Half Man / Part Wolf Hybrid Beast from Kentucky & Tennessee

 

Well, it looks like we got another Legend from the books of Cryptozoology to deal with.  This one is normally addressed as the "Beast of the Land between the Lakes." It's supposedly some sort of a hybrid creature, as this type of subject has somewhat been mentioned on this blog in the past, here: Satyrs & Centaurs - Mythical Hybrids

Anyway, this legendary beast resides mostly in the state of Kentucky but part of this land between the lakes dips into Tennessee, as well.  The image used in this post is an aerial view of Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. As for the origins of these big bodies of water, Barkley Lake was created by a dam on the Cumberland River and the Kentucky Lake was created by a dam on the Tennessee River. Now, between these 2 lakes lies the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Yeah, let's go visit; ha! But seriously, if you'd like to visit this place, outside of the tales about the half man, part wolf, hybrid beast that dwells there, it sounds like a really scenic place.  Their website boasts about the 170,000-acre recreation area in Western Kentucky and Tennessee with lots of shorelines and miles and miles of hiking trails, etc. You can find it online by typing "www.landbetweenthelakes.us" into your browser. They offer brochures, driving directions, passes and discounts, permits and reservations, etc. You can also sign up for alerts from the area, which keeps you informed about trail closures, event cancellations, and so on.

Wow! We are getting sidetracked here with all this vacationing talk. What was the subject of this post again? Oh, yeah... At any mythical rate, the creature feature today is starring a hybrid lifeform that is part wolf and half man. It supposed to be a rather large creature that walks upright, like us humans, and also has hands that are structurally similar to ours except for the animalistic part of the hand that features deadly claws. This creature would make for an exceptional NBA center as it is usually reported at being over 7 feet tall. I've heard some descriptions of it being more around 6 feet tall but, like humans, size varies from individual to individual. Yes, if they do exist, there has to surely be more than one of them; yikes! Other characteristics include robust, bone-crunching jaws, sharp-looking teeth, pointed ears, extremely hairy (like an animal), and demonic, glowing eyes. Some people report that it smells really foul (like the Yeti monster?) and releases deafening howls and screams. Yep, it sounds like an overall nice guy... Ha!

I've also heard it called the "Kentucky Wolfman" along with "Dogman." Then you have a lot of folks that believe it is simply a werewolf. How simple are they again? Anyway, I've read several stories about these angry animals thus far, and it almost seems to be like a super hybrid that gets traits from the Devil Monkey, Bigfoot, Jersey Devil and a Werewolf all combined. To top it off, some people think you should forget the part wolf / half man crap, as they believe it's a shape-shifting Native American shaman. Holy crap! Shamans are out killing people now? So much for cryptozoology; ha!

There are loads of stories online about this hybrid beast, but it seems that the most popular one involves an entire family that was found dead in the 1980s that was in the Land between the Lakes area.  They were found halfway consumed inside their motorhome in what appeared to be a monstrous attack by a huge animal. I never hear such bad things about a Bigfoot (don't they supposed to be vegetarians?), so that rules them out. Speaking of that, there are also reports of slaughtered and half-eaten elk and bison in that area, as well.  If you'd like to read more about the legend of this crazed hybrid that dwells in a region in Kentucky and part of Tennessee, visit: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/7266

Now, since the stories can go on forever, let's dive more into the possible origins of this beast.  Of course, nobody seems to know the absolute truth, but some people think (assuming it's not a bunch of shape-shifting Shamans) that during the 1800s, a man that lived in this area claimed he had an illness he got via the blood (animal bite?) where he would become enraged and violent at night (sort of like a werewolf with Full Moon Madness?), and many stories spawned from that family for decades to come. I mean, does that mean his descendants kept passing the gene until one or more of them became full-fledged werewolves? Did they start out with Extreme Hypertrichosis, as well?

Another story of origin for this part man, half wolf thing is an old legend that involves a witch casting her wrath on a person and turning them into an unsightly beast. Is that Black Magic? To keep the creature's lineage alive, its curse would get passed on to anybody that survived an attack from it. Okay, I have two questions about that: Why would a witch turn somebody into an ultimate killing machine that could easily bring them to their demise as soon as they drop the spell book? If survivors turn into this creature, does that apply to animals as well?  I mean, going by that logic, this thing could bite a cow on the leg and then the cow would turn into???  Oh, never mind. That would be one hell of a bovine hybrid, though.

Well, I need to wrap this up.  I must say, however, that even though Tennessee is included in the title, it does seem that most of the scary tales come from the Kentucky region of the Land between the Lakes. As for Tennessee, that state is more known for its infamous Bell Witch. Either way, I know I didn't cover any scary stories on this post, but I did provide a good resource link that had several of them on their page. I just thought I'd do a blog post about this subject in case anybody knows more about this area and has some cool stories to share in the comment field.  At any rate, if you are a hunter or like to take camping trips at random places, you might want to always research the area before strutting around in the woods or else you may get your ass handed to you. Uh, literally? Ha-ha!

Image Credit: It is in the Public Domain and is not under Copyright.

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Legend of Hoia Baciu Forest - Haunted?

 

It's been a while since I've updated this blog, so I thought that this post about a forest that is supposedly haunted would be a good start since it seems to combine a bit of legend and myths to the folklore; ha! But seriously, this Hoia Baciu place seems to be really interesting in a spooky sort of way. I've even heard that many of the trees in that area are twisted and deformed in very strange ways, which would definitely help add to the haunted effect. Before anybody gets any ideas, the two photos that I'm using for this blog post did not come from Hoia Baciu. They came from my backyard and the woods behind my backyard, so they are my personal photos, with one I obviously edited in my MS Paint program (at the bottom of this article) and the one at the start of this post involved me taking a picture of a tree after I blew smoke in front of the camera.  It's a really cool effect, eh? Anyway...  

This demented area originally got named after a shepherd. Legend has it, that the shepherd disappeared while having 200 sheep out in the forest.  Since then, there have been reports of other people coming up missing along with experiencing "time gaps" of existence.  

The 'missing in time' thing is well documented in alien abduction reports across the globe. I'm not saying that is happening there, but I've definitely heard about those stories many times down through the years. It is like they get transported into a hovering craft, totally (sometimes temporary) lose all recollection of their existence, then find their self awake, fully functioning cognitively with no idea what just happened, only to find out that an x-number of hours has passed. 

As for the Hoia Baciu Haunted Forest, I've heard of a legend that talked about how a girl, that was only 5 years old at the time, went into this wooded area, disappeared, and nobody seen her return from the forest until five years later. What makes that even more spooky, was that she was supposedly wearing the same clothes she had on the day she came up missing when she returned. Well, I have questions about that...  I mean, did she not age any during that time? Did her clothes still fit? Did she still appear to be 5 years old, or did she come back as a 10-year-old? I'm assuming, if true, that she had a "time gap" and somehow the space-time continuum got distorted when they (aliens from UFOs, of course) returned her and accidentally sent her into the future for 5 years? I mean, if you create artificial wormholes to speed up your space travel, things can happen. I don't know, you tell me...

Good grief, I forgot to even say where this place is located... Okay, this particular boogey-boogie forest is located west of the city of Cluj-Napoca, near the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania. Yeah, move over Dracula; Transylvania has bigger fish to fry than your blood-sucking self. Okay, enough inane drivel.  Let's get back to the subject at hand...

Of course, many people that go into this wicked place often feel like someone is watching them. However, I must say, basic paranoia will accomplish that - especially if you think a place is haunted and whatnot. Speaking of that, there is plenty room to get the crap scared out of you when visiting this place, as it is about 1.16 square miles in size. The Hoia Forest is commonly known as being sort of like the land-based version of the Bermuda Triangle that is riddled with paranormal phenomena. Many urban legends and ghost stories have fueled its growing popularity over the years and has become quite the tourist attraction, to say the least.

Speaking of the paranormal, stories from this wooded area often include ghost sightings, photographic phenomena (you know, like when you take a picture and some weird entity shows up in the picture, etc.), UFOs, strange lights, glowing orbs, floating spirit heads, loud voices appearing out of thin air, eerie giggling from afar (sounds like the Bell Witch), etc. I know that those are typical phenomena for a lot of places (which is why they sell so many of those Ghost Meters / EMF Sensors), well, except for maybe the floating ghost-like heads, but that's not really the strangest part, to me.  The frequent reports about people that visit the Hoia Baciu coming back scared out of their wits, many of which complain about unexplained burns, scratches, and rashes, really gets my attention along with numerous stories of time gaps... But even the ones with "missing time" of only a couple of hours is still bizarre, when you think about it. For example, some folks claim to just go walk by a weird tree at 10 A.M., then the next thing they know it is 12 o'clock. Uh..., ya drunk much? Ha! Just kidding... 

But back to the point, if loads of people are complaining about unexplained scratches, rashes and burns from this haunted forest, you'd think somebody would quit talking about it just being a legend and go get some video proof or doctor reports, etc.  Seriously, that would be physical proof of at least something. I mean, poison oak and poisonous sumac can cause rashes; running through a forest can cause scratches, but what about the burns? What in the hell burned you?  Did you not feel it when it happened? To me, that is really strange, if true... Then again, people may be out there smoking crack trying to catch a cheap thrill (is crack cheap?) and just get burned while freebasing random drugs for all I know.

However, things are about to get even more weird... I have recently heard about more poltergeist activity at this haunted forest that involved an investigator getting thrown to the ground after being scratched by an invisible force.  The area he was at was considered the "dead zone" of the forest, which is a circular clearing where nothing seems to grow.  Hmm... I've heard stories years ago where a supposed UFO was spotted hovering at a certain place, and the ground was radiated to the point where everything died and nothing would grow back. BUT, what makes this really weird is that, if true, soil samples have been taken by specialists from this dead zone before and nothing has turned up. They claim that the soil is totally normal. Well, did they check for radiation? I'm not sure but, going by what I've read, researchers from around the world have checked this place out. Unless people are out there constantly keeping the ground dead by walking in a circle. Dang, that reminds me of when people would make artificial crop circles albeit it did distract from the possible real ones. 

On a side note, since this place supposed to have some wicked tree and plant growth within its spiritually possessed forest, it reminds me of another post I did on a Nature Blog of mine: "Eyeball Plant - Doll's Eyes"... Now that eerie plant would fit right in at that place!

Well, to end this subject, I must say that this specific area even being located close to Transylvania is enough to raise eyebrows, to say the least. Personally, whenever I do get the chance and/or free time to leisurely take a hike in the woods, I do not fantasize about a place like Hoia Baciu. Even if somebody offered me a free trip to this freakish haunted forest, I would most likely steer clear from this nefarious place. I like adventure and all of that, but screw that! Ha!

Image Credits: These are my own photos. If you would like to use them, feel free, but make sure you provide a link back to this blog for the photo credit and so on. Thanks!

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Haunted Bell Witch Cave

Original Post Date: October 5, 2013

I have known about the Bell Witch legend for quite a long time, but until today, I've never heard of the Haunted Bell Witch Cave. Actually, I don't know how I missed that one, but I just read about it a few minutes ago, nonetheless. The legend of the Bell Witch goes way back. Most of the events supposedly took place from 1817 to 1821. Even Andrew Jackson, the President of the United States (not long after that time period), was quoted saying: "I would rather face the whole British army, than face the Bell Witch again!" One of the witch's famous quotes is: "I am a Spirit from everywhere, Heaven, Hell the Earth; am in the air, in houses, any place at any time, have been created millions of years; that is all I will tell you." Of course, that last quote was assuming that this spirit existed and actually said that. By that ghostly comment, it sounds like she called Earth, uh, Hell, so maybe she is onto something. LOL!

You can find a description of the Bell Witch Cave on pages 394-396 from the 1961 book "Caves of Tennessee" - by Thomas C. Barr, Jr. You can always search online for more information. This cave is located in the city of Adams, Tennessee. It is on Keysburg Road. If you would like to read an elaborate page about this subject, go here: www.haunted-places-to-go.com/bell-witch.html

It is a very interesting story, regardless if there is any truth to it or not. I own the movie entitled "The Bell Witch Haunting," which is suppose to be based on a true story. It is a low-budget film, which is another reason why I liked it. The movie didn't have all of these special effects and it wasn't trying to do anything fancy other than just letting the plot roll out according to the legend. If you are interested, you'll just have to search online for this film; ha! I think the movie was made around 2004 or thereabouts.

The bottom line is that this cave sounds cool. Have any of y'all ever been to this haunted cave?

Image Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch_Cave

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Red-haired Giants of Lovelock Cave

This is such an interesting subject. How many of y'all believe that there were giant humanoid creatures roaming around the Earth thousands of years ago? I've heard many tales and legends that have spoke about races involving 8 to 12 feet tall people, and so on, but how much of that is true? Well, there has supposedly been some evidence unearthed before, even though it is rarely talked about and often classified as ancient myths, etc. Personally, it is hard to imagine that there hasn't been several races of giants throughout Earth's existence. Life has started and ended way too many times on this planet for me to rule it out. Now, were big ape men riding on the back of dinosaurs back then? LOL! Well, I didn't say that, but the notion of pre-historic giant people is entertaining to think about. But let's not go that far back into history right now...

Instead of searching for all of the extra tidbits and various stories ranging from old legends to New-Age beliefs, I just did a quick search on one of the more popular races of extremely large bipedal creatures: the Red-haired Giants of Lovelock Cave. Many Native American tribes have similar stories about the red-haired giants and how they had their fair share of battles with them, etc. I've read before that their initial encounter with them occurred somewhere around 15,000 years ago. This same type of giant has also been mentioned by the Aztecs along with the Mayans. The burial sites of these crazed beasts have been claimed on almost every continent. Just who were these red-haired freaks that were supposedly unearthed in Nevada, Arizona, New York State, Tennessee, and Virginia?

If you'd like to read a fairly elaborate page about this subject, including the current evidence for them, go here: suite101.com/a/nevadas-myterious-red-haired-giants-of-lovelock-cave-a387847 [URL no longer exists]
Side Note: I still don't know why she hasn't fixed the glaring typo in her title, though. Maybe she will fix it and spell 'mysterious' correctly in due time; ha!

Image Credit: This work is not under copyright protection and it's in the public domain in the U.S. Source = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovelock_Cave

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Aquatic Ape Theory - Mermaids Gone Wild

I've been hearing a lot more about mermaids the last year and a half or so, especially since the Animal Planet first aired the show "Mermaids: The Body Found." I actually missed that show, but I heard all about it. Well, tonight the Animal Planet had a show that sort of acted as a sequel to that, called "Mermaids: New Evidence" or something like that. I'm not a big fan of television nowadays, so I might not be totally accurate on my TV titles, etc. Anyway, it was interesting to watch, nonetheless. They are trying to merge the lame "aquatic ape theory" (in actuality, it is a hypothesis) with their mermaids gone wild flicks. This theory/hypothesis involves human evolution, which deals with certain ancestors of modern humans that spent a great deal of time adapting to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. During the show, they used weak aspects like saying humans are the only mammals that can hold their breath for a long time like dolphins and how we still have traces of webbed hands. I find that odd, for me anyway, because my large hands are far from being webbed; I can't hold my breath for several minutes and when I get in water, I act as a sinker, and I also suck at swimming. Then again, I'm a so-called extraterrestrial so I guess I don't count, blah! LOL!

Anyway, back to this Mermaids Gone Wild thingy... They did have some interesting video footage (not the computer-generated crap). One of the coolest videos was shot not too far off the coast of Greenland. There was another coast guard flick, and another involving a cell phone video camera. I don't know how many of y'all seen that show tonight, but I like how toward the end of the show, they quickly ran a bunch of flashing credits talking about fictional characters, disclaimers, etc. Dang, who can tell what is real anymore? There is always the possible motives for better TV ratings, money and so on, involved. Concerning this subject, I can't rule out the possibility that there is some semi-humanoid swimming around with webbed hands and a wicked tail, especially since the ocean is so vast and we do discover new species of life all the time. Plus, there are so many myths & legends involving mermaids, it does make you wonder. However, they need to just drop that aquatic ape theory and just concentrate more on the live video footage and camera shots, even though they can be faked, as well.

After thinking about this, I guess a mermaid would have to jump up in a boat with a fisherman and have a conversation with him, for this to be proven. If they do exist, though, I doubt if they are pretty like they are often described in mythical tales. Plus, there would be wild mermen, as well. That's all we need when going boating or fishing, is some crazed merman that is mad at his mermaid while having ego issues and drinking like a fish; ha-ha!

Image Credit: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/mermaid-the-body-found-animal-planet_n_1544087.html (link is no longer active)

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Bermuda Triangle - Atlantis, Aliens or Metallic Haven?

Yeah, talk about a subject that has been covered a million times... I'm sure there are many people on here that have their diverse theories and whatnot, when concerning the Devil's Triangle - also known as the Bermuda Triangle - or maybe it is the other way around, but who cares, right?

I remember as a kid, studying about all this cool info I got from the TV show Unsolved Mysteries, etc. In case you are extremely young, that was way back when TV was still semi-real. Anyway, many ships and planes have sunken and vanished within this geographic area of mysterious magnetic pull. Some folks think the anomalies found here are due to all the metal from the lost city of Atlantis, albeit I wrote about it possibly being somewhere else, here: perpendicularity.org/blog/2013/03/03/lake-vostok-mystery-the-center-of-antarctica/ [Link is temporarily not active]

Your guess is almost as good as mine, but either way, I'd enjoy hearing about your thoughts.
Most of us have heard about the compasses that go astray on the cruise ships and the pilot's instruments that go haywire while flying over this demonic triangle, but what about those underwater UFOs that fly in an upward fashion from this crazed region from this awesome vortex in our space-time continuum? The fun doesn't stop there, either, as a group of divers discovered a crystal pyramid deep below the surface from the Bermuda Triangle, a while back. Well, how they have dived that far down without dying or why they didn't have any real photographic evidence, is besides the point. I mean, if you seen a crystal pyramid with an angry ET sitting on top of it, would you stop for a Kodak moment?
So many questions and very few answers.
What do you think about this metallic haven full of sunken ships, invisible airplanes, aliens, and the lost city of Atlantis?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Regardless of the actuality, I'm not going near that place!
I don't currently own enough Metaphysical Moldavite to ward off the evil time travelers that dwell deep inside that triangle, so one must be cautious. Feel free to enlighten me, in the comment field below...

Image Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

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Update: After coming back to this blog a few years later to update, check for inactive links, and so on, I noticed how inadequate this particular post was. Normally, I would be more elaborate than this.  I just more or less started the subject and provided related links within it. I guess I was hoping the comment field would fill in the blanks. 

Either way, now that I think about it, there is no sense really elaborating about something that can't be proven one way or the other.  As for a metallic haven, the oceans are most likely full of wreckage throughout, in which there is no certain area of a mass collection of planes and ships, for example.  I assume that higher traffic areas may contain the most wreckage, but still, what is the mystery in that? 

In closure, to address the title of this post, a person would be better off (if they were interested in such things) individually researching strange ocean events, the lost city of Atlantis, and/or the boundless and elusive aliens (extraterrestrials) as opposed to the Bermuda Triangle. I don't know, maybe stick to octagons, squares or rectangles instead of triangles? Ha-ha! ---End of Update

The HAARP Conspiracy Theory

I'm sure many of you have heard about this particular conspiracy theory, while some of you may be saying "what is HAARP?"

Of course, there doesn't supposed to be any conspiracy involved with stuff like this, right? The official story that is commonly told to the public is:
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is an ionospheric research program that is jointly funded by the US Navy, US Air Force, the University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). They all say that the primary reason for such technology is to investigate the potential for developing ionospheric enhancement technology for radio communications and surveillance purposes and, of course, to analyze the ionosphere during the process.

The heart of the conspiracy theories for HAARP consists of the ability for the government to control various aspects of the weather and certain conditions on Earth by using electromagnetic waves. This could include altering the climate and creating hurricanes, tornados, severe storms, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc., by way of their technology. Although a lot of the conspiracy theories are just baloney-filled nonsense that is dreamt up by hopeless losers that are stuck in their mom's basement, I will say that if a large group of people could control the weather, they would have some crazy power over this planet's inhabitants. I'm fairly sure there is this type of research being done, though. In fact, I've even read about planned projects to help with the melting ice caps (they need to hurry) and so on, but I don't know if they have reached the level of advancement that is required to activate volcanoes or cause massive earthquakes, yet.

If this power does exist at a higher level, I hope it is only used with good intentions. Ha! Yeah, who am I kidding... I must say, though, that the weather seems to be getting worse, more severe and erratic, year after year. I don't really go for this particular conspiracy theory, especially since climate change is real - regardless of your political affiliation or whether you credit global warming to humans or a natural solar cycle of planetary alignment within the cosmos.

On a side note, if the HAARP conspiracy is fueled by federal folks with this secretive knowledge and know-how, I bet they wished the weather would get better and more stable instead of worse.  I would come more believing a conspiracy that tries to make the weather better, not worse, in this case. I mean, seriously, take floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters, for example. A federal program called FEMA in this country (United States) has to dole out money all the time for victims of natural disasters.  Where does the money come from?  Okay, that question would be much better suited for another type of blog of mine. The point is, unless 'weather control' is weaponized for a damn good outcome, I see no reason to play the "weather God," even if it was possible.  Hey, where is Poseidon when you need him? Ha-ha!

Standard Resource: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program
Conspiracy Resource: www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/haarp_mind_weather_control.htm [Link is no longer valid, but the image credit link below should suffice.]

Image Credit: wakeup-world.com/2011/05/11/haarp-weather-altering-earthquake-making-machine/

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What is up with the Nibiru / Planet X Conspiracy Theories?

I've been hearing about this magical rogue planet for years and years. I think the conspiracy theories have peaked out during the last 10 years or so, but what gives? This mysterious planet that supposedly wreaks havoc on Earth every so many thousands of years, is really getting old. Astronomers reject the idea of Nibiru, and have made efforts to inform the public that there is no threat to Earth from "Planet X," as they point out that such an object so close to Earth would be easily visible to the naked eye. Regardless of that, online theories continue to spread like wildfire.

The photos of Planet X are ridiculous, as well, as these conspiracy nuts think that Nibiru is constantly hiding behind the sun. That isn't even possible, due to its supposed oblong-like elliptical orbit that flies around two suns - one being from a distant solar system or whatever. What? Did it get behind our sun and just stop during the last 10 years or more? LOL! A planet such as Nibiru would create noticeable effects in the orbits of the outer planets. Most photos showing "Nibiru" by the Sun are due to a damn lens flare, and they even go to the extremes of taking pictures through red-colored filters, as if that is an actuality that portrays real life. LMAO!

Is it really possible that hordes of galactic barbarians really inhabit Planet X / Nibiru while living on a diet of frozen doughnuts? Do they have bad intentions and/or hate the Earth people now? Are they actually just a bunch of space monkeys that ultimately altered our DNA from dumb to dumber? Ha-ha! I'm an actual extraterrestrial that used to live on a planet that orbited the dying star of Betelgeuse, so please take heed to anything I say of this nature. Nibiru consists of a bunch of wannabe imbeciles, and their hopes of life via geothermal heating envies and/or "tries" to rival one of Jupiter's moons. Yeah, tell them to go to hell! Ha!

Side Note: Oh, in case you actually take this asinine Planet X conspiracy subject seriously, I will provide a couple resource links below, that relate to the "What's up with the nonsensical Nibiru?" gobbledygook:


* Scientists reject impending Nibiru-Earth collision (NASA weighs in on this hogwash)


* Nibiru Cataclysm  (Planet X Conspiracy Theories via nutjobs)

Image Credit: My own photo using the MS Paint Program.

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Where did the story of Atlantis really come from?

This is a classic tale, legend, and/or myth. The story of the "Lost City of Atlantis" has been around for a very long time. Most people generally say that this was all dreamed up by Plato. According to Plato's account, Atlantis once occupied a large land west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Plato spoke of an advanced race that was wealthy in food and supplies as well as technology. He also went on to mention that the people of Atlantis could wipe out any army known to man, more or less.

However, Plato said that he got the story from Socrates, who heard it from Solon, who was told the story by the ancient Egyptians. Oh, dear... Something tells me that the story changed a great deal before Plato got a hold of it; ha! Okay, now take the story of Atlantis from there, from where Plato had it, regardless of if he made it up or not. Over the years, I have heard various versions, all changing to better suit the time, place, condition, and the actual storyteller at hand. I've heard variations from supposed prophets and even from people like Edgar Cayce, for yet another example. I have heard that the lost city of Atlantis sank close to the Bermuda Triangle all the way down to Lake Vostok in Antarctica. Wow! I have heard of it consisting of mythical Gods all the way down to an intellectual race of extraterrestrials that took advantage of crystal technology.

Do I think that advanced races of beings once lived on this lovely blue planet for a short while before they vanished? Yes. Do I think the story of Atlantis is accurate? No.

Image Credit: My own photo of a bunch of random rocks. Maybe they came from Atlantis. Ha!

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