I took some pictures out near the tunnels again, but I don't have them up yet so I'll show them off another day. All in all, I've been doing well and I'm still working on my art and writing project.
So you don't forget, tonight on Sci-Fi the Ghost Hunters will be featuring Moundsville Prison, and afterward will be a Mothman special. Check local lsitings for time information.
Comments:
sikaurai
There was a VERY BAD movie based on the book The Mothman Prophesies by John Keel recently, it may have been in relation to that. There's a lot going on down there that people don't like to talk about, or may have been ordered not to talk about. I recommend reading the John Keel book to get an idea of what went on in the time frame surrounding that whole thing leading up to the Silver Bridge collapse.
I stopped trying to watch that show when they didn't air the repeats in the time slot they normally ran the show. I got tired of trying to find it on and not seeing it that I gave up and forgot about the whole thing till my sister told me Moundsville Prison was being done by them. I'll be getting back into watching it again too if they keep it on there, or at least tell me when they're running the repeats of it. I don't know how many shows I missed that I'd like to see.
Mamma Vash:
I've done some reading, I've done a little bit of tutorial work, and I've done some stuff on my own, it's going to take me a while, but I'm on the right foot now with my art, and heading the right direction.
Moundsville prison is quite old, part of is was used as a set in an older movie, but I can't recall the name of the film. Moundsville is also home to one of the older Native American tribes' burial mounds. Not sure what you may have heard of, but it's a major point of history in the state, so it's no surprise that you may have heard of it. Mothman was further south, much furhter south, in Point Pleasant.
mysterious rei
Actually, so do I, but there are a few shows on other channels I watch. It's just another way for me to advert a little bit of West Virginia to the rest of you guys, even though the state as a whole hardly deserves the attention.
Angel Slayer
It's an okay show to watch, but I could do without the blatant skepticism from the host who's supposed to be unbiased as he investigates. It was chilly here, almost too cold to go out and get some pictures taken near the tunnels. Keep your back to the wind, wear a hat, and don't be out longer than necessary. Wind chills can be brutal. Been keeping up with my art and taking some more pictures, that's about it for me lately.
Yensid:
Please do, it's a great older prison, from the 1800s, and it's quite spectacular inside and out. It sits right across the street from a Native American burial mound (hence the town's name om Moundsville), I wonder if those guys will say anything about that. You get a great view, e3specially of the prison, from on top of that mound.
I have an abrasive personality, and I don't like people pushing their views down my throat. Actually, I got the lighter to make a statement to my brother and sister-in-law, who's self serving attitudes make me sick.
I had to do that for a while once, it takes a lot of practice, but I'm sure you'll get it.
alphonse13:
I didn't even know they werre running new episodes, I got tired of trying to find the shown and it not being on. My sister asked me to tape the Moundsville show for her because she works and wants to see it, my Mom does too and she works as well so I'm the one to do it for them. I'm glad they're rtunning shows again, its a good show even if they kind of damage their own credibility at times with some bad choices in setting up for their investigations.
Breakfast Squid
Even if you're not into the Paranormal, watching a show like that will give you a great insider tour of a wonderful historic place. Moundsville Prison has been there since the late 1800s, it's got quite a history to it.
While some people will argue that "sea monsters" are paranormal because they "don't exist", I subscribe to the understanding that they fall under the auspices of crypto-zoology, like the Leeds Devils in New Jersay, Bigfoot (or Sasquatch) in the Pacific Northwest, Champy up in Lake Champion in Vermont I believe, and West Virginia's very own Mothman, not to mention Loch Ness, and other parts of the world too. The highland Gorillas of Africa were supposed to be myths, they didn't exist to Western science till one of those blow-hards actually one, the Coelacanth was supposed to extinct till fishermen began to find them in their nets in the past twenty or so years. There is a lot more out there than meets the eye.
Thank you for the compliment. I'm surprised at my level of improvement too, but I still have a way to go yet. I have a couple things I'm working on right now, I'll decide when I see them finished if I'll post them or not. I also have my big projects due too, so I'm not going be slacking off for a while. Meditation, reading, and just experimenting all together make better pictures I guess.
