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(10/07) A Dark and Restless Tide - (A D20 Dark*Matter Story Hour)
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<blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1450438" data-attributes="member: 12744"><p>Wow man, glad you're back on the boards with a new SH.</p><p> </p><p>Talk about hitting the ground running... love what you've hit the gates with so far.</p><p> </p><p>And it's not just North Carolina, I think the South in general is in love with a lot of the creepy stuff; the area we are in is just ripe with ghost stories and legends going way back. We grew up on spooky stories and strange wives tales from the rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>As a quick tangent, here is one of my little known favorites that even predates the influx of europeans: in Birmingham, there is a large area which encompasses quite a bit of the town immediately south of downtown called Shades Valley; it's a large valley between 2 small mountain ranges.</p><p> </p><p>The name comes from an old Muskogee word (that's Creek indian to ya'll who ain't in the know <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) that originally means 'Shades of Death Valley' or 'Valley of the Shades'. You see, the original inhabitants believed the entire area where several thousand people live now was haunted with the ghosts of the dead, particularly those who died in violent incidents or horrible accidents. Alabama is literally covered in areas with remains of several tribes and tons of archeological sites abound in most every town, especially near creeks and rivers. But one of the larger rivers in the state runs through this area and there are almost no archeological evidence of there ever being very much permanent habitation in the area. </p><p> </p><p>Sorry for the hijack <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ledded, post: 1450438, member: 12744"] Wow man, glad you're back on the boards with a new SH. Talk about hitting the ground running... love what you've hit the gates with so far. And it's not just North Carolina, I think the South in general is in love with a lot of the creepy stuff; the area we are in is just ripe with ghost stories and legends going way back. We grew up on spooky stories and strange wives tales from the rural areas. As a quick tangent, here is one of my little known favorites that even predates the influx of europeans: in Birmingham, there is a large area which encompasses quite a bit of the town immediately south of downtown called Shades Valley; it's a large valley between 2 small mountain ranges. The name comes from an old Muskogee word (that's Creek indian to ya'll who ain't in the know ;) ) that originally means 'Shades of Death Valley' or 'Valley of the Shades'. You see, the original inhabitants believed the entire area where several thousand people live now was haunted with the ghosts of the dead, particularly those who died in violent incidents or horrible accidents. Alabama is literally covered in areas with remains of several tribes and tons of archeological sites abound in most every town, especially near creeks and rivers. But one of the larger rivers in the state runs through this area and there are almost no archeological evidence of there ever being very much permanent habitation in the area. Sorry for the hijack :) [/QUOTE]
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