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8 creepiest places in U.S. national parks

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:45

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Devil’s Den, Gettysburg National Battlefield

With 51,000 casualties, Gettysburg was the site of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle. Reports of ghostly soldiers are common here, especially at Devil’s Den, a boulder-strewn hill that was used by artillery and infantry. The most common sighting is that of a barefoot ghost wearing a floppy hat who is known as “The Hippie” and is thought to be a member of the 1st Texas Infantry. Those who have met the spirit report that he always says the same thing while pointing toward Plum Rum: “What you’re looking for is over there.” Those who claim to have photographed the ghost say that his image doesn’t appear in pictures, and Devil’s Den is known for causing cameras and other electronic equipment to malfunction.

Mammoth Cave

With more than 150 documented paranormal events, the caverns at Mammoth Cave National Park have been called “the most haunted natural wonder in the world.” Rangers have reported seeing apparitions resembling slave guides who led cave tours before the Civil War, but the most frequent sighting is of Stephan Bishop, a slave whom the National Park Service website describes as “one of the greatest explorers Mammoth Cave has ever known.” Bishop, who’s buried in the Old Guide Cemetery not far from the cave, is often seen during the Violet City Lantern Tour, when rangers take visitors through caverns lit only with kerosene lamps.

During the 1800s, Mammoth Cave briefly served as a tuberculosis hospital, and visitors can see the remains of the “consumptive cabins” where patients stayed. Outside one of the cabins is a slab of stone where the bodies of dead patients were place before burial. Today it’s known as Corpse Rock, a place where some people claim to have heard phantom coughing.

Norton Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains

The misty ridges of the Great Smoky Mountainsare home to many ghost stories, but few are as terrifying as the Cherokee legend of Spearfinger. According to legend, the witch had a long, sharp finger made of stone, and she walked the Smokies’ trails disguised as an elderly woman and lured children who wandered too far from their village. She’d hold the children and sing them to sleep and then used her stone finger to cut out their livers, which she would eat. There’s also the tale of a settler who was murdered on the north shore of Lake Fontana while looking for his daughter, and lost hikers have reported a mysterious light that leads them back.

If you want to see the lights yourself — and walk the mountains where Spearfinger was said to live — hike the Norton Creek Trail, which will lead you past several cemeteries. An old roadbed, the trail is still used during “Decoration Days” when the families of the cemeteries’ dead come to decorate the graves.

Batona Trail, New Jersey Pinelands

Since the 1700s, there have been thousands of reported sightings of the Jersey Devil in the New Jersey Pinelands. Described as a kangaroo-like creature with the head of a dog, bat-like wings, horns and a forked tail, the animal is said to prowl through the marshes of Southern New Jersey and spook people with its hideous appearance. Residents of cities near the Pinelands have reported hearing the devil’s screams late at night. For the best chance of glimpsing the Jersey Devil, hike a section of the Batona Trail, a 49-mile route that ventures deep into the creature’s habitat.

Star Dune, Great Sand Dunes National Park

The park that’s home to North America’s tallest sand dunes is also a flying saucer hotspot. ..SEE–

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