3 Of Ho Chi Minh City’s Most Uniquely Haunted Buildings
A whopping 15.5 million international tourists visited Vietnam in 2018. While many were traditional sightseers, a number of people booked a flight to see some of the many haunted sites located across the country. From ghosts to unexplained happenings and urban legends, there is no shortage of the supernatural throughout the nation. There are a few notable haunted buildings in Ho Chi Minh City in particular that have especially unique and mysterious backgrounds.
England is home to one of the most haunted cities in the world.
London has been cited as a top scary location due to popular tourist
spots, including the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey, being
possessed by the ghostly spirits of monks, soldiers, and ‘The Gray
Lady’. But step away from the capital city and you’ll find even more hair-raising locations in some of England’s most haunted counties.
How does one distinguish reality from fiction? The answer is simple....experience. What tends to be fiction to some is reality to others based on their experience alone. It is awful hard to convince someone that they didn't see something that they know they saw with their own two eyes.
Evidence is another key factor in a reality check. If it is present, the only ones denying the facts are the ones that do not wish to believe them.
The Eugene Johnson Show - Terror at Land Between the Lakes
In episode 7 Eugene talks about the mysterious Land Between the Lakes (LBL). It is the home of numerous odd reports. The home of several stories about unexplained murders and tales of warnings about certain areas, forbidden areas, not to go into. The land itself has a questionable history which many ties to all the strangeness. Reports of unusual creatures inhabiting this area are abundant.
I will give you a fair warning, some of the stories told in this episode are very graphic.
I was talking with a friend last night on facebook and we got to taking about Pukwudgie. So I thought it might be a good idea to make a short post about this lesser known cryptid.
The Pukwudgie
A Pukwudgie is a 2-to-3-foot-tall (61 to 91 cm) being from the Wampanoag
folklore. Pukwudgies' features resemble those of a human, but with
enlarged noses, fingers and ears. Their skin is described as being a
smooth grey, and at times has been known to glow.
In Native American lore, Pukwudgies have the following traits and abilities;
they can appear and disappear at will
they can transform into a walking porcupine (it looks like a porcupine from the back, and the front is half-troll, half-human and walks upright)
they can attack people and lure them to their deaths
they are able to use magic
they have poison arrows
they can create fire at will
Pukwudgies control Tei-Pai-Wankas which are believed to be the souls of Native Americans they have killed.
Native Americans believed that Pukwudgies were best left alone. When
you see a Pukwudgie you are not supposed to mess with them, or they will
repay you by playing nasty tricks on you, or by following you and
causing trouble. They were once friendly to humans, but then turned
against them. They are known to kidnap people, push them off cliffs,
attack their victims with short knives and spears, and to use sand to
blind their victims.
"Legends of the Pukwudgie began in connection to 'Maushop', a
creation giant believed by the Wampanoag to have created most of Cape
Cod. He was beloved by the people, and the Pukwudgies were jealous of
the affection the Natives had for him. They tried to help the Wampanoag,
but their efforts always backfired, until they eventually decided to
torment them instead. They became mischievous and aggravated the Natives
until they asked 'Granny Squanit', Maushop’s wife, for help. Maushop
collected as many as he could. He shook them until they were confused
and tossed them around New England. Some died, but others landed,
regained their minds and made their way back to Massachusetts.
Satisfied he had done his job and pleased his wife, Maushop went away
for a while. In his absence, the Pukwudgies had returned. They again
changed their relationship with the Wampanoags. They were no longer just
a nuisance, but began kidnapping children, burning villages and forcing
the Wampanoag deep into the woods and killing them. Squanit again
stepped in, but Maushop, being very lazy, sent his five sons to fix the
problem. The Pukwudgies lured them into deep grass and shot them dead
with magic arrows. Enraged, Squanit and Maushop attacked as many as they
could find and crushed them, but many escaped and scattered throughout
New England again. The Pukwudgies regrouped and tricked Maushop into the
water and shot him with their arrows. Some legends say they killed him,
while others claim he became discouraged and depressed about the death
of his sons, but after these events Maushop disappears from the
Wampanoags' mythology."
There are reportedly encounters of the Pukwudgie in the Freetown-Fall River State Forest in Massachusetts. Ironically, part of the FFR state forest belongs to the Wampanoag Nation. There have also been several odd suicides at a ledge in the state forest. The suicides have led some to believe that the Pukwudgie pushed the people off the ledge.
Here is a video done by Animal Planet about Pukwudgie.
Some say that Pukwudgie is nothing more than a troll or a hobbit, while others say it is a jinn because it shape shifts abilities. Regardless of what you may call it or what it's appearance may be, I think we can all agree that the Pukwudgie is a scary cryptid.
Thanks
~Tom~
This
post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the
cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto
Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of
unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild
land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.
State biologists are trying to figure out what killed a herd of Elk in northeastern New Mexico.
The herd of more than 100 elk were found dead and do not appear to have been shot or injured in any way.
Many suspect a disease called Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, which is caused by insect bites.
EHD causes the elk to run a high fever and normally kills the elk with 8 to 36 hours.
Tissue and water samples from the area have been sent in for testing, but until a definite cause is determined there will be speculation. EHD is not contagious to humans but Fish and Wildlife have urged hunters not to harvest the dead elk.
Some comments about the cause of this mass die off have been all over the map. Here are some of the comments about what caused this die off.
Rick Frazier - "Gov't agent killing off the herds before the collapse of the dollar, mass rioting, country people feeding themselves for a long time on wild meat, thus resisting the new world order."
Christine - "This is the work of extraterrestrials. You think I am crazy but I tell you that one day, you will believe me and others who tell you the same thing. The world has changed."
Some are also thinking that maybe fracking of gas/oil wells could have something to do with it.
Others are tying the massive die off to the bible, that it is part of the end time tribulations of the end the Earth age.
So I guess at this point we really don't know what caused this massive overnight die off. Once the samples are tested we may have more of an answer.
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