The Bridgewater Triangle is roughly defined as the 200-square mile area between the towns of Abington, Freetown, and Rehoboth. Within these parameters is Massachusetts’ infamous Freetown/Fall River State Forest, known for brutal murders, animal mutilations, and occult activity. Locals will tell you the forest is the source of these atrocities. They say it radiates intense paranormal energy and is capable of influencing people in the surrounding towns.
Within the triangle is the Hockomock Swamp, said to be home to various creatures and is the prime location of a plethora of freaky occurrences.
The Bridgewater triangle boasts a litany of mysteries; floating orbs, spook lights, cloaked figures, and UFO sightings have all been reported throughout the area. The land was once home to the Wampanoag people and contains several American Indian burial grounds. While many attribute the hauntings to the graves and an ancient Indian curse, the natives long considered the land both sacred and dangerous. Which suggests if there is some dark force at work in Bridgewater Triangle, it was there long before the settlers and the natives went to battle.
1. A Pimp and Cult Leader Performed Human Sacrifices in the Woods
A pimp and cult leader by the name of Carl Drew slaughtered women as sacrifices to Satan in the woods. It was on October 13, 1979, when he viciously murdered and mutilated a prostitute that worked for him named Donna Levesque. Karen Marsden, who was also a prostitute and a member of his cult, witnessed Donna’s murder and wanted out. Of course, Drew couldn’t just let her leave so he killed her as well. Claiming to be offering her up as a sacrifice on February 8, 1980, Drew savagely beat and tortured Marsden. He tore chunks of her hair out and pulled off her fingernails while she was still alive. Then he decapitated her and according to witnesses, he kicked her head around like a ball and raped her corpse.
2. Pukwudgies Dwell in the Hockomock Swamp
The Wampanoag tribe tells stories about Pukwudgies (puh-gk-wud-gee), tiny, gray, goblin-like creatures that are said to inhabit the swampy regions of eastern Massachusetts. These creatures allegedly live around the Hockomock swamp are described as bipedal porcupines with oversized noses, fingers, and ears. These tricksters can shapeshift, they can appear and vanish at will, and are known for luring people to their deaths.
They like to confuse travelers, disguising paths and making new ones appear. Once they have their victims where they want them (usually dangerously near a cliff) they blind them with sand and push them over the edge. They can also manifest fire at will and have allegedly attacked people directly with tiny spears. They are believed to be the vengeful souls of Native American warriors.
3. Taunton State Hospital Has Been Home To Many Forms of Evil
Opened in 1864, what was once called the State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton, was renamed the Taunton State Hospital. Of course, a simple name change wasn’t enough to rid the place of the evil residing throughout the structure.
Many have reported a shadowy figure lurking the grounds. It would climb the walls and linger upon the ceilings peering down at terrified patients. Even visitors have reported orb sightings, being touched by unseen hands, and a great sense of unease while on the premises
Some of the staff were accused of being part of a satanic coven, there were rumors that patients were being taken down to the basement for rituals. There was even talk about human sacrifices being performed there back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Satanic staff and ghost stories aside, Taunton State Hospital had some evil residents as well. Serial killer Jane Toppan, also known as “Jolly Jane”, ended up there after confessing to murdering 31-people while working as a nurse. She was found legally insane and committed. There is also a rumor that the infamous Lizzie Borden was checked in to Taunton State for evaluation while awaiting her murder trial.
4. Animal Mutilations Confirm a Cult is Still Roaming the Woods
Since the 1990s the Freetown police have found numerous mutilated animal corpses within the Fall River State Forest. While it mostly cows, cats have been also slaughtered in a ritual-like fashion; decapitated and completely drained of blood. The perpetrators have never been caught and the Freetown Fall River State Forest has long been the site of murders and occult activity. The ongoing animal mutilations only confirm what authorities have long suspected– that there is an active satanic cult still in the area.
5. Ghosts are Often Spotted Over at ‘Suicide Ledge’
While the entire Freetown State Forest is littered with dark energy, the most infamous spot is an 80-foot deep rock quarry known as “Suicide Ledge.” It is associated with a wide range of really weird phenomena including ghostly orbs, UFOs, and worst of all– suicides and disappearances. There are an inordinate amount of abandoned cars inside the quarry and visitors frequently describe being overcome with a deep sense of dread and dark thoughts about jumping as they near the edge of the quarry. There are numerous reports of a ghostly form that has been seen jumping from the ledge and disappearing before hitting the water. Others claim to have seen someone teetering ominously at the edge before vanishing.
6. The Entire Stretch of Land is a UFO Hotspot
Documented UFO sightings in the area date all the way back to 1760 when what started as a strange noise emanating from the sky revealed itself as a glowing ball hovering over the Bridgewater Triangle. It was so bright it cast a shadow in broad daylight and was reportedly seen by multiple people in both Roxbury and Bridgewater, MA.
The spring of 1979 was a highly active time. Two former WCVB reporters Steve Sbraccia and Jerry Lopes both witnessed a bright object in the sky that they compared to a baseball field home plate with a series of lights on it. They said it just hovered for a bit, then took off. Later they found many others witnessed the same thing, it was all over the news the next day.
7. There Have Been Sightings of Thunderbirds
There are some Native American tribes that have spoken of the existence of Thunderbirds. This massive condor-like bird of legend is said to possess great powers and according to multiple witnesses, there is one luring at the edge of the Hockomock Swamp. This swamp is a steaming with all sorts of paranormal sightings, however, the thought of a giant, pterodactyl-like creatures on the loose is far more disturbing than the occasional orb sightings.
One famous sighting came from Police Sergeant Thomas Downey back in 1971. He was driving near Bird Hill in Easton, MA when a six-foot-tall creature with a wingspan double its size shot into view and then flew off. He reported it and nearly got laughed out of the precinct but he stuck to his story despite the ridicule from his peers.
8. The Bridgewater Triangle May Have an Active Serial Killer and Rapist
Animals are not the only mutilated corpses being found throughout the swampy and wooded areas of the Bridgewater Triangle. There have been human remains found there over the years, most recently in 2014, when the bodies of two women were found in the woods near the border of Brockton and Abington, MA.
The bodies were found stacked on top of one another, barely hidden. The remains had been butchered, body parts were missing including a foot, a calf, and part of an arm. The victims were later identified as 20-year-old Ashley Mylett and 50-year old Linda Schufeldt. Local authorities believe the murders are connected to a series of violent rapes in Brockton, but the case has yet to be solved.
9. Bigfoot is Said to Lurk in the Woods
Considering all the things that go bump in the Bridgewater Triangle, Bigfoot sightings should come as no surprise. One famous Bigfoot sighting came from two police officers who claimed to have seen a creature they described as half-ape and half-man on the outskirts of the woods. They were sitting in their patrol car when the beast lifted the rear of the vehicle up. They turned on the spotlight, startling the creature. It dropped the car and darted off towards the woods.
Another witness was John Baker, a trapper from West Bridgewater. It was back in the 1980s when he was out in a canoe running trap lines late at night and noticed he wasn’t alone. Something big was stalking him from the tree line along the shore, so he just kept moving.
He described what he saw as a “shadowy, hair-covered giant.” He said as it passed him, he could smell a musty skunk-like odor wafting from the beast. After 30-years in the area, this was the first and last time he ever saw anything like it.
10. A Bloody Native American War Took Place Here
You don’t have to believe in ghosts or otherworldly creatures to find this stretch of land unsettling. The things human beings have done to each other within the Bridgewater Triangle is chilling enough.
King Philip’s War (also known as Metacom’s Rebellion) ravaged southern New England from 1675-1676. It was an attempt to drive out the English settlers, led by King Philip, or Metacom the Pokanoket chief. Together the Wampanoag Indians, the Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and Narragansetts all launched a bloody uprising that destroyed twelve frontier towns.
The brutality was unfathomable. There was no restraint shown on either side, in fact, calling it a war hardly seems accurate. They raped, beat, and tortured men, women, and children alike. Corpses were mutilated and tossed aside or strapped to trees. Heads were cut off and shoved on to spikes including King Philip’s. He was drawn and quartered after capture; his head was put on a stake and left on display for 25-years in Plymouth. This massacre almost eliminated New England’s entire Indian population.
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