I’m in the dark and spooky Halloween mood, so I thought I’d write about something that should unsettle you.
I caught an article today about Bigfoot leaving some impressive footprints in the Bridgewater Triangle. I wrote about this area in a post not too long ago, one of those strange places in the world that seems to be filled with weird stuff. The geology does seem ideal for a portal of strangeness. That being said, I reviewed some of the other places around North America known for strange creatures and weird encounters. It had me wondering about the concept of portals for otherworldly beings.
My first real introduction to this concept was when I read the super creepy book “Hunt For the Skinwalkers” about a ranch in NE Utah that supposedly had everything from UFOs to strange otherworldly creatures, portals, and just about every kind of paranormal activity one can imagine. Here’s a passage from the book I found to be one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever read:
Page 145: (Mike and Jim were observing a light in the distance). Mike uses the binoculars) Jim looked carefully at the light below. It had now expanded to more than two feet. Something that big should definitely register on film. “Oh my God,” Mike said suddenly, thoroughly frightened. “There is a black creature climbing out. I see his head.” Jim felt alarm. His companion was plainly bordering on panic. “It has no face.” Mike whispered…it’s on the ground,” he said. “Oh my God, it walked away.”
Places that report such occurrences are not that rare. Just some famous locations in the US include the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and the Jersey Devil sightings, Point Pleasant in West Virginia and the Mothman sightings, the Bridgewater Triangle and its Bigfoot sightings, as well as the Skinwalker ranch. Mexico reports flying humanoids. Peru has Nazca lines for aerial beings of uncertain origin.
Is it in human nature to what to have visitations from human-like beings from the sky who leave crop circles, educate primitive man to build pyramids, warn of impending doom, or simply scare the bejesus out of us? Or, are these legends based on some truth that we have yet to face, something we only glimpse occasionally but is always there? The truth that our world is not ours alone. Perhaps our worldis everyone's,including those who go in and out of physicality in which we can perceive them momentarily.
To learn more about some of these reports, here’s some good links.
Bridgewater Triangle Bigfoot
Jersey Devil
Skinwalker Ranch
Mothman
Flying Humanoids
Nazca Lines
