Southern Spirit Hunters
Spirited Places => Other Places => Topic started by: patches on Dec 03, 2007, 11:58:59 AM
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Well, I don't know how it is in other places but around here these kind of places are always closed at night and no one is allowed in there. :smileyNo: Monks Mound (Mound 38) is actually the largest mound associated with the Cahokia site, and it is the largest man-made earthen mound in the North American continent. If I remember correctly I think it's about 100 feet high and covers aproximately 14 acres. I've been there many times and it's a very interesting place to visit, but I've never heard anything about it being haunted. :smileyNo:
I don't know if this will work, but here is a link to the Topo map of Monks Mound.
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=38.658611&lon=-90.06138&s=50&size=m&datum=nad83
Actually, when I was taking the Parapsychology class at McKendree College (which is haunted) :scaredy: we were given a list of all the haunted places in Illinois and Missouri, but Monks Mound was not on the list. We do, however, have quite a few places around here that are haunted. :yesssss:
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Thanks for the link Patti and looks like a great place to visit.
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Geesh, Penny, I don't know if I would put it on my favorite places to visit! :unsure: It's reallly nothing but a big hill and there's not much to see there! :smileyNo: Of course, Monks Mound was always a good destination for class field trips since it is an important part of the local history of our area. :wink5: I just don't think I would make any effort to go out of my way to visit it! :giggle:
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For some it wouldnt be an ideal place to stop, but for me, i love anything with history, and would find it fascinating to stop and see :ThumbUp:
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Well, Penny, History and Geography were never my strong points in schoool or held much interest for me, :smileyNo: so I may get a little complacent about places like Monks Mound. :dunno: 0f course, after being there dozens of times for field trips, I guess some of the novelty wears off. There's no doubt that it's a historical site, so if you're interested, I'm sure there's plenty of information on the web about it. If I remember correctly, I believe there were an order of Trappist Monks were lived there and there was something about it having several terraces which made it unique and different. :ScratchHead: Geesh, it's been many, many years ago since I've been there, so you probably need to get the information from a more current and reliable source than me. :rofl1: Let me know what you find out because I see articles in our newspaper from time to time about new things that are happening there. :wink5:
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:ThumbUp: Thats some more neat information Patti, i was the opposite, i loved history and geography in school, there are so many places that i would love to visit, the Pyraminds in Egypt, the Aztecs, the ruins in Greece, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, all the old Castles in Europe, geeeee :ScratchHead:, sounds like i need to win the lottery huh :laughmao: :laughmao: :laughmao: :laughmao:
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Well, Penny, if I win the lottery, I guess I will have to send you to those places. I'm very much a homebody and don't like to travel, so you can go to those places and tell me all about it! :rofl1: Geesh, this past summer one of my high school classmates and her husband went to China for 18 days!!! :yikes: Another one went to Rome for over a week or so, :ScratchHead: but I would rather go camping, close to home and for a shorter period. "Different strokes for different folks", it's just not my cup of tea! :smileyNo: