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Post by shatnerswig on Mar 30, 2010 14:05:53 GMT 10
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Post by shatnerswig on Mar 31, 2010 12:09:09 GMT 10
Paranormal Sightings Continue in the Bridgewater Triangle by Art Champoux
Posted: 00:00 May 1, 2007
Photo of the Hockomock Swamp The "Bridgewater Triangle" is an area that encompasses many towns; but more or less lays right in the middle of the area in a swamp, called the Hockomock Swamp, located in Massachusetts.
The American Indians call it the Devil's swamp and in 1760 it was the spot where one of the first UFOs was reported. The object was described as being a spheroid that crossed the swamp in the daytime and it looked like a "sphere on fire."
Another sighting occurred over the swamp on Halloween night in 1908. Many saw it flying over the swamp.
The "Bridgewater Triangle" is just another one of those mysterious areas that are all over the globe where unexplained phenomena happen.
But there is more to it.
In April 1970 it was reported that a "Bigfoot" picked up a rear of a police car, in which sat two surprised police officers. All these things happened in this "triangle area."
The Bridgewater Triangle is an area of 200 square miles. It encompasses Bridgewaters, Raynham, Taunton, Brockton, Mansfield, Norton and Easton, plus the towns of Abington, Freetown and Rehoboth. This is home to the Hockomock Swamp - a paranormal corridor within the triangle. Strange and unusual sightings have been reported including huge snakes, large birds, the Native Indians refer to as thunderbirds, and a large creature described as a Bigfoot because it leaves 18 inch footprints.
But this is not the end of the story.
Some sightings still occur on an mysterious area: a giant bird-like, or some say a pterosaur like creature was seen flying over the swamp and its wingspan is estimated to be over12-feet.
So New England is another "flap area," (sorry I could not resist that) that has a history of many diverse sightings of the weird kind...and it goes back to 1760! That is before we were even a nation! I guess the indigenous people could look up into the sky and say, "Wow" and mean it!
Who knows when something will appear next?
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Post by shatnerswig on Mar 31, 2010 12:10:58 GMT 10
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Post by shatnerswig on Mar 31, 2010 12:13:07 GMT 10
The Bridgewater Triangle Map of the Bridgewater Triangle The Bridgewater Triangle Area Although not an 'official' Vile Vortex, the inland Bridgewater Triangle is likely one of the world's most concentrated areas of diverse paranormal reports.
Located just 30 miles south of Boston, this 200-mile square area has the Massachusetts towns of Abington, Freetown and Rehoboth at its angles. The town of Bridgewater is located nearly dead center within the triangle and the area also encompasses six other Massachusetts towns: Raynham, Taunton, Brockton, Mansfield, Norton and Easton1.
Mysterious Landmarks The Hockomock Swamp The Hockomock Swamp, a 5000+ acre area lies within the western section of Bridgewater Triangle and is the hub of many paranormal reports. Also the site of an 8,000-year-old Native American burial ground, when archaeologists opened the graves of Grassy Island, the red ochre within the tombs bubbled and then mysteriously disappeared. Photographs taken of the excavation would not develop1.
The swamp remains shrouded in superstition. Called, "the place where spirits dwell" by the Wampanoag Tribe of the Native American Algonquian nation, the Wampanoag avoided the Hockomock Swamp and the area remains a place filled with foreboding2.
Dighton Rock On the banks of the Tauntaon River, Dighton Rock lies across from the Grassy Island Burial Grounds of Hockomock Swamp. Numerous inscriptions of unknown origins are carved into the face of the rock. Although various speculations attribute them to Native Americans, Vikings, and even Phoenicians, their identity has never been specifically determined 3.
Profile Rock Profile Rock is another Bridgewater Triangle landmark that has gained a paranormal reputation. Located in Freetown, from a nearby hill, the rock shows a clear portrait of a Native American face looking out from the stone. Long before Massachusetts colonists arrived, the Wampanoag people considered Profile Rock sacred. Local legends claim that Native American ghost dancers in warrior dress dance around Profile Rock3, 4.
Anawan Rock Located in Hockomock Swamp along Route 44 in Rehoboth, Anawan Rock is named for Chief Anawan and is the site where Chief Anawan surrendered to the colonists, ending "King Phillip's War". Legend says that the angry spirits of Chief Anawan's warriors continue to haunt the area, starting spectral fires and "ghost dancing".
Bridgewater Triangle Phenomena Paranormal researcher, Loren Coleman, who named the Bridgewater Triangle in the 1970, revived public attention to the many paranormal reports emanating from the area.
Aside from the number and diversity of paranormal reports, what is phenomenal about the Bridgewater Triangle is that the first report of paranormal activity was made over three centuries ago, in 1760.
At 10 am on May 10, 1760, a "sphere of fire" was reported to hover over New England and emit a light so bright that is cast shadows in the morning sun. Reportedly, the light was seen from both Bridgewater and Roxbury3. Since then, the area has spawned a diversity of reports that include paranormal events that range from ghost dancers to UFOs to Cryptozoological sightings.
Bridgewater Triangle UFOs The 1760 report is likely the first documented UFO report on the planet. However, it certainly wasn't the last UFO report to come out of the Bridgewater Triangle.
•Halloween 1908 marked another UFO sighting, documented in local newspapers. •In 1968, five people claimed that they saw a strange ball of light floating among the trees in a wooded part of Rehoboth3. •In the 1970's, UFO sightings were frequently reported to occur in different areas of the Bridgewater Triangle1. In one 1976 report, two UFOs were seen landing along Route 44 near Taunton. •In 1994, a Bridgewater Law Enforcement Officer reported seeing a triangular shaped craft with red and white lights. •The town of Raynham frequently receives reports of glowing balls of light, floating over the ground at the local dog track3.
Mysterious Creatures Cryptozoological sightings are numerous and varied in the Bridgewater Triangle. In 1970, reports of a big-foot like, 7-foot tall hairy monster and its footprints instigated both the Bridgewater and Massachusetts State Police canine unit to conduct a search for a bear. However, neither man nor bear was ever found.
In 1978, paranormal researcher Joseph M. DeAndrade claims to have observed another such creature as it slowly walked into the brush of the Hockomock Swamp, about 200 yards from his location. He chronicled his sighting in his 1997 book, Passing Strange: True Tales of New England Hauntings and Horrors8.
Not all of the creatures that allegedly inhabit the Bridgewater Triangle are land-bound. Since 1971, several sightings of phenomenally large, black birds, with wingspans that stretched from eight to twelve feet, have been reported as well. Coincidentally, the first of these reports originated from Bird Hill in Hockomock Swamp. In 1984, two of these avian creatures were allegedly seen fighting in mid-air.
Bridgewater Triangle Ghostly Specters Besides the legends that tell of Native American ghost dancers, reports of several contemporary ghostly specters come from the Bridgewater Triangle.
•A mysterious redheaded hitchhiker haunts a stretch of Route 44 in Rehoboth. •A ghostly phantom appears in Hockomock Swamp near Route 138. •From Freetown, a ghostly trucker is rumored to speed along the winding Copicut Road, blaring his horn and threatening passing motorists.
Related Categories: Parapsychology | Vile Vortices | Bermuda Triangle | Hauntings | UFOs | Cryptozoology Bookmark this page: Resources: 1. “Bridgewater Historical tidbits.” Bridgewater Public Library 4 Jun 2003. 8 Aug 2008 <http://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/historical_tidbits.htm>. 2. “The Bridgewater Triangle” Terrifying Tales-Encounters With The Unexplained. 2 Apr 2008. 18 Apr 2008 <http://terrifyingtales.blogspot.com/search?q=Mysterious+Places>. 3. Christopher W. Pittman. “The Bridgewater Triangle.” Massachusetts UFO Resource Site 2000. 27 Apr 2008 <http://members.aol.com/soccorro64/btriangle.htm> 4. “Bridgewater Triangle.” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2008. 8 Aug 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgewater_Triangle>. 5. Christopher Balzano. “The Cursed County.” Massachusetts Crossroads n.d . 8 Aug 2008 <http://www.masscrossroads.com/bristol>. 6. Brian MacQuarrie. “The old haunting grounds.” The Boston Globe 30 Oct 2006. 8 Aug 2008 <http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/30/the_old_haunting_grounds/>. 7. “Paranormal Adventures in the Bridgewater Triangle." I Want to Believe 10 Apr 2006. 8 Aug 2008 <http://apologyispolicy.blogspot.com/>. 8. Ed Hayward. “Bigfoot of Bridgewater, Hockomock Crock?.” Bigfoot Encounters n.d . 9 Aug 2008 <http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/bridgewater.htm
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2010 16:39:59 GMT 10
Its gonna take me a week to wade through all this Wiggy, but I'm game, love these sort of places.
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Post by theshee on Apr 3, 2010 20:23:05 GMT 10
Fasinating wiggy. Ive got some stuff to do but I'll get into this later this afternoon, looking forward to it.
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Post by myka on Nov 24, 2018 9:49:15 GMT 10
I realize this thread is 10 years old but I joined this group because the search for The Bridgewater Triangle Led me to this site. I spent the first 40 years of my life living in the towns included in Bridgewater Triangle. Once I saw something terribly ugly and once I had a umm we will call it a visitation in the middle of the night. My ex's sis in law who was a good friend of ours also had a visitation in the same general area.
Also one night I heard hair raising screams coming from the woods and wetlands behind the house. Never did find out what it was.
Most of the time nothing happens and regular folks go about their business unaware and unaffected but every now and then!!!
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Post by brillbilly on Nov 27, 2018 2:59:03 GMT 10
I realize this thread is 10 years old but I joined this group because the search for The Bridgewater Triangle Led me to this site. I spent the first 40 years of my life living in the towns included in Bridgewater Triangle. Once I saw something terribly ugly and once I had a umm we will call it a visitation in the middle of the night. My ex's sis in law who was a good friend of ours also had a visitation in the same general area. Also one night I heard hair raising screams coming from the woods and wetlands behind the house. Never did find out what it was. Most of the time nothing happens and regular folks go about their business unaware and unaffected but every now and then!!! Hi myka, soz i missed this..i'm thinking there are many of these places around the world that seem to be portals or gateways to other dimensions like skin walker ranch!
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Post by kc1971 on Sept 14, 2019 12:15:30 GMT 10
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Post by kc1971 on Sept 14, 2019 12:17:31 GMT 10
Does anyone know what part of Seekonk this goes through? I used to live in South Seekonk, and I was wondering if it was anywhere near my house.
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