In 1941, the US government displaced 150 families to build a sprawling military fortress on Seneca Lake, and the 24-mile fence they installed accidentally created a sanctuary for a rare herd of all-white deer at the new Seneca Army Depot. The Depot later held the Army’s largest nuclear weapons stockpile, and when Cold War tensionsContinue reading “Nukes, White Deer and UFOS: The Seneca Army Depot”
Category Archives: Forgotten History
UFO Wave of ’68: The Mud Lake Road Incident
In October 1968, a salesman driving on Mud Lake Road reported that a bright, silent object hovered above his car, knocking out his engine, lights, and radio. The incident was followed by a wave of similar sightings around Seneca Lake, witnessed by residents and law-enforcement officers across Schuyler, Seneca, and Yates Counties. The UFO WaveContinue reading “UFO Wave of ’68: The Mud Lake Road Incident”
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The Weird Legend of Locomotive 13 aka Sam Patch
In 1873, a 50-ton locomotive launched from a trestle in Watkins Glen and plunged nearly 40 feet into Seneca Lake, where it spent more than a month underwater. Raised, repaired, and renamed Sam Patch after a famous American daredevil, the locomotive went on to crash through a station, jump into a canal, break a man’sContinue reading “The Weird Legend of Locomotive 13 aka Sam Patch”
Seneca Lake’s Giant Mystery Craters: Could They Explain the Seneca Drums?
More than 70 massive, unexplained pockmarks, some as wide as 400 feet, have been discovered on the floor of Seneca Lake. Could these deep craters be connected to the legendary Seneca Drums, the mysterious booms reported around the lake for generations? Scientists are researching methane, seismic events, and other geological forces to possibly explain theContinue reading “Seneca Lake’s Giant Mystery Craters: Could They Explain the Seneca Drums?”
Is the lost civilization that built this ancient stone complex linked to Seneca Lake?
On a bluff between the branches of Keuka Lake once stood a mysterious seven-acre stone complex unlike anything found in North America. Twenty miles away, a waterfall near Seneca Lake may hold a clue linking this vanished civilization to an even deeper mystery.
E14 Peek-a-boo Diving Corporation, Seneca White Trout and the Legend of Locomotive 13
Listen Here In this episode, we’ll look at the story of some enterprising young men who back in 1939 built an underwater helmet breathing contraption and brought it to Rock Stream to explore below the waves of Seneca Lake. Next, we’ll go back to 1947 for the tale of an albino trout that was pulledContinue reading “E14 Peek-a-boo Diving Corporation, Seneca White Trout and the Legend of Locomotive 13”
E13 Mystery Craters Revisited, Ancient Stone Faces, Fiery Blob Over Ovid…and Vampires?
Listen Here In this episode, we revisit the mysterious round craters that were recently discovered at the bottom of Seneca Lake believed to be caused by methane gas seeping through the lakebed. Then, we’ll examine other cases of craters found at the bottom of the ocean, including one that has some striking and distinct similaritiesContinue reading “E13 Mystery Craters Revisited, Ancient Stone Faces, Fiery Blob Over Ovid…and Vampires?”
E08 Paranormal Vortexes and Earth Magic w/The Vortex Detective Dan Shaw
Listen Here In this episode, we explore the mystical and mind-bending world of earth magic and geomancy with The Vortex Detective Dan Shaw. Dan shares details of his nearly 40-year study of earth magic before breaking down some of the basics: earth energies, ley lines, sacred geometry, visionary maps, vortexes, electromagnetism, ancient civilizations, energetic monuments,Continue reading “E08 Paranormal Vortexes and Earth Magic w/The Vortex Detective Dan Shaw”
E07 North Street Orbs, Cursed Steamboats and the Portadora Breaks Bad
Listen Here In this episode, we’ll look into two separate orb sightings that took place around the spring of 2022, both in the same neighborhood on North Street in Geneva at the northern tip of Seneca Lake. Not only were the two orbs seen moving through the air at a low altitude, one of theContinue reading “E07 North Street Orbs, Cursed Steamboats and the Portadora Breaks Bad”