of people doing the sort of thing that his legend was based apon.

http://www.mysterymag.com/hauntedbritain/?page=article&subID=115&artID=282

http://www.robinhoodyorkshire.co.uk/haunts5.htm

OMG I've been to York, back in '93 when I went to Europe with my family. We went on ghost tour in York and they told us all kinds of scary stories about people dying from the plague and such. Scared me so bad I begged my parents to leave in the middle of the tour, which we did (I was only 12 and a big scaredy cat hehe).

[Fluoxetine]

Yorkshire's full of ghostly legends and hauntings. York is said to be one of the most haunted cities in the world.

http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/yorkshire/Pages/yorkdata.php

http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/May/ghosts.shtml

It's been said that Robin Hood (or at least a person that the legend was supposedly based apon)was actually buried in Yorkshire, and was said to be a Yorkshireman himself. Legend or not, who knows. I take it with a grain of salt, myself. There could have been plenty of people doing the sort of thing that his legend was based apon.

http://www.mysterymag.com/hauntedbritain/?page=article&subID=115&artID=282

http://www.robinhoodyorkshire.co.uk/haunts5.htm

Robin Hood is supposed to have come from Wentbridge near Pontefract, or born in Wakefield on the site of the new(ish) bus station on Marsh Way.

But Pontefract and the 5 towns area around Pontfract is haunted. As the town dates back to the Saxon era, it has history as welll as numerous ghosts. First off is the 1966-68 haunting on East drive, Pontefract. The Black monk haunting was more poltergiest than ghost. Even though it did pick up the gloves and conduct their singing while it caused mayhem to "Onward Christian Soldiers (which was written in Horbury near Wakefield). It even threw the large clock down the stairs after the local MP at the time visited the house. Some say the hauntings still happen. Reason for the hauntings is that a monk was hung for getting a local girl pregnant on Monkhill, Pontefract near to the site of East Drive.

Pontefract castle is where Richard III died (red hot poker :gagged: ) but the castle has up to 6 ghosts. On the main green where they used to grow liquerice for th Pontefract cakes is the grey/white lady. Also is a duel of 2 swordsman and in the keep some feel the chill and that of being watched.

Salter Row in Pontefract is haunted. Taps turn on and things move. Even the Counting House, an old 14th century house (now a bar/resteraunt) is haunted by 2 children and an old woman that sits near the fire. ALso in town is a Cluanic monestary site before the reformation tore it down is also haunted. A nearby roman road has seen a leigon of soldiers marching from the knees up. A wood near Ledston Luck is haunted by a "witch". she was the last UK witch burned at the stake.

Those are the main ones that are known in that area. Here in Wakefield there are some, but I will have to look up in the library and museum any information regarding ghosts ETC.

[Bluewillow]

OMG I've been to York, back in '93 when I went to Europe with my family. We went on ghost tour in York and they told us all kinds of scary stories about people dying from the plague and such. Scared me so bad I begged my parents to leave in the middle of the tour, which we did (I was only 12 and a big scaredy cat hehe).

I love York! lol I've only been there once, and I haven't been on a ghost tour, but I seriously want to go back! When I went, I was in a wheelchair so it made getting around on some of those cobblestone streets a total drag......I think I'll wait til I'm walking again! :weirdsmil

[Bluewillow]

Robin Hood is supposed to have come from Wentbridge near Pontefract, or born in Wakefield on the site of the new(ish) bus station on Marsh Way.

But Pontefract and the 5 towns area around Pontfract is haunted. As the town dates back to the Saxon era, it has history as welll as numerous ghosts. First off is the 1966-68 haunting on East drive, Pontefract. The Black monk haunting was more poltergiest than ghost. Even though it did pick up the gloves and conduct their singing while it caused mayhem to "Onward Christian Soldiers (which was written in Horbury near Wakefield). It even threw the large clock down the stairs after the local MP at the time visited the house. Some say the hauntings still happen. Reason for the hauntings is that a monk was hung for getting a local girl pregnant on Monkhill, Pontefract near to the site of East Drive.

Pontefract castle is where Richard III died (red hot poker :gagged: ) but the castle has up to 6 ghosts. On the main green where they used to grow liquerice for th Pontefract cakes is the grey/white lady. Also is a duel of 2 swordsman and in the keep some feel the chill and that of being watched.

Salter Row in Pontefract is haunted. Taps turn on and things move. Even the Counting House, an old 14th century house (now a bar/resteraunt) is haunted by 2 children and an old woman that sits near the fire. ALso in town is a Cluanic monestary site before the reformation tore it down is also haunted. A nearby roman road has seen a leigon of soldiers marching from the knees up. A wood near Ledston Luck is haunted by a "witch". she was the last UK witch burned at the stake.

Those are the main ones that are known in that area. Here in Wakefield there are some, but I will have to look up in the library and museum any information regarding ghosts ETC.

Wow, those are some pretty freaky tales! I've been wanting to visit Pontefract Castle for some time. There are so many places I want to go here in England as well as Ireland and Scotland.....places with this wealth of paranormal activity, hauntings, e.t.c. This country is so rich in history, and so many places have such fascinating tales to tell!

I've been trying to find out more about where I live in particular, Ripponden. I haven't found anything so far, other than first-hand experiences by myself and others. I've found loads of info on hauntings in West Yorkshire, and while I wouldn't mess with the unknown and I have respect for it, I find it immensely fascinating.

[Fluoxetine]

Well basically Pontefract is one of the best haunted town in West Yorkshire. Even the Queens Hotel (now sadly closed) has something like 5 ghosts and a vortex:holycow:. One of which I heard while looking around the place in early 1993. Also was see nwere the light flickering below room 5, which is where a white dressed lady roams from rooms 5, up the stairs and into the first room where she disappears.

Also a Victorian man, small boy and other ghosts are there. It is built on top of the pit where the bodies were thrown in from the Black Death (could be local gossip though). One good feature is the Hermits cave. It is built on top of the psychiatric wing of Pontefract hospital (well it was that part when I lived near there) and when you walk down it has a reverse corkscrew staircase and a skeleton carved into the wall. Rumour has it that the water below the enterence has healing powers. One rumour has it that a young girl was cured after bathing in the water and was able to walk again. Unfoutunatly in the 1980's a small quake shifted the geology enough to make the water sink.

But Pontefract has it's tales of battles, ghosts and hauntings. Colin Wilson's book Poltergiest is one of the books to read. It has a documented account of the Black Monk and is near (if not more disturbing) than the Enfield Poltergiest. But as Pontefract is a very historic town dating back before th discovery of America, it is no wonder it is haunted. Even the line from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy says: "Even the ghosts will have settled down and have children...". Pontefract is that old.

[Felidae]

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showpost.php?p=599099&postcount=43

And a link to the "popular" version:

http://www.frightfurnace.com/Hauntings/history1.htm

[stella01904]

I'm living in Seguin, Texas, which has your run-of-the-mill ghosties, but I grew up in Columbus, Texas, and boy howdy....

South of Columbus there is a weathered old three storey Victorian mansion with a widow's watch on top. This is the Stafford House (not the Stafford Opera House that googling will get you - I couldn't google anything on the Stafford House.) I remember it being near the road, there is a lot of land around it, or was, if it hasn't been developed.

Read Carrie Estelle Stafford's obit for mention of the house, and a shootout downtown that many people still remembered when I was a kid:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcolora/obits/obitsstafford.htm

Janice Woods Windle states in True Women that Columbus was unpoliced because the Staffords kept killing the sherriffs. And what did not make the papers was what a lot of old people told me: The Staffords were reputedly sadistic and sociopathic. If a person was passing through the area, they would capture them and use them as slave labor. The old men told me that they put a black man inside of a cow, cut the cow open and forced the man in the belly cavity with just his head sticking out then whipstitched the dying cow closed and left it to lurch around with this guy's head sticking out.
Who knows what kind of sick things happened out there that nobody ever heard about...

Needless to say, there are manifestations on the property. At the turn of the century there were mysterious mutilations of people, kind of like cattle mutilations, and sightings of what people called a "Goat Man". All of this has become folklorised, I found this on a message board:


ShortiFeb 5 2006, 08:48 PM
We have a goatman here in the Colorado/Fayette county area over here in Texas. There's a Goatman Woods, Bridge and road, all three are supposed to have the spirit of the goatman lruking around. Except the legend goes way back into the 1800s, it's still pretty interesting.

There was a man who lived in the woods, and he was somewhat deformed, but he had the look of him like a goat, thus giving him the named the goatman. He would often kidnap the local children, do what he pleased with them, and then either kill them, or kill and eat them. He'd skin them, too, because he wore a goatskin over himself, and he's wear the children's skin. No one ever caught him until a few years later, where they hung him on this big oak tree. Well, right before he was to be hung, he made a pact with the devil, where he'd later come back, except when he did, he had a human man body, but the head of a goat.

Now the tree is still here, alive and everything, but they say at night if you drive by, you can see his body hanging there. And you know which tree it is because it hangs completely over the road, (its a little country road) and if you go there and turn off your lights and stuff, he's supposed to come. Then you'd better high-tail it out of there as fsat as you can. In Goatman woods, thats where he was said to live, because it was the town around that area. This is all around the area of Weimar, Columbus, and Schulenburg, Texas. They're three little towns within a short distance of eachother.

But the way I heard it from the old people, the goat man and the wild man were two different beings. The wild man was just a guy who escaped from prison in the early 20th century and lived wild in the woods in the Millers Crossing area of Cummins Creek, north of Columbus. He basically didn't want to be bothered. But the Goat Man is real cryptozoology stuff, like the
Moth Man. I think he comes to tell people when things have run horribly amok.

[Fluoxetine]

Now that goatman story is a good urban tale. Sort of thing that I love to read about. Thanks for sharing that.

[Bluewillow]

Now that goatman story is a good urban tale. Sort of thing that I love to read about. Thanks for sharing that.

I'll second that sentiment. :D

[Fluoxetine]

Bluewillow, if you ever want to go to Pontefract castle or see the area, let me know. I know the area well enough if you want someone to point out the places of hauntings/old buildings.

[Astara Seague]

I was watching a special on zoocrptologist {not sure of spelling} but they actually reseach the legends, what a fun job! anyways, the special talked about the Jersy devil and a few others I had never heard of,
here in Utah we dont have much as far as creatures,well big foot.. and most of our legends are native american legends we have a few haunted places here though..

[Bluewillow]

Bluewillow, if you ever want to go to Pontefract castle or see the area, let me know. I know the area well enough if you want someone to point out the places of hauntings/old buildings.

Thank you! That would be very helpful, and it's very kind of you to offer! I'll be sure to let you know when I finally get around to going. :D

[Silverfire Darkmoon]

A goat-man? Oh, Wilbur Whately, your time has come again! Ia Ia!

[earthygirl]

I was watching a special on zoocrptologist {not sure of spelling} but they actually reseach the legends, what a fun job! anyways, the special talked about the Jersy devil and a few others I had never heard of,
here in Utah we dont have much as far as creatures,well big foot.. and most of our legends are native american legends we have a few haunted places here though..


I bet you have alot of interesting native american legends there. Could you share some with us?:fpeek:

[Hærfest Leah]

They have tales of the taotaomona (ancestor spirits) here in Guam.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGIC,GGIC:2006-45,GGIC:en&q=taotaomona

[Zoey]

There is supposed to be a haunted house out in bfe, south of Topeka, KS. Someone in the house killed all the members of the family, then himself. There's supposed to be a pentagram in the middle of the foyer and if you go out there at night and you stand in the pentagram, you're eyes will turn blood red and you will die soon. Of course it's all heresay...friend of a friend and all that. That's about all I know of it.

[Aleannah]

here is a link that has some of Colorado's legends: http://www.celtictale.com/colorado/legends.htm

We also have the infamous Stanley Hotel ("The Shining" was filmed there), located in Estes Park. Hubby stayed there when he was doing construction one time, and he says the legends are true. He saw some weird stuff, like furniture being rearranged in the dining hall after the staff had gone home (not just tables moved around and such, but chairs and tables stacked on top of each other), doors opening and closing of their own accord, footsteps, piano playing when no one is near it, stuff like that.

[person of shadow]

Well I don't think we have many here, but my Grandma used to live in Point. Pleasant West Virgina, before the mothman of course, but heres the mothman storie:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html

Thrilling but so confusing.

[person of shadow]

Crap!!!! I forgot about the Mansfeild reformatory, taps even did a show about it. And shawsank redemptionand Tango and Cash were filmed there.Along with a Godsmack Music video

here it is:
http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/OH6272/
I'm looking for a good website about the ghost stories.
couldn't find a good website, but its haounted as you can imagine by death rowers, people say they see orbs, and black shadows. They hear whispers and footsteps, and what sounds like someone following you. I believe that on the episode of taps, they saw something run up to and away fro the camera, and couldn't exlpain it. they said they would further investigate the site.

http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/mansfield.html

[person of shadow]

http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/locations.html


OH! and ohio valley is famous for UFO sightings.

[Winter_Witch]

I live in Atlanta, and this seems like quite a boring place when it comes to ghosts and other supernatural happenings...unless I'm just not reading the right books or something.

:atantrum:

[Isabel]

We also have the infamous Stanley Hotel ("The Shining" was filmed there), located in Estes Park. Hubby stayed there when he was doing construction one time, and he says the legends are true. He saw some weird stuff, like furniture being rearranged in the dining hall after the staff had gone home (not just tables moved around and such, but chairs and tables stacked on top of each other), doors opening and closing of their own accord, footsteps, piano playing when no one is near it, stuff like that.

The energies around that place are INSANE!! Hubby and I talked about having our wedding there, but after our walk through it was too intense for his liking. (Although it is beautiful!)

I know that when Stephen King stayed there (prior to writing the Shining) he saw/felt/experienced a few of the things he wrote about in the book. Or at least that's how the legend goes...

[Winter_Witch]

The energies around that place are INSANE!! Hubby and I talked about having our wedding there, but after our walk through it was too intense for his liking. (Although it is beautiful!)

I know that when Stephen King stayed there (prior to writing the Shining) he saw/felt/experienced a few of the things he wrote about in the book. Or at least that's how the legend goes...

The Stanley was the very first place where supposed orbs actually showed up in my photos! I took them on my digital, and some came out perfectly clear, and others had "orbs". The orbs mainly showed up in the hallways. However, I had no physical experiences.

[new_hope]

We have two local legends relating to Campbelltown, Aus. One is a ghost story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher's_ghost) from the 1800's. The story is basically that a Local man (Fred Fisher) goes missing, and his neighbour tells the police that he has gone home to England. Later a 'respectable local man' claims to have seen the ghost of the missing man sitting on the railing of a bridge, pointing into the river. The police then inspected the river, only to find the body of the missing man. Every year there is a festival (Called the Fisher's Ghost Festival, inventive eh?) and they hold a fete, and a parade and a race in the now dry river bed where the body was found.

Our second local legend is far more recent. There have been several reports of a large black cat living (http://macarthur-chronicle-campbelltown.whereilive.com.au/news/story/big-cat-back/)in the bushland around where I live. There have been over 100 sightings (not all credible though) and not too long ago there was meant to be a cryptozoologist coming out our way to look at the evidence. The cat is known as the Wedderburn Panther. It probably wouldn't be a big deal, except that there aren't meant to be any large preditory animals here. We have feral cats and dogs, but that is meant to be it.

There is also a ledgend that say there are lions living in the bush about 25kms away, that escaped from the lion park that used to operate up until about 10 years ago. But I don't know too much about that one.

[Anaali]

Let's see I live about an hour away from Alton, IL....wait it might be an hour and a half no that my man and I have moved to be closer to his college. There are so many stories about Alton, that some have been mixed up, but there are stories about the giant (who was a real person) the prison, the spa, and if I remember right there are plenty of resources for it.

I lived in Okawville, IL for a while, and their biggest story is at the Okawville Springs Hotel. Collinsville has a legend about the Nine Gates of Hell being a series of tunnels. Most people have gone through parts of it if they live or visit the area. Highland has an allegedly haunted old B&B and the Masonic lodge is across the street. Then there's Lebanon, IL where McKendree college is located and there's as many stories around there as there are known about Alton. That's just the stories I've actually heard. Of course the college is supposedly haunted and one of the graveyards near it has a legend about one of it's members. I wasn't even tempted to visit it after I heard the story, which is saying something since I seem to always want to check out the things that seem to scare others off.

The only thing is I've never heard any legends that stem from Native Americans, and I've been to Cahokia Mounds several times. Got weird vibes from it to, but everything I've heard was focused around European settlers in Southern IL not Native Americans. So I wonder which ones have been kept a secret from outsiders considering that most of the area was extremely private from others. Highland's main roads even avoid the main parts the original town in an effort to keep people from moving in, at least that's what my old middle school American History teacher claimed.

[dandalion]

The most talked about around here is Edgefield. It use to be an asylum and has been turned into a bed and breakfast with a restaurant and theater. Every year the local news stations do something about ghosts and such and this place is always on the top of the list.

Its actually and very beautiful place with the vineyard and all. They make their own wines and such.

[Micheál]

I live in Northern Ireland, which is part of Ulster, so legend wise Ulster has it's own cycle of mythology. The Táin, Craobh Rua, Cú Chulainn, are all rich in this province.

More recent wise, there's an Estate called Gillhall close to my work that's supposedly haunted. There's an old story along with the estate that all the locals know. The army actually blew the actual mansion up in WWII, but to this day locals, including my wife and brother in law all have stories about that place.

I'm originally from St. Louis, MO, which happens to be where the historic account that inspired the film, The Exorcist took place. I grew up hearing stories from my parent's poker friends about weird phenomenon happening in the wing of the Alexian Brother's Hospital that it happened in, until it was destroyed. St. Louis always had a weird vibe to it. Hitchhike Annie is one similar to Resurrection Mary, phantom hitch hikers. It's a place that's always had a close relationship with New Orleans, and fro some reason Marilyn Manson prefers to do St. Louis gigs on Halloween. Needless to say, there's al,ways been a huge pagan scene in STL

[Setkheni-itw]

I live near Dundee, Wisconsin. This is a huge hotspot for UFO activity and there is actually a UFO/alien convention here. It's not gigantic like one you'd find in say Roswell, New Mexico but for such a small village it's a pretty big event. There's actually a bar there that's UFO themed because of it. And one guy... I think he is the owner of the bar? He claims that he and his son were abducted and he watched aliens perform experiments on his son. Local legend.

We also have alleged werewolf sightings. To be honest, though, I think they're just wolves... wolves were wiped out of this area, but some may have migrated from areas they're being reintroduced.

In Rhinelander, Wisconsin the local legend is the Hodag. That was based on this taxidermy piece that was built of a bunch of random animals much in the way "mermaids" in Cabinets of Curiosities used to be made by sewing a monkey to a fish. I don't know that anybody actually believes in Hodags anymore, but it makes for a fun legend.

[EntwinedScylla]

Here in Rual Oklahoma there's a lot of stories. The nearby lake is supposedly home to some kind of monster - Either a "freshwater octopus", "prehistoric whale" or "monster-sized catfish". Regardless of the supposed cause there are a lot of drowning deaths there. A sort of sub-legend has formed around a cliffside semi-underwater cave that most of the local occultists consider to be housing a hellaciously bad-tempered unseelie fay.

There are some shape-shifter/werewolf/*hemhemskinwalkerhemhem* legends out here as well. A werewolf-like beast, about human height, who is usually seen when there are high winds is reported pretty often. A spectral howl, which seems to "fade" in and out of hearing range, usually silencing the other coyotes and dogs is common, as is the howling of an unmistakable pack of wolves.

We have some "real" legends. A pack of wolves that are the offspring of a pair (or more, we're not sure) of "freed" 90% timberwolf-dogs from the 80s.

My personal favorite is the "bone thing". It's a nasty chest-high thing that looks like it's made of bones and tar (i.e. owl scat). Thankfully it only seems to show up long enough to be see, scare the tinkles out of someone, and vanish.

[Cindlady2]

I lived here all my life.... this town is "F"ed all around. The whole area is!
This woman made a business of it!
http://www.burlingtonnews.net/talkaboutit.html

Any "normal" person living here won't be in a few years! LOL

And we have "The beast of Bray Rd." BTW.... the movie was nothing like around here ... or the beast... My son and I saw the real thing about 15 years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Bray_Road

Hummm....seems I posted before! (It's this town I tell you... the town! Makes you do strange things!) LOL

[RocknRoll_Goddess85]

I don't know to many from around here. But when I was living up in Indiana we did have one that has always scared the crap out of people.

Up in Indiana there are several abandoned one room school houses. Near Warsaw In. there seems to be one that is housing a pretty nasty specter. Sometime in the late 1800's there was a lady who was a piece of work who used to torture some of the children she taught. What she did supposedly is up to some speculation, but whatever it is she got herself strung up in the only tree in the yard. And now of course she is said to haunt that piece of property.

My best friend, who has always been able to see ghosts, decided to go and check it out at midnight. They pulled up to the corner, (it's situated on the right hand side of a crossroads intersection.) and flash their lights at the school house. After several minutes of nothing the rest of the group decides to get out and explore, leaving my friend in the car. Her boyfriend of the time gets a bit ticked off at not seeing anything and gets the brilliant idea to drain the vein on the "hanging" tree. BF looks up into the tree and see 'Sister Sarah' peering down at her through the branches. Freaking out, she calls to them and tells them to get their rears back into the car. She said that the thing just didn't look like most of the other ghosts she had seen, and it left her feeling wrong for awhile.

Now, I have beem around her for a long time and I know that she doesn't lie about this stuff. But, here is something that happened that actually made the papers. A man about twenty years of age hits the "hanging" tree dead on one night on his way to work. There was nothing that they could figure out that had caused the wreck. He had just gotten up, so he didn't fall asleep at the wheel. There were no tire marks suggesting he had slammed on the brakes or what not to avoid anything in the road, it was driven simply straight on into that tree. The tree isn't exactly right at the corner but off into the yard a little bit. They wrote up the story in the papers, and interviewed the wife. She said that the reason listed from the autopsy as the cause of death was "natural causes" but he didn't have a heart-attack or brain aneurism, so she wasn't quite sure how they had come to that conclusion. He had simply hit the tree, there were no apparent reasons for it. Was this the work of a malevolent spirit or a freak accident>>>

Cheers!!

[Sakurako]

I grew up with the stories of Monte Cristo. That house is seriously creepy. I remember when I was little and my parents drove past it I would scrunch down in the back seat so I wouldn't see it lol. Then again I did the same thing with with a giant painting of Alf on the side of a building.

http://www.montecristo.com.au/hauntings.html

[Airia]

The only things I've heard of come from Fremantle near Perth, Aus. I've been to the old Fremantle Jail countless times (the ghost tours are the best), and there are quite a few stories you hear about. Probably the best known one is of Martha Rendell, who was the first WA woman (and one of three women) hung in I think 1909. She was convicted of killing her husband's son, and was accused of also killing his two young daughters (who died of having hydrochloric acid put to the back of their throats). It's said that her ghost can be seen in the window of the large chapel, and I know many people who have claimed to see her.

Also, I don't live there, but I've been there enough times as it is: Port Arthur Penitentiary in Hobart, Aus. My mum grew up about an hour away from it, and I LOVE this place, it's incredibly creepy. Unfortunately I've never done a night tour.
The Lady Blue is a young woman, probably a teenager, who appears around the accountant's house and the parsonage. She was probably one of the accountants' wives - we can't prove it - she died in childbirth and so she's often very sad, she's often crying, and sometimes she talks to kids. One young child on the veranda was in its mother's arms and it struggled and said, "Mummy, put me down." When the child ran down the veranda and threw its arms up as if expecting to be picked up, they asked what was going on. It replied, "The nice lady who lives here wants to play." Between 1,100 and 1,200 people are buried on the Isle of the Dead here, and another 35 were murdered at Port Arthur in 1996 during the Port Arthur Massacre.
For more interesting stories, Ghost Hunters International visited Port Arthur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=MYVvuLpNUT0&feature=related (just take out the enter between the ? and the v).

[Iris]

I live in York, and as others have said it has a bit of a reputation when it comes to ghosts!

There's the Barguest, which is a big black dog with red eyes which stalks the city at night. Seeing it is supposed to mean bad luck. York is one of the few urban areas in the UK to have a 'black dog' haunting - Barguest is thought to mean "town ghost".

There are lots of Haunted pubs. One of my favourite stories was told to me by a colleague, about the York Arms which lies very near the minster. He was in there one night having a drink with his sister. His sister's pint suddenly levitates off the table, straight up, and hovers there. Then it suddenly flies across the room and smashes against the facing wall.

The barman comes over, and sets down a new pint of beer. He says to my colleague's sister "Don't worry about it, it happens all the time. It's just the poltergeist."

:eek:

[~Runa~]

I live in a small rural town and it used to be a couple of villages that expanded. Its history goes back since the Dark Ages. It was once upon a time part of Dane law. The only famous thing about this quiet sleepy community is that there was once an ancient hunting ground called Forest of Galtres, that doesn't exist anymore, as it disappeared in the 17th century. There is a very old medieval church and even the main road passing beside it was placed there originally in the Middle Ages. I'm sure that's haunted. Not far from where I live is a site that had reports of a phantom village.

The most famous other legendary place closer to me is the city of York itself.

[RaeCori]

We have Buck Hill.


http://www.pararesearchers.org/Ghosts/Article_Six/Article_6A/Article_6B/article_6b.html

[sunnydawn]

my city is steeped in weird legends.

Rumor has it that one of the city counsellors or mayor (someone who worked in the legislator building) believed in the Heretic code. Because the building was built to resemble a greek or roman temple, and the details, the lay outs and over all design has to do with the number 13, this person believed that the holy grail (or the thing that had to be found in the De Vinci code) was hidden in the legislator building and the legislator building is actually part of the De Vinci code. (Sorry. I explained it the best I could.) Anyways thats the rumor.

in Lake Winnipeg there is believed to be our own lake monster.

thats all I can think of at the moment.

[EavanStar]

Theres a cemetary pretty close to my home.

There is a beautiful tomb statue of a young woman in a flowing dress walking down some steps. Rumor is she was a young heiress to be married. Her parents didnt exactly agree with her marriage choice, but let her go ahead anyway.

On her wedding day, as she descended the steps she fell (was pushed?) down the stairs and she landed at the bottom with a broken neck.

She haunts the cemetary to the day. Looking for the love she never married.

Then, theres a local opera house in the area that was built over an old Indian Jail. That place is hunted to the max ive heard. Theyll hear people singing. The obligatory lights on and off. Catching a glimpse of people that arent there etc. :p I still go there for the plays.

[sunnydawn]

The ort Garry hotel and the Central Union station acroos the street from the hotel are very haunted.
The Fort Garry is host ghosts that originitated from during it's construction and the Grand opening ball.
Teh train staton is host to ghosts of old security gaurds, the sick thrid class citizens that were quarantined. The third class immagrants had to go to the basement when they arrived. Many died because it tooks weeks and sometimes months to get approved access to the city. Public access to that area is now prohibited. Even the staff won't go down there.

There is a church somewhere just outside the city and it's said that if you walk around it 3 times you disappear.

[sonoftheblackoak]

I live in Northern California and supposedly this is where the first Bigfoot was sited. Also their is another myth that the people of Mu, the Lumerians have an underground city called Telos inside of Mt. Shasta.
http://icons-ecast.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/b/Brad/34.jpg
This picture is supposed to be the doorway inside the mountain and city. The only thing is that the people who took this picture won't say where in the mountains they were when they found it.

The Lemurian Age took place approximately between the years 4,500,000 BC to about 12,000 years ago. Until the sinking of the continents of Lemuria and later of Atlantis, there were seven major continents on this planet. The lands belonging to the gigantic continent of Lemuria included lands now under the Pacific Ocean as well as Hawaii, the Easter Islands, the Fiji Islands, Australia and New Zealand. Also lands in the Indian Ocean and Madagascar. The Eastern coast of Lemuria also extended to California and part of British Columbia in Canada. For a very long time before the fall in consciousness, the Lemurians lived in a fifth dimensional frequency or dimension, and were able to switch back and forth from fifth to third at will, without any problem. It could be done whenever it was desired, by intension and the energies of the heart.

The Lemurian race was a mixture of beings that came mainly from Sirius, Alpha Centauri and a smaller number of them from other planets as well. Eventually, as these races mixed together on Earth, they formed the Lemurian civilization. To say the least, it was quite an awesome mixture. Lemuria was really the cradle of civilization on this planet, the “Motherland” who assisted in the eventual birth of many other civilizations. Atlantis came about at a later time.

The continent of Lemuria thrived in a state of paradise and magic for a few millions years. Eventually, as a result of wars between the two major continents, great devastations took place on Lemuria and on Atlantis. Twenty five thousand years ago, Atlantis and Lemuria, the two highest civilizations of the time were battling each other over “ideologies”. They had two very different ideas about how the direction of other civilizations on this planet should go. The Lemurians believed that the other less evolved cultures should be left alone to continue their own evolution at their own pace according to their own understandings and pathway.

The Atlanteans believed that all the less evolved cultures should be brought under sway and controlled by the two more evolved civilizations. This caused a series of thermonuclear wars between Atlantis and Lemuria. Later on, when the wars were over and the dust had settled, there were no winners.

During these devastating wars, people who were highly civilized stooped to quite low levels, until they eventually realized the futility of such behaviors. Ultimately, Atlantis and Lemuria became the victims of their own aggression, and the homelands of both continents became greatly weakened by those wars. The people, through the priesthood, were then informed that within less than 15,000 years their continents would sink completely. In those days, because people lived an average of 20,000 to 30,000 years commonly, they understood that many who have caused the havoc would live to experience the destruction.

In the time of Lemuria, California was part of the Lemurian land. When the Lemurians realized that their land was destined to perish, they petitioned the Shamballa-the-Lesser, the head of the Agartha Network, for permission to build a city beneath Mount Shasta in order to preserve their culture and their records.

In order for them to be granted the permission to build a city and becoming part of the subterranean Agartha Network, they had to prove that they had learned their lessons of war and aggression. They also had to prove this to many other agencies such as the Galactic Confederation of Planets. They also had to prove that they had learned their lessons of peace in order to be accepted again as members of the Confederation. When permission was granted to build their city, it was understood that this area would survive the cataclysms. There was already a very large dome cavern existing within Mount Shasta. The Lemurians constructed their city, which they called Telos, who was also the name of this whole area at the time, including California and a major part of the U.S. we now call the South West. Telos also included the lands North of Mount Shasta along the west coast, up to part of British Columbia. Telos means Communication with Spirit, oneness with Spirit, understanding with Spirit.

When Telos was constructed, it was meant to contain a maximum of 200,000 people. When the cataclysms started, only 25,000 people made it on time into the mountain and were saved. This number is approximately what was left of the Lemurian culture in the third dimension. Already the records had been moved from Lemuria to the underground city of Telos and the temples had been built. When the blast that destroyed the continent manifested, it came a bit earlier than anticipated, and this is why so many people did not make it “on time” inside the mountain. It is known that Lemuria, the beloved Motherland, went down overnight. The continent sank so quietly that nearly everybody was totally unaware of what was happening. Practically all were sleeping during the occurrence. There was no unusual weather condition that night. According to a transmission given by Lord Himalaya in 1959 through Geraldine Innocenti, El Morya’s twin flame, he explained that a great part of those of the priesthood who had remained faithful to the Light and their sacred calling, like captains on a sinking ship, kept their posts, and fearless to the end, they sang and prayed as they went down beneath the waves.

“Before the Lemurian continent sank, the priest and priestesses of the Temples were warned of the coming cataclysmic changes, and various Focuses of the Sacred Fire were transported to Telos, and others were transported to other lands which would not be affected. Many of these Flames were taken to the continent of Atlantis to a specific location and were sustained there for quite a period of time by daily spiritual applications. Just before Lemuria sank, certain of these priests and priestesses returned to their homes on that continent and volunteered to go down with the land and Her people, giving the assistance of their radiation and extending comfort and fearlessness. They offered this help to counteract the fear, which always comes with cataclysmic action. These loving benefactors, by the radiation of their God controlled energies and their sacrifice, literally surrounded the auras of the people in a blanket of peace and assisted in creating a freedom from fear so that the etheric bodies of those lifestreams would not be so severely scarred, thus saving those people in future embodiments, from having to experience greater tragic consequences”.

From Lord Himalaya to the “Bridge to Freedom” dispensation in 1959 said: “Many members of the priesthood placed themselves in small groups strategically in various areas and they prayed and sang as they went down beneath the water. The melody they sang was the same as is known today as “Auld Lang Syne”. The idea behind this action was that every horrifying experience leaves a very deep scar and trauma in the etheric body and cellular memory of the people, and it takes several embodiments to heal. Through the action and the sacrifice of those of the priesthood, choosing to stay together in groups and singing to the very end, much fear was mitigated, and a certain level of harmony was maintained. This way, the damage and trauma to the souls who perished was greatly diminished. It was said that those of the priesthood, along with the musicians, sang and prayed until the waves and the water had risen to level of their mouths. It is then that they also perished. During the night, while the masses slept, under a starry blue sky, it was all over; the beloved Motherland was submerged beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean. None of the priesthood had left their post, and none had evidenced any fear. Lemuria went down with dignity!

Auld Lang Syne” was the last song ever heard on the land of Lemuria.

The song they sang, some people on Earth have brought this song forth again through the Irish people, and very prophetic words have been put into it such as. “Should auld acquaintances be forgot”. Indeed, we are these old acquaintances reuniting again, those of us from the physical realm with those of our beloved ones, former friends and family members of Telos, “yet invisible” to our present sight, and hopefully, not for too much longer.

Hear this well in your heart my friends, these next couple sentences. Before our Beloved Lemuria sank completely, it was prophesized that one day, in some far distant future, many of us will gather again as a group and sing this song again, with the absolute knowingness that the “Earth’s Victory” is won. The time we are now living in brings the celebration of this long awaited day, and the fulfilling of that incredible prophecy. We are now initiating the beginning of the long awaited “Reunion”.

It is almost with tears in my eyes that I am letting you know from Adama that many of you reading those words were among those brave souls who sacrificed your life for the great benefit of the collective. Lets applaud your bravery then, and now lets rejoice for our return together, once again, to continue our great Lemurian mission of assisting the planet and humanity into her glorious ascension.

In Telos, one aspect of their mission has been to keep the balance and energies of ascension consciousness for the planet until such a time that surface dwellers can do this for themselves. Now the time has come for our two civilizations to do this together as “One Heart”.

Earth after the Sinking of the two Continents

At the same time Lemuria was going down, Atlantis started shaking and loosing parts of its land, and it continued for 200 years, until the final stage, where the rest of the continent completely sank. For 2,000 years after the Lemurian and the Atlantean catastrophes, the planet was still shaking. For the Earth to loose two large land masses within 200 years, plus the planet was still witnessing the effects of the thermo-nuclear weapons, the Earth had suffered such a major setback and trauma, that it took several thousands years to balance out again and be hospitable. For hundreds of years after the destruction of both continents, so much debris had been thrown into the atmosphere that the Earth never became bright in daylight. The atmosphere became very cold because the sunlight was not able to penetrate properly through the thick toxic atmospheric debris and very little food could grow. A large percentage of the animals and plants perished.

Why is there so little evidence today of the remains
of these two great civilizations?

The reason is that the cities on the planet that did not sink were shook to rubbles, or were wiped out by earthquakes or by huge tidal waves that would often go as far as 1,000 miles inland and destroy most cities and habitations in their pathway. The human conditions in the civilizations that survived those cataclysms became so harsh and difficult by this constant earth activity and people became so frightened that the quality of life of those civilizations deteriorated very fast. For those who survived all those calamities, hunger, poverty and disease were their legacy.

The original height of mankind on this planet was approximately 12 feet tall. The Hyperboreans were and still are 12 feet tall and none of them live on the surface at this time. By the time Lemuria sank, the Lemurians were reduced to 7 feet tall and still are 7 to 8 feet tall to this day. And there has been still a further lowering of height on this planet, for most of us on the surface are 6 feet tall or less. As our civilization evolves, this will be restored. Even now, people on the surface of this planet are becoming much taller than they were only 100 years ago.

Government of Telos

In Telos, there are two forms of government. The king and queen of Telos, Ra and Rana Mu, ascended masters who are also twin flames, form one aspect of the government of Telos. They are the ultimate rulers of Telos.

The second form of government is the local Council, called the Lemurian Council of Light of Telos, consisting of 12 ascended masters, where 6 men and 6 women serve on the council to balance the divine masculine with the divine feminine. A thirteenth member, the head High Priest of Telos, at this time Adama, officiates as the leader of the council to make the final decision when there is an even vote in the decisions made by the council.

Members of the council are selected according to the level of spiritual attainment they have reached, inner qualities, maturity and area of expertise. When a member of the council decides to move on to another level of service, the vacancy is made known to our people and those who desire to take a seat on the council may apply. All applications are carefully studied by the council, by the members of the priesthood and the king and queen of Telos. The king and the queen have the final word about who is chosen among the applicants to be on the council.

The City of Telos

Telos is a fairly large city, there are approximately one and one half millions of us living here. Also we are not divided in several villages and we all share the local government, many of us live in various areas. What we call the city of Telos is divided in 5 levels of several square miles beneath Mt. Shasta.

The first level: The large percentage of our people live beneath the dome on the first level. This is also where the administrative and public buildings and several temples are situated. In the center of this level stands our main temple, called the temple of MaRa, a pyramid shape sort of structure. It will seat 10,000 people at a time. This temple is dedicated to the priesthood of Melchizedek. The pyramid is white, with the capstone, called the “living stone” donated to us from Venus.

The second level: This is where all the production and manufacturing for the need of the people and the city takes place. It is also an area for several schools for the children and adult classes. Many more of our people live on that level as well.

The third level is consecrated totally for our hydroponic gardens where all of our food supply is grown on about 7 acres of land, producing a diet that is very interesting and fun, offering much variety. Our methods of gardening are so effective that seven acres of land is all that is needed to grow abundantly a very large variety of food to feed one and one half million people, creating strong, healthy bodies that do not age.

The hydroponic gardens are able to produce crops on a constant basis. We can grow food much faster, using advance hydroponic technology with very little soil and much water without the use of chemicals like you do on the surface. Our food is totally organic with the highest vibration. Our form of gardening does not need fertilizers and does not deplete the soil. We do place organic minerals into the water for the plants. Our crops are also enhanced and quickened by the great light, energy and love vibration of Telos. This is the magic of our 5th dimensional consciousness that you will soon discover, most likely in this decade or early on in the next.

The fourth level contains some hydroponic gardening, some manufacturing and a large area for nature, park like setting with small lakes and fountains.

The fifth level is totally consecrated to nature. There are tall trees, lakes, park types atmosphere and this is the place where we keep all our animals. In this nature level, many plants and animals have been preserved that you no longer see on the surface. Our animals are all vegetarians and do not eat each other. They live side by side in total harmony, without fear and without any aggression towards people and towards each other. Telos is really the place where the lion and the lamb lay side-by-side and sleep together in total confidence.

The New Lemuria

To all of you reading these words, let us say to you that Lemuria has never been totally destroyed as it has been perceived in your present timing. It still exists to this day in a fourth and fifth dimensional frequency, not yet visible to your third dimensional vision and perception. As the veil between those dimensions continues to become increasingly thinner, we want to assure you that in a not too distant future, your beloved Lemuria, in Her new Splendor and Glory, will reveal Herself to you in a very physical and tangible way.

As you open yourself up to a higher conscious way of living and purify yourself of all distorted and erroneous belief systems you have embraced in the last millennia, you will be able to perceive your beloved Motherland, once again, and eventually be allowed to step in to be received by Her with all the Love and Splendor She has now to offer. You will be invited to, once again, join us very tangibly in this place of paradise. At the time of the blast, Lemuria and what it represented to this planet was lifted into a 4th dimensional frequency. It continued to thrive and evolve to the level of perfection and beauty it has now reached with those who were able to come along at the time.

If this information brings tears to your eyes and opens your heart to heal those pains that have been buried within you for so very long, let it flow, let it flow. Allow the flow of your tears to bring healing to every part of your being. Allow yourself to really feel it, and embrace it in the heart through the breath. Allow all remembrances and pains to be felt fully without suppressing any. This is how you will bring forth your healing, increment by increment. As you inhale it through the breath, your GodSelf will dissolve and heal those imprints forever. Ask your Higher Self to assist you in uncovering those records that are holding you back from unfolding your new glorious reality.

In your daily meditation, we ask you to do this work faithfully until you feel a completion. Connect with us and with our Love heart to heart. You may ask for our assistance, and we will be there with you as you do this most important inner work. All of us in Telos are very eager to assist all those who will reach out to us in your heart. We are a civilization who has achieved great heart openings, and our vibration pulses with the Heart of the Divine Mother. Gradually, the deep-seated pains will be lifted and you will be much lighter. The clearing of this pain will also assist you in perceiving much more of who you really are. It will allow you to make giant leaps into your full spiritual, emotional and physical resurrection.

The New Day, the New World is just about to be born. Many of us have learned our lessons of Love and the New Lemuria, the lost paradise, is just about to unfold again. Lemuria, the part that remained faithful to the Light and Her sacred calling was lifted up to the 4th dimension at the time of the cataclysm. It was never really totally destroyed, only the 3rd dimensional aspect of it was. Lemuria continued to thrive and evolve to a fifth dimensional awareness to this day, and exists fully in the higher dimension.

[Élistariel]

Those ancient Lemurian doors look a bit...modern.

We once had a Goat-Man. I hadn't ever heard of him until recently when some people did a book of photos of my hometown from the 50's and 60's. My gran recalls how he'd come through town about once a year with his goat caravan and how he stank.
And here he is!:
http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ncimages&CISOPTR=747
http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ncimages&CISOPTR=781&CISOBOX=1&REC=2

We also have a guy, "Cat" whom I can't give much info on as he's still living. ^__^ Greeting Cat must be done by saying "Hey Cat!" whilst instead of plain-waving, make a fist, but extend your thumb and pinky. - He's been waving at people like that for YEARS. He was a local legend when I was in middle school and probably before then.

There was also a man, that I've never heard of anyone else speak of. When my aunt was young - like the 1950's. There was a man who would walk through town at night with a flashlight. My aunt, not being able to speak properly called him Tomaroni. (rhymes with macaroni). Tom Merrony, Tom Marony would be a good guess. I think the only reason he's been passed down in my family is because of my aunt's mispronunciation.

Oh, and the man who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Thomas Ferebee (Furby not Fair-a-bee) is from my hometown. ><. I didn't know this until recently, but my Gran was friends with his niece. Oh, I've met her, but I only ever knew her by her married name. She was nice.

[Selah]

In my town we have a few places that are said to be haunted, including a bookstore and a hotel. The hotel seems to be especially haunted, though according to the stories, they are just troublemakers at worst, so nothing too dangerous. It's said that you can hear children playing in empty guestrooms and a man in a white tuxedo manifests in mirrors at times. Why they want to hang around a hotel I don't know. Maybe someone should ask them :p

The library has a door that is locked and barred with a sign that says, "do not enter" to keep the ghost in (like, really? the blasted thing can move through the door). I've been in the library many times, and never really felt or saw the ghost, if there is one at all. Though, maybe it's because I'm paying attention to the cats.

[NWHeather]

I grew up in Eastern Washington, & there are a few local legends.
There have been many Sasquatch/Big Foot sightings reported in various areas of the NW (Alaska, Western Canada & the Pacific NW).
There are reports of water monsters in some of the NW lakes, such as Pend Oreille Lake, in Idaho, Lake Payette, in Idaho, to name a couple deep lakes that have reports. Also, there's reported to be a snake like creature spotted in the ocean, from Oregon to Alaska, mostly seen near Vancouver Island, (Canada), just north of Washington.

In Spokane, we have numerous haunted locations:
One of the most popular is
1000 Steps is at a local cemetary(Greenwood Cemetary), that are reportedly haunted. It is stated that no one has ever gotten to the top of the stairs.

Here's a list of several areas in WA that are known to be haunted
http://www.carpenoctem.tv/haunt/wa/

[Astucity]

The most infamous local one (Well, not so local, about 40 minutes away) would be in Vermillion, Ohio.

The Gore Oprhanage.

http://www.ghostsofohio.org/lore/ohio_lore_27.html

Enjoy. :)