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Myths, Hauntings, and Experiences

The town quickly gained a reputation for being cursed. Today, the stories of Dudleytown are endless... Residents of the settlement were viewed
with great suspicion. Odd accidents, suicide, and insanity seemed to plague the people of Dudleytown. Multiple accounts of people seeing
"demons" or "hoofed creatures" are known. In the 1950's a boy ran into the local police station yelling about how he and his girlfriend were
chased down the road from Dudleytown by a hoofed creature with green eyes. More and more reported and stories started to coming in and
finally Dudleytown was taken off of Connecticut maps. (I will not tell anyone where it is located.)

In the 1980's a television crew decided to go to Dudleytown to record a Halloween story. They traveled into Dudleytown but when they were ready
to shoot, their equipment would not work. When they returned to their studio with no story their boss became angry when they came back
without the story, and when he plugged in the equipment at the studio it worked perfectly. Recently, another film producer and a group of friends
encountered a black shape rising out of an old stone foundation. As they got closer they all experienced trouble breathing, as if the life force
were being sucked out of them. Dudleytown is considered one of the most haunted locations in the United States, especially in New England.
So far, there have been over a hundred reports of paranormal activity at the site, and numerous books covering the stories and history of
Dudleytown.

My Experiences

I have been to Dudleytown three times and it is far from being a "dead zone" like many people claim. If anyone has ever hiked in the Connecticut
woods, they are naturally very quiet when there are humans around. The area that we were in had numerous deer, newts and salamanders. The
first experience I had their was horrible. That expedition we expected a quick hike and we got lost in ninety-degree weather with very little water,
because of the very confusing trails. My second expedition was at night, and we almost got lost for a second time. We did not see anything evil
or ghostly. The only other thing that was strange enough to note is the area has extremely large white birch trees that have to be hundreds of
years old. Then the police were called on us by a local because at the time that area was a park that closed at dusk. Now it is completely
closed to the public because it is privately owned. The third time we just went for a hike because the area is nice. It is not worth the hype and a
lot of people want to believe that this place is cursed. Nearly any colony in Connecticut had it's hardships, and could be taken as being cursed.

I will not give directions or maps to this site because it is privately owned land and it is now in a residential area and they don't enjoy
people parking outside their driveways in the middle of the night (I can't blame them). Hence my nightly expedition led to the cops being
called on us.

Explanations

One explanation for the numerous livestock and people disappearances were because of the "fairy caves". They are gaps in the stones, which are
covered by grass. Connecticut is absolutely covered in rocks. If you step wrong on them, you foot easily gets stuck commonly leading to broken
ankles. This would make it easy for livestock to be picked off my wildlife. The numerous lightening strikes in Dudleytown can easily be explained.
This area has large quantities of iron ore, and there was a few mines in the area. When there's a lot of iron ore, lightening strikes these areas
more often. The town was actually taken off of maps because the area was being vandalized, and it was to protect the wildlife refuge.