5fish
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- Joined
- Aug 26, 2007
- Location
- Central Florida
There is a haunted tunnel with loose Civil War ties... The Hoosac Tunnel...
Hoosac Tunnel Ghosts.... http://www.hoosactunnel.net/ghost.php
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Ghosts
The following text was taken from Historic Haunted America by Michael Norman & Beth Scott. Copyright 1995. I cannot confirm or deny of of the stories written here. I can say of all the times I have visited the Hoosac Tunnel I have never seen or heard a ghost. However the darkness, dampness, and temperature have made me feel intimidated from time to time. Without further adieu, the story:
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In 1865, the explosive nitroglycerin was introduced to America and used for the first time in the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel. On the afternoon of March 20, 1865, explosive experts Ned Brinkman, Billy Nash, and Ringo Kelley planted a charge of nitro and ran toward a safety bunker. Brinkman and Nash never made it. Kelley bad prematurely set off the charge, burying his coworkers alive under tons of rock.
Soon after the accident, Kelley disappeared. He was not seen again until March 30, 1866. His body was found two miles inside the tunnel in the exact spot where Brinkman and Nash had died. Kelley bad been strangled to death.
Deputy Sheriff Charles F. Gibson estimated the time of death at between midnight and 3:30 A.M. An investigation was carried out, but with no suspects, the murder was never solved.
The tunnel has more ghost stories to read so enjoy...
Hoosac Tunnel Ghosts.... http://www.hoosactunnel.net/ghost.php
Snippets...
Ghosts
The following text was taken from Historic Haunted America by Michael Norman & Beth Scott. Copyright 1995. I cannot confirm or deny of of the stories written here. I can say of all the times I have visited the Hoosac Tunnel I have never seen or heard a ghost. However the darkness, dampness, and temperature have made me feel intimidated from time to time. Without further adieu, the story:
Snippet...
In 1865, the explosive nitroglycerin was introduced to America and used for the first time in the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel. On the afternoon of March 20, 1865, explosive experts Ned Brinkman, Billy Nash, and Ringo Kelley planted a charge of nitro and ran toward a safety bunker. Brinkman and Nash never made it. Kelley bad prematurely set off the charge, burying his coworkers alive under tons of rock.
Soon after the accident, Kelley disappeared. He was not seen again until March 30, 1866. His body was found two miles inside the tunnel in the exact spot where Brinkman and Nash had died. Kelley bad been strangled to death.
Deputy Sheriff Charles F. Gibson estimated the time of death at between midnight and 3:30 A.M. An investigation was carried out, but with no suspects, the murder was never solved.
The tunnel has more ghost stories to read so enjoy...
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