Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Hoosac Tunnel, Mass

We went out of jurisdiction into Massachusetts to explore a haunted tunnel. It is a 4.75 mile railroad tunnel in the western aspect of Mass that passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.

Work began in 1848 and was completed 27 years later.

On October 17, 1867, the most tragic accident occurred while digging the tunnel's 1,028 foot vertical exhaust shaft, or central shaft. A lighted candle hoisted up ignited naphtha fumes which triggered an explosion. When a rescue team was sent down the shaft to recover survivors, no were found. However, some survivors made a make-shift raft to survive the water used to put out the tunnel fire, but died from asphyxiation before they could escape.

It was those lost to the explosion that are said to haunt "The Bloody Pit".....





100ft into the pit!!

Looking into the spooky tunnel

We went in anyway...


Erika and Feryl outside the tunnel

A view of the tracks over troubled water


Built in 1877

Conclusion:

We traveled about 2 miles into the cave and never found the central shaft. There was little activity. We ended up turning around for fear of acquiring "the black lung" from smoggy coal smoke.

We were unable to catch any activity on film, but do need to venture back to explore further.

About Me

My husband, Kris, and I have lived in Connecticut all our lives and fell in love with its two sides—the established New England beauty, and the dark history from its early settlement. Most recently, I found myself wanting to know more about real “haunting” and with that, the gruesome past of the pristine Connecticut in which I lived. Me and my fellow Path Assistant classmate, Erika, decided we would search and explore ghostly Connecticut in hopes of debauching myths about haunted places or proving, at least to ourselves and some followers, that creepy things can be unexplained. Of course we girls have found that when it comes to these adventures our husbands are more than willing to comply and come along for the journey at times finding our next place to visit. I hope you enjoy. Please write comments, as we all love to hear what you think about these places or even your own adventures. Anything will help in determining fact from fiction, haunting from hoax. Thanks!

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