Devil's Tramping Ground

 

Devil's Tramping Ground Vortex

  • The Devil's Tramping Ground is a camping spot located in a forest near the Harper's Crossroads area in Bear Creek, North Carolina. It has been the subject of persistent local legends and lore, which frequently allege that the Devil "tramps" and haunts a barren circle of ground in which nothing is supposed to grow.

    Tall tales about the ring are well known in local communities. These include the disappearance of objects left within the ring overnight, dogs yipping and howling, not wanting to go near it, and strange events occurring to those brave enough to spend the night within its boundaries. It has been alleged that nothing has grown within the 40 feet (12 m) ring for a hundred years. Legend says that this is the very place the devil himself can rise from the depths of fiery hell, and come to earth. It is at this place that the devil is supposed to walk in circles on certain nights and bring his evil into this world. John William Harden (1903–1985) of Greensboro, N.C., journalist, newspaper editor, author, and advisor to North Carolina governors and textile executives, had this to say of the Devil's Tramping Ground: Chatham natives say... that the Devil goes there to walk in circles as he thinks up new means of causing trouble for humanity. There, sometimes during the dark of night, the Majesty of the Underworld of Evil silently tramps around that bare circle-- thinking, plotting, and planning against good, in behalf of wrong.

     

  • Resources

    Image by Jason Horne via Wikimedia Commons

    Google Maps

    Wikipedia

    What is the Devil's Tramping Ground?/UNC-TV Science

    We Went To Devil's Tramping Ground

    Exploring The Devil Trail (At The Devil's Tramping Ground)

    THE DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND

    Rich Hayes on the Devil's Tramping Ground

    The Devil's Tramping Ground

    Digging For Truth: NC's Devil's Tramping Ground Mystery

    The Devil’s Tramping Ground

    The Unsolved Mystery Behind the Devil’s Tramping Ground in North Carolina

    MY NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

     

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