A typical stretch of Clinton Road Clinton Road is located in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey. It runs in a generally north-south direction, beginning at Route 23 near Newfoundland and running roughly 10 miles (16 km) to its northern terminus at Upper Greenwood Lake. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x1200, 482 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case on 2005-09-11. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x1200, 482 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case on 2005-09-11. ...
West Milford is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. ...
Passaic County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
Route 23 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ...
Newfoundland is the name given to a neighborhood of West Milford, New Jersey. ...
Greenwood Lake is an interstate lake approximately 9 miles long straddling the border of New Jersey and New York State. ...
The road and the land around it over the years have gained notoriety as an area rife with many legends of paranormal occurrences such as sightings of ghosts, strange creatures and gatherings of witches, Satanists and the Ku Klux Klan. More prosaically, it is also believed that professional killers dispose of bodies in the surrounding woods, which actually did happen once. It has been a regular subject of discussion in Weird NJ magazine, which once devoted an entire issue to it. A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ...
This article is about the paranormal. ...
This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ...
Satanism is a religious or philosophical movement centered around Satan or another entity identified with Satan, or centered around the forces of nature, particularly human nature, represented by Satan as an archetype. ...
Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...
Cover of Weird NJ. Weird NJ (WNJ) is a semiannual magazine that chronicles local legends, ghost stories, folklore and anything considered weird in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...
Since there are very few houses along the road and much of the adjoining property is undeveloped publicly owned woodlands (either City of Newark watershed or state forest) and the road itself is a narrow two-lane that receives little maintenance, is not part of New Jersey's county-highway system and was until fairly recently unpaved for some of its length, connecting two areas of minimal population and growth and thus having little traffic even at the busiest times of day, it is understandable that it would give rise to cautionary tales about traveling the road alone, particularly late at night. Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1] - City 67. ...
A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ...
A state forest is a forest that is protected by state laws, rather than by the federal government. ...
A standard pentagonal county route shield In the U.S. state of New Jersey, county routes exist in all 21 counties, and fall into two categories. ...
While it is not the only thoroughfare in northwestern New Jersey to have such a reputation, the continuing attention paid to it in the pages of Weird NJ have ensured that it is the best known both in and out of the state.
History
 The frequently-photographed sign for Clinton Road at Route 23, its southern end The road, like the reservoir and brook in the area, gets its name from the now-vanished settlement of Clinton, which was located about where it crosses the brook.[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Clinton_Road_sign. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Clinton_Road_sign. ...
Route 23 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ...
The Ashokan Reservoir, located in Ulster County, New York, USA. It is one of 19 that supplies New York City with drinking water. ...
The primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. ...
There is evidence of the road having a similar reputation as it does today as early as 1905, when a writer cautioned travelers against the road citing reports of rampant banditry and witchcraft in the area.
Legends and folklore There are several tales regularly told about different areas along or near Clinton Road.[2]
The ghost boy at the bridge Supposedly, if you go to one of the bridges at the reservoir and throw a quarter into the water, within a minute it will be thrown back out to or at you by the ghost of a boy who drowned while swimming below. In some tellings an apparition is seen; in others the ghost pushes the teller into the water if he or she looks over the side of the bridge in order to save him from being run over as he was in life.[3] The quarter is 1/4th of a United States dollar or 25 cents. ...
 The 18th-century smelter mistakenly believed to be a Druidic temple. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (832x1081, 478 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2005-09-11 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (832x1081, 478 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2005-09-11 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
The Druidic temple A conical stone structure just east of the road south of the reservoir was said to be a site where local Druids practiced their rituals, and horrible things might come to pass for any intruder who looked too closely or came at the wrong time. Two druids, from an 1845 publication, based on a bas-relief found at Autun, France. ...
However, the building's origins are easily explained: It is an iron smelter left over from the 18th century when the ore was common in the area and needed for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. It has nothing, at least not by design, to do with any religious observance. It is currently fenced off by the Newark water department to prevent any entrance and the liability for injury that might result. General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ...
Historic smelter in Florence, Colorado In extractive metallurgy, a smelter is a factory for producing metal by the reduction of ore. ...
Iron ore (Banded iron formation) Manganese ore Lead ore Gold ore An ore is a volume of rock containing components or minerals in a mode of occurrence which renders it valuable for mining. ...
Illustration depicting uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group General George Washington, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. ...
Combatants American Revolutionaries, France, Dutch Republic, Spain, American Indians Kingdom of Great Britain, German mercenaries, Loyalists, American Indians Commanders George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, Nathanael Greene, Bernardo de Gálvez Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis (more commanders) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the...
Kidnappings by cannibals Some area residents warn that if you travel down the road at night and encounter a fallen tree blocking the road, you will have fallen into a trap set by local natives and you must turn around immediately before they cut another tree down behind you. If you are captured, you will be eaten.
Who would be doing this is sometimes unspecified or varies, but it is most often attributed to the Jackson Whites, a pejorative name for the Ramapough Mountain Indians.[4] The Ramapough Mountain Indians (also known as Ramapo Mountain Indians or the Ramapough Lenape Nation) are a group of approximately 5,000 [1] people living around the Ramapo Mountains of northern New Jersey and southern New York. ...
Other legends - Besides the ghost boy, there have been other ghosts described by Weird NJ readers. One claims to have seen a ghost Camaro driven by a girl who supposedly died when she crashed it in 1988 (any mention while driving the road at night is supposed to trigger a manifestation).[3] Another claims to have encountered two park rangers one night while camping with friends near Terrace Pond, a glacial tarn on a ridge accessible from the road by hiking trails, who in the morning turned out to have been the ghosts of two rangers who had died on the job in 1939 (a story that bears a marked resemblance to the venerable urban legend, "The Vanishing Hitchhiker").[3]
- Strange creatures, from hellhounds to monkeys and unidentifiable hybrids, have been caught in the glare of headlights crossing the road at night. If not of supernatural origin, they are said to have been survivors of Jungle Habitat, a nearby attraction that has been closed since 1976, which have managed to survive and crossbreed.[5]
- Some visitors to the area report also seeing people dressed weirdly at odd hours who simply stare at those who see them and do not speak. Sometimes these people disappear or are apparently not seen by those present.[6]
- Other drivers claim they have been chased down the road by mysterious black pickup trucks with bright lights that turn back as soon as they reach the end of the road.[4]
- Lastly, some travelers have reported a feeling of uneasiness or mounting dread as they drive down the road, sometimes so great that they have to turn back.[7]
Modified 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. ...
It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled National Park Ranger (United States). ...
Terrace Pond is a lake in Wawayanda State Park. ...
An urban legend or urban myth is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ...
The Vanishing Hitchhiker (UK: The Phantom Hitchhiker) is a reported phenomenon in which people travelling by vehicle meet with or are accompanied by a hitchhiker who subsequently vanishes without explanation, often from a moving vehicle. ...
The Hellhounds are a fighting unit located in Northshield, they are known for their dominant and aggressive style of fighting, their use of period and modern melee tactics and their sense of honor on the field. ...
For other uses, see Monkey (disambiguation). ...
This article is about a biological term. ...
Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Jungle Habitat, located in West Milford, New Jersey, was a Warner Brothers-owned theme park that opened in the summer of 1972, and closed in October 1974. ...
Mazda B-Series compact pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ...
Cross Castle In 1905 a man named Richard Cross built a castle on high land near the reservoir. Later in the 20th century it fell into ruin after a fire destroyed part of it and became a popular destination for hikers and local teenagers looking for secluded locations to camp out and have parties.[7] Pierrefonds Castle, France Castle has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning. ...
Many beautiful natural scenes are only accessible if one is willing to hike to get to them. ...
It was also widely believed to have played host to gatherings of Satan worshippers and their sacrifices. Several past visitors have written to Weird NJ telling of strange occurrences in or near the castle site, such as people going into seizures and bruises appearing on their bodies afterwards, or having strange, disturbing visions. Writings on the castle's interior walls, particularly in areas that were supposedly inaccessible, that suggest Satanism have also been reported.[7] For other uses, see Satan (disambiguation). ...
Sacrifice is the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. ...
This article is about the medical condition. ...
A bruise or contusion or ecchymosis is a kind of injury, usually caused by blunt impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue. ...
Newark's water department razed the castle as an attractive nuisance in 1988, but the foundations remain and several hiking trails can still be followed to the site.[7] A foundation is a structure that transmits loads from a building or road to the underlying ground. ...
A trail, in the most general sense, is any linear route for travel. ...
The Iceman One day in May 1983 a bicyclist going down the road noticed vultures feasting at a spot in the nearby woods. He investigated and discovered it was a human body. A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ...
Orders Falconiformes (Fam. ...
An autopsy found that the man had died of foul play but also something initially puzzling: ice crystals in blood vessels near his heart. His interior organs also had decayed at a rate far slower than his skin. Pathologists concluded that someone had frozen his body after death in an attempt to mislead investigators into believing he died at a later time than he actually did. Post-mortem, postmortem and post mortem redirect here. ...
Icicles A natural ice block in Iceland Ice is the solid form of water. ...
The blood vessels are part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body. ...
The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ...
The man was identified as someone on the periphery of Mafia activities in nearby Rockland County, New York. The investigation ultimately led to the 1986 arrest of Richard Kuklinski, a New Jersey native involved in Rockland organized crime who confessed to being the killer of not only the victim at issue but a veteran hit man for the mob. He claimed to have killed over a hundred others and similarly treated their bodies, earning him the nickname "The Iceman." He pled guilty to five of the murders and received two life sentences, which ended with his death in March 2006.[8] The Sicilian Mafia (also referred to simply as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra or the ever popular, Mob), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ...
The Tappan Zee Bridge, in a view looking toward Rockland. ...
The Chicago Police Department arrests a man An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. ...
Police mugshot of Richard Kuklinski, 4 years before his final arrest. ...
Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ...
Other realities behind the stories Reports of KKK activity in the area may come from the presence of the German-American Bund, which maintained some camps in the area in the years prior to U.S. entry into World War II. A number of local residents also were reportedly Bund members. The German-American Bund, or German American Federation, was an American Nazi organization established in the 1930s. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Weird NJ also has published email from a correspondent who claimed to have been a practicing Wiccan and said that he and fellow adherents built shrines in the area and practiced casting spells, which he said accounted for some of the stories people told. He claimed there was a lot more of this activity than the magazine's editors knew about. For the book series Wicca see Sweep (book series) and Circle Of Three. ...
References - ^ Moran, Mark and Sceurman, Mark; Weird NJ: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best-Kept Secrets; Barnes & Noble Books, New York, New York, 2003, 200
- ^ Moran & Sceurman, op. cit., 200-07.
- ^ a b c Moran & Sceurman, op. cit., 204.
- ^ a b Sniatkowski, Brian; October 2004; Clinton Road:Ghost Boys and Hell Hounds and pickups, Oh My!; The Cacher; retrieved September 6, 2006.
- ^ Moran & Sceurman, op. cit., 203.
- ^ Moran & Sceurman, op. cit., 205.
- ^ a b c d Moran & Sceurman, op. cit., 202.
- ^ Moran & Sceurman, op. cit., 206.
See also This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
External links |
Feeds |
Contact