[at-l] - AT "spooks" - My Contribution

[icw@xxxxxxxxxxx (Clark Wright)]

In 2001, the one place I felt spooked was just south of the Shenandoah
National Park; I was hiking hard and late to reach Rockfish Gap and
finish up a 22.7 mile day.  The day began at Rusty's Hard Times Hollow,
which was weird enough, given that there were only a couple of other
hikers and a very grumpy Rusty there.  As I hiked in late afternoon past
the Paul C. Wolfe Shelter, I remembered reading something about it, or
something near it, being haunted.  As I walked on in the failing light,
I started to see weird, tied plant patterns, placed right in the middle
of the trail.  There literally were over a hundred of them in the 4-5
miles between the shelter and Rockfish Gap (yes, I counted).  They
seemed pretty clearly made by human hands, and were arranged in various
patterns within the trailway.  They seemed unusual enough to me that I
took a very huried (not very good) pic:
http://gallery.backcountry.net/ThruThinker-2001AT/aqg

Anyone know if these are some kind of Wiccan pattern or something?

thru-thinker

William Neal wrote:

> Know that grave where two "Yankee" soldiers and their cousin was buried
> right along the AT?  Well this joke tells how I sort of felt when a Boy
> Scout called out to me.
>
>
> A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.
> The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on
> the footpath, and stopped centimetres from a shop window. For a second
> everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said "Look mate, don't
> ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!"
>
> The passenger apologised and said he didn't realise that a little tap could
> scare him so much.
>
> The driver replied "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my first day
> as a cab driver - I've been driving 'hearses' for the last 25 years!!!!!"
> <<<
>
> And it was the reason none of stayed in that spot.  Even though it was about
> to come up a gully washer.
>
> Speaking of which, has anyone who felt "spooked" at a particular spot or
> along a particular section?  If so, where & why?  And is there a local tale
> or legend to go with the spot or section?  I would like to collect a few for
> storytelling.
>
> William, The Turtle
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