Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Mysteries revisited: the enigma of the Bridgewater Triangle by T.K. Randall
Mysteries revisited: the enigma of the Bridgewater Triangle
By T.K. Randall
December 14, 2022
The area is notorious for peculiar phenomena. Image Credit: Pixabay / KELLEPICS
High strangeness abounds at an alleged 'paranormal vortex' found in the heart of Southern Massachusetts.
Sometimes referred to as "America's Bermuda Triangle", the Bridgewater Triangle region was first defined by author Loren Coleman who documented Abington, Rehoboth and Freetown as the three 'points' of the triangle.
Within this otherwise unassuming area there have been countless reports of unexplained phenomena.
Hockomock swamp, which means 'the place where spirits dwell', is said to be home to all manner of unusual creatures including Bigfoot, giant snakes, giant birds and even pterodactyls.
Around 1,700 years ago, the area was used as the hunting grounds and burial site of the Wampanoag people and is still believed to be home to their chief deity of death and disease - Hobomock - after which the swamp itself is named.
Elsewhere, the Freetown-Fall River State Forest, far from being a wonderland of nature, is said to be the site of various ritualistic murders, animal sacrifices and other sinister practices.
One of its most distinctive landmarks is Profile Rock - an outcrop in the shape of a face which is said to hold special spiritual significance for the Wampanoag.
The region is also known for countless UFO and fireball sightings, as well as tales of poltergeists, Native American curses and much more.
Another point of interest in West Bridgewater - the Solitude Stone - bears the inscription:
"All ye, who in future days, Walk by Nunckatessett stream Love not him who hummed his lay Cheerful to the parting beam, But the beauty that he wooed."
Over the years, several suicide victims have been found within the vicinity of the stone.
It has since come to be known as the "suicide stone".
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Archaeologists identify 168 previously unseen Nazca lines by T.K. Randall
Archaeology & History
Archaeologists identify 168 previously unseen Nazca lines
By T.K. Randall
December 21, 2022
One of the new geoglyphs (left) and highlighted (right). Image Credit: Yamagata University
An aerial investigation of the Nazca Desert in South America has yielded the discovery of many more geoglyphs.
Situated on a remote arid plateau in southern Peru, the Nazca Lines are a series of spectacular artistic designs, including images of spiders, monkeys, hummingbirds, fish and lizards, which were etched into the desert floor around 2,000 years ago.
Most of the more prominant designs were produced by removing the red colored pebbles that litter the desert to unveil the white dusty ground underneath.
Some of the drawings are huge and measure up to 200 meters across.
Now archaeologists from Yamagata University in Japan have succeeded in identifying another 168 previously unseen geoglyphs by studying the region using aerial photos and drones.
Dating back to between 100 B.C. and A.D. 300, the new geoglyphs include depictions of birds, killer whales, cats, snakes and humans - each formed by piling smaller stones on top of one another.
One of these, which shows a club-wielding figure with its head falling away from its body, is believed to hold some sort of ritualistic significance to the people who created it.
Over time, it is hoped that new methods - such as the use of artificial intelligence to analyze aerial photographs - could help researchers uncover the remainder of the undiscovered images.
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