But Dave had a weird story to tell of his own. Passing Strange: True Tales of New England Hauntings and Horrors, 1996, Citro, Joseph A. and Sceurman, Mark. And if you know about Glastenbury, there seems to be a sense of pride that comes with your knowledge of this obscure area, if not something that conjures a romantic notion of fantasy. Skeptical people will be quick to assure you thateverything has a perfectly logical explanation. [2] The speculation was that Rivers had leaned over and the cartridge had dropped out of his pocket into the water. Maybe its because maps provide some sort of order, putting everything where it needs to be. People needed to get up into town, and lumber and charcoal needed to get down. However, this was not the case. These are places that support unexplainable phenomena, events that seem to defy all . Bloodhounds borrowed from the New Hampshire State Police lost Pauls scent at the intersection of East and Chapel Roads. One harrowing accountI was able to dig uptook take place on Columbus Day in 2008. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming providers. The rest is up for debate. Then, the coach was attacked by a large creature who knocked the vehicle on its side. Helicopters from the Connecticut Coast Guard and U.S. Army in Massachusetts as well as local aircraft from citizens and the Vermont Aeronautics Commission helped search for Langer. Its even more interesting to think about that a town with such a galvanizing and unique history was actually so tiny in stature. He was also said to brandisha revolver for intimidation. A massive search party of 1,000 people, bloodhounds, helicopters and even a clairvoyant, combed the area diligently for weeks. . Yet when the bus finally pulled into Bennington, Tedford was nowhere to be found. [8], The Bennington Triangle was featured as one of the haunted locations in the paranormal TV series Most Terrifying Places in America which aired on the Travel Channel in 2018. But the sheer lack of evidence to back this up as well as the variety in the victims ages and genders (defying the usual patterns of serial killers) likely rules out that theory as well. His party, being unfamiliar with the area, never thought to check. Youtuber Matt Garland made this awesome documentary on the Bennington Triangle, which is in my opinion, a great watch. Weird New England, 2005, p.74-75. No details were overlooked, and both buildings became showpieces. Later sightings described the creature as a large, hairy, black thing standing over six feet tall. As you all know I spend countless hours researching, writing, and traveling to produce and sustain this blog. An odd footnote to all of this; the body ofFreida Langerdid eventually appear, seven months after she had vanished. The 53-year-old Langer, along with her cousin, Herbert Elsner, left their family campsite near the Somerset Reservoir to go on a hike. onDecember 1, 1946, 18 year oldPaula Welden decided to take a hike on the Long Trail. Numerous eyewitnesses, including the driver, later confirmed that Tedford had been in his seat as late as the last stop before Bennington. Exactly three years to the day after the vanishing of Paula Weldon, the Bennington Triangle saw one of its more seemingly supernatural disappearances. Join us every week for a new scary story.BECOME A MEMBER FOR EXTRA REWARDS!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCD4-G3Aokt2sM7TYQV2HmA/joinEMAIL bedtime.stories@outlook.com MUSIC \"Ice Demon\", \"Crypto\" and \"Undaunted\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic\"Haunted\", \"Introduction to Terror\" and \"Kingdoms of the World\" used by kind permission of CO.AG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA One day, Rivers led four hunters up onto the mountain. Dave was considered a down to earth and smart guy, so this behavior had his friends extremely concerned, and disturbed. On December 1st, 1949, James E. Tetford had been visiting relatives in northern Vermont. Lines to convey topography, more lines to convey boundaries between rock layers, towns, states and countries. According to witnesses, Weldon was one of 14 passengers on the bus at the last stop before arriving in Bennington. On October 12, 1950, an eight-year-old boy named Paul Jepson went missing in the area. One popular theory at the time which the newspapers suggested, was that Paul wondered off and was eaten by the pigs, thus explaining his disappearance. Glastenbury Mountain and the surrounding area has long been considered one of Vermonts most haunted places. Somehow, he had vanished without a trace without ever getting off of the bus. The phrase Bennington Triangle was coined by New England author Joseph A. Citro in 1992, who said the area shares characteristics with the Bridgewater Triangle in neighboring Massachusetts. Even coast guard planes were brought in. He boarded a bus in St. Albans, en route to the Bennington Soldiers home, where he lived. Just 16 days later, Frieda Langer went missing on October 28, 1950. According to Citro, the area shares characteristics with the Bridgewater Triangle in Southeastern Massachusetts. The Bennington Triangle's most enduring unsolved mysteries are the disappearances that plagued the area from 1945 to 1950. To better understand the hysteria here, let me try to summarize the more colloquial regional portrait for you. Contact Zeke Wright at ewright@benningtonbanner.com. Though they combed through the vast wilderness for eight days, the only thing found was a rifle cartridge of the same type that Rivers used. "Bennington Triangle" is a phrase coined by American author Joseph A. Citro to denote an area of southwestern Vermont within which a number of people went missing between 1945 and 1950. His belongings were still in the luggage rack, and an open bus timetable was on his vacant seat. Join us as we discuss what may have happened to Middie Rivers, Paula Jean Weldon, James Tedford, Paul Jephson and Frieda Langer. Over the next two weeks, five searches were conducted, involving aircraft, helicopters, and up to 300 searchers. But search attempts continued for over a month, and no trace was ever found. Then he vanished without a trace. Andy ArthurGrout Pond and Glastenbury Mountain, at the heart of the Bennington Triangle. The Indians of the area had long been wary of the area and avoided it. Freda hadnt returned to the camp. The Episode aired on April 13, 2023. [3], Paula Jean Welden, aged 18, disappeared on December 1, 1946. Adding to the seemingly ever growing list of theories, this one might be the most plausible. An eight-year-old boy vanished from his mother's truck in 1950. My first act of familiarizing myself with Glastenbury was to make the trip down to that curious place on the map called Fayville. It's time for a creepy bedtime story. Was there a pattern here? So, is there truly something phenomenal about Glastenbury that has yet to be comprehensivelyexplained? A year later, 18-year-old college student Paula Welden went hiking on the Long Trail on Sunday, December 1, 1946. See also The Bennington Triangle Unexplained Disappearances. Hundreds of townsfolk joined the search, scanning the dump and the surrounding roads, even the mountains. Regarding Tedford's disappearance, there's enough evidence to suggest he didnt "dematerialize, even though no trace of him was ever found. Ranker.com While hunting with his brother and family friend, they heard the blast of a rifle, followed by him crying out Ive been shot!. [5] According to witnesses, Tedford got on the bus and was still aboard at the last stop before arriving in Bennington. A massive loggers boardinghouse, and company store the only store in town, were built to serve the village. And with little in the way of evidence, paranormal theories concerning the cases have taken hold. Be the first to contribute! Several different types of information can be conveyed at the same time, melding several different ideas into a united idea. In Joseph Citros Passing Strange, (which was another heavy source for this article) he further mentioned aBurlington Free Pressarticle dated October 25, 1981 reported that a trio of hunters disappeared somewhere near Glastenbury, and not surprisingly, that too remainsunsolved. Mostly occupied by the Green Mountain National Forest, this is a surprisingly large stretch of wilderness for Vermont. Plenty of people saw her that day, including on the Long Trailitself. After hiking a brief half-mile with her cousin Herbert Eisner, Langer fell into a stream and set back to their camp to change her clothes, where her husband was resting with a hurt knee. Rivers was on a weekend hunting trip with four other hunters up the mountains. As 3pm had come and gone, the rest of the hunting party would begin searching before getting authorities. Then the creature came into view. After he implausibly vanished into thin air while inside a moving vehicle, baffled passengers noted that Tedfords luggage and an open bus timetable remained on his seat. Maybe. Two local men went fishing on the Peters Branch one went upstream and the other went downstream. When she returned, the boy was gone. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. Some speculate that Middie Rivers accidentally tumbled down awell while on his hunting trip. By the time the police were involved in the investigation and got around to interviewing the bus driver and other passengers, it had been two weeks, and no one really remembered anything. Welden was alleged to have been seen on the trail itself by an elderly couple who were about 100 yards (91m) behind her. However, he was babbling on about voices in his head that wouldnt leave him alone, and as a result, was sentenced inthe Vermont State Asylumin Waterbury. Or maybe not. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Plot Summary submission guide. There was no concern until the college sophomore failed to attend her classes at Bennington College the next morning. After an unsuccessful initial search, many still believed that this knowledgeable woodsman would be able to survive and soon surface in town. More. Crypto Paranormal Investigations' Glastenbury documentary is scheduled to be completed some time next year. Though Glastenbury townitself is a large area, it onlycontained 2 small settlements near the western border; the logging town of Fayville in the north, and later, the settlement of South Glastenbury. He was a native to the areaand worked as a hunting and fishing guide. TRUE HORROR: The Strange Ways People Go Missing In The Bennington Triangle On Long Trail. I was enthralled by the fact that this town apparently had nothing in it. Beforehand, the director of the Queens, N.Y.-based team said that he did not expect to capture any paranormal evidence. The Indians of the area had long been wary of the area and avoided it. Be the first to contribute! But sadly, this wouldnt be of any help. Instead, she had seemingly disappeared in broad daylight in the short distance. But maybe it was because of a cross wind that met on the summit of the mountain. Followers of folklore and aficionados of the paranormal are likely familiar with the Bermuda Triangle and perhaps even southeastern Massachusetts Bridgewater Triangle. Wentworth was quite the character granting as many towns in then unestablished Vermont as he could, with the intention to provocativelychallenge New York, which also claimed the same land. A veteran resident of the Bennington Soldiers Home, Tedford had been in St. Albans visiting relatives and returned home on a bus when he vanished. It was in an area that search parties knew they had combed thoroughly, near the flood gates of the Somerset Reservoir. Much like its counterparts, a portion of Vermont's green wilderness gained a reputation. Paul had mentioned that he had aninexplicable yen to go into the mountains lately. Because of the vast scope of the wilderness area and its inaccessibility, the task of finding a body is difficult. [7] No cause of death could be determined because of the condition of her remains. What he first thought was a homeless man stumbling around in a snowsuit, turned into an alleged bigfoot sightingupon a closer look. He was laying on the ground in the woods, motionless, his loaded rifle found leaning against a tree seventy feet away. Depending on who you ask, there is a pattern there. Grout Pond and Glastenbury Mountain, at the heart of the Bennington Triangle. The Carrollton Press, 2010. Its focus, length, and even title remain heavily dependent on this weekend's investigation. But, in keeping with the eerie feeling of the Bennington Triangle, the boys father told the Albany Times Union that it was perhaps the lure of the mountains that pulled in his missing son, as the boy had talked of nothing else for days prior to the disappearance. Rivers disappeared along the Long Trail Road area and Vermont Route 9. Glastenbury is where one of Vermonts most frightening mysteries took place, and whats more captivating is that it really didnt happen all that long ago. Rural scene outside Bennington, Vermont by Carol Highsmith. Whether the culprit was something awesome and sinister or innate, is the quandary here. Even the bus driver had no explanation! It was a completely open area, and anything there would be impossible to miss. These occurences include terrifying voices allegedly showing up on dead-air radio, sightings of mysterious figures, unexplained navigation mishaps, and planes that mysteriously crashed. TheBennington Bannerpicked up on the story, and raised a disturbing question: How did Langer disappear completely in an area she was so familiar with? Bennington Triangle / Glastenbury, VT - Documentary. They now knew that John had to have been moved. Abandoned at the end of the 19th century after the end of the logging boom, the greater Glastenbury area is now mostly untouched, pristine wilderness and is considered remote even by Vermont standards. 4 hikersdiddisappear, and peoplehaveclaimed to see weird things in the woods. A year later, a devastating flood washed out the tracks, putting an end to the town for good. Low 43F. Many reports of UFO sightings and strange lights in the sky have been spotted over the Glastenbury wilderness over the last century. For the discerning horror fan, we cover the most chilling cases throughout history. The boys father said that Paul had been talking about visiting the mountains for several days. Im personally awe struck that such a plethora of incidents are all linked to a single area. Local lore says that Pauls scent was actually lost at the same place Paula Welden was last seen. If you take these other accounts into consideration, this raises the number of disappearances from four to nine, which begs the question, what happened here? Due to the bodys decomposition, no cause of death could be determined. GLASTENBURY -- A team of paranormal investigators hiked into Glastenbury over the weekend to survey the area known as the "Bennington Triangle.". More lines for faults, colors for bodies of water, forest land and types of climates. What made them? There was no body, no clothes, no evidence, nothing. We do this about 96 percent of the time.". But nothing adds up. [citation needed], The events of 1945 to 1950 are told in episode 67 of Lore, titled "The Red Coats". It was the kind of place where men out numbered the women, and the law often didnt exist. It was a wild town, sort of a last frontier in Vermont. Here, underneath summer humidity, we found old cellar holes almost entirelly hidden by tall grasses, beneath the shade of gnarled apple trees. She decided to hike the short half mile back to camp, change her clothes and catch back up. I loved getting to know the great stateI lived in. The morning of November 12, 1945, Rivers and his son-in-law, Joe Lauzon, were walking together before reaching a fork. Over the years, I began to dive into research, and soon would discover that I had stumbled upon one of the most interesting stories I had ever heard, which remains as one of the earliest examples of what got me interested in Vermont curio. As for the others. Subscribe today. And perhaps one of the most arcane disappearance took place on November 11, 1943. Others blame the Indian curse or the paranormal, stating the place is a window into the unexplained. 186: The Bennington Triangle (2022 Podcast Episode) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. While Fayville is more known by people looking at a map, South Glastenbury is normally what is profiledin every articleIve read. The Bennington Triangle, centered around Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont, has long been known for strange events, including UFO activity,bigfootsightings, strange lights and sounds, and the location where five people disappeared in the 1940s and 1950s. Enigmatic situationsarent contained to the past, things reportedly continue to happen here to this day. Or just the opposite. 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