Those now trapped inside the hull began screaming and pounding on the hull, crazed with fear as the water level crept upwards toward their heads. Abruptly, violent winds turned the boat right side up briefly, throwing the survivors back ...
Phantom pirates, water monsters, and mythical snakes figure prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Garden State.
Pirates used to love hanging out at the Jersey Shore. Their reasons had to do with geography. First, there was the geography of opportunity; the Jersey coast was close to busy shipping lanes. Second, there was the geography of ...
Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Pine Tree State Charles A. Stansfield Jr. It seems that a farmer up around Caribou needed a new barn in which ... Everyone has heard of Robin Hood, the legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest in England.
MIAMI. MASSACRE. These ghosts appear only around the anniversary of the horrific incident that produced them: June 21, the approximate time of the summer solstice. The summer solstice has special mystical meaning to American Indians, ...
UFOs, ghost trains, and El Chupacabra figure prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Grand Canyon State.
Dead presidents, swamp monsters, and spying spaceships in tales from the Buckeye State.
Here, the relative gloom is broken by a beautiful stained glass window, lit from within the church that stands at 16th and H streets. The figure of a man slowly strolls up toward the church, coming from the direction of the White House.
Some ghost stories feature the spirits not of people but of animals, typically dogs or cats. According to different witnesses and various cultural traditions, ghosts have taken realistic solid form, appeared as vaporous shapes, ...
Includes spirits of cowboys, miners, railroaders, explorers, and Native Americans.
Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Green Mountain State Charles A. Stansfield Jr. of this sparsely settled “kingdom” are the great lumber companies who own much of the land east of Interstate 91 and north of McIndoe Falls. Vermont's.
• Most notorious Bigfoot sightings • UFO reports and cover-ups • Lake Okanagan's famous serpent Ogopogo • Ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Gen.
... stagecoaches. The stagecoaches often were targeted by bandits, as they were known to carry shipments of gold and silver bullion from the mines to Sacramento and on to San Francisco. At Bullion Bend, about fifteen miles east of ...