On Maple Hill

This is a very old place in Huntsville, Alabama. Maple Hill is a cemetery founded in 1822 although there is evidence that some graves might be even older. During the American Civil War, hundreds of soldiers of Confederate and Union were buried there. It's one of the largest cemeteries in Alabama since it grew and developed, overlapping former playing fields, picnic park and a playground. The playground rides still remain there to amuse kids when families go and visit graves. It's become known as an infamous haunted location, "Dead Children's Playground".

In the daytime when people pay respects and visit the cemetery, laying flowers on the graves of loved ones, they notice an eerie atmosphere within the playground. Swings often move on their own, while there wasn't even a small breeze. Then there's creepy sounds of laughter when no one else is there. It seems as if spirits of children like playing on the rides! 

People have seen full apparitions as well as floating orbs and spectral lights. The playground is surrounded by a large limestone rocks that make creepy cold shadows. Others can remember when they were kids, and seeing spirits of children playing in the haunted playground. Others have shared multiple experiences of their own online about when they visited the haunted site. To read more on the Maple Hill cemetery Dead Children's Playground, and see some experiences shared by online users, visit this link on Alabama's Haunted Houses.

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Mystique of a sea chapel

Portugal is filled with mysterious places. I wanted to focus on a small enchanted place which is like a pearl. A chapel in the middle of the ocean! Only during high tide and located on Miramar Beach in Gulpilhares, District of Porto in Portugal. 

The chapel faces the mainland, and visible all the time, during the day from sunrise until sunset. Sometimes it looks unique on top of steps. Other times it seems surrounded by the sea. 

Hexagon shaped, double sided alter within, statues of religious icons, the interior is a baroque style and includes a spiral staircase. It was built in 1686 and looks very much like a sand castle. It's survived menacing storms and huge waves beating around the rocks. One of the legends about deciding to build a chapel there was a vision of divine light leading a ship to safety. 

The connection with magic comes from stories and legends of Pagan rituals. The exact site was a location of ancient Celtic peoples worshipped on there for thousands of years. During the full moon, it's a significant place for modern Pagans who bring candles. 

Behind the chapel is a stone with a mysterious hoof print, called "Mark of the Ox" believed to be from a legend of an ox warming baby Jesus and also could be a horseshoe print belonging to a horse ridden by King Sebastian. 

During Feast of the Lord of the Stone, which lasts three days, a procession of mysterious hooded women lead the festivities. This blends food from Christian faith as well as from local cuisine. Christians and Pagans both value the sacred site. 

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Spooky quicks May 2026

Tonight is the full moon, and is the Flower Moon. This is going to be an interesting month as there will be another full moon later on 31st May. We'll experience two full moons during May 2026, the Flower Moon and then the Blue Moon. 

Two moons during one month is rare but not completely strange. But two suns is very science fiction, dreamlike and in the realms of fantasy fiction. Scientists believe now that a binary star system would make a happy bunch of planets. To read more on the subject visit Space.com article. 

Researchers found urban birds, such as pigeons, blackbirds, crows, gulls, magpies, are more afraid of women than men, Is this true? If so then it could be connected to a woman perfume or her menstrual cycles. They don't know why this is: Nautilus: Birds afraid of women   

Fred Andersson posted a photograph of a troll that was taken in the forest near Steninge Castle in Sweden. The area itself is full of mystery and ancient sites from Bronze Age mounds, Viking forts and runestones. The photo was taken of Fred on a road beside a ruin, but the strange troll figure was seen among the background staring into at the camera. Afterwards Fred saw an unusual light in the sky. For that story and photo, visit Medium link. 

A video clip shows someone feeding a dragon! Visit the link here on Instagram.

Video featuring what seems to be an enormous sea monster, have a look on the Instagram page. A second clip, which is here. While we're on that topic of the water, Mysterious stories told by sailors, viewed on Ranker. 

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