Aloha, e nā mea heluhelu! Welina hou i kā mākou zig-zagging cross-country trek e uhi ana i ka moʻolelo kaona ʻoi loa i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina 50. Hele mākou i ka 10 hope loa, akā ke hele mau nei nā hits. E hele i waho i kāu mau palapala ʻāina, a e luʻu i loko ke uhi mākou i nā mokuʻāina ʻelima e hiki mai ana.

Dakota Hema: Alanui Spook

ʻO nā kaʻao e pili ana i nā ala weliweli kahi kenekulia, a he mea maoli ia i kekahi mea e kū i waho ke nānā ʻoe i nā kaʻao kaona mai kēlā me kēia US Eia naʻe, kū ʻo "Dakua Spook" ʻo South Dakota i waena o kona mau hoa, a ʻo ia wale nō ka mea maoli. koho no kēia papa inoa.

Ma waho pono o Brandon, aia ʻo South Dakota kahi wahi kaiāulu o ke ala nani a nani loa ... i ka lā. Akā i ka pō, ua loli kēlā mau mea āpau.

Ma hope o ka pōʻeleʻele, ʻōlelo ka poʻe kamaʻāina, inā ʻoe e kalaiwa i ke ala ma ke ala hoʻokahi, aia ʻelima alahaka, akā inā huli ʻoe i hope ʻehā wale nō. Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua lī ʻia kekahi mau kānaka iā lākou iho mai kēlā mau alahaka a hiki ke ʻike ʻia ko lākou mau ʻuhane – kekahi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke ala a ke kau nei kekahi poʻe.

ʻO ke ala ʻōwili ka mea i ʻike aku ma mua o kāna mahele kaulike o nā ulia pōpilikia e hopena ana i ka make o nā mea kaʻa, a ʻo lākou pū kekahi, i ʻōlelo ʻia e hele ma ke ala. 'Manylelo nā mea he nui i nā pō ke hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā lākou, ke nānā nei nō naʻe lākou, ke alakaʻi nei i nā mea he nui e hōʻike i nā manaʻo o ka paranoia a me ka hopohopo ʻoiai e hoʻokele nei ma ke alanui Spook i ka pō.

ʻO ka mea aʻu e hoihoi loa ai, akā naʻe, ʻoiai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo nā kamaʻāina i kona ʻano puʻuhonua, hoʻolaʻa pū ʻia lākou i ka mālama ʻana ia mea. Wahi a OnlyInYourState.com, ua hoʻoholo ʻia e nā luna o ke kaona he mau makahiki i hala aku nei e kāpae i kekahi o nā kumulāʻau e hana ana i ka canopy ma luna o Spook Road. Ua hālāwai ʻia me nā kūʻē mai nā kamaʻāina e noi ana e waiho ke ala e like me ia.

Tennessee: ʻO ka White Bluff Screamer

ʻO White Bluff, ʻo Tennessee kahi kauhale noho mālie me kahi "ʻūlū" malū ʻole. ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka White Bluff Screamer a i ʻole White Screamer i hala hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki a he nui nā mana like ʻole, a e māhele wau i hoʻokahi. He moʻolelo weliweli ia e ala ai ʻoe i ka pō.

I nā 1920s ua neʻe kahi ʻohana ʻōpio i ka holler ma White Bluff, e kūkulu ana i hale no lākou iho i loko o kā lākou paradaiso liʻiliʻi ponoʻī. ʻO ka makuakāne, makuahine, a me nā keiki ʻehiku me he mea lā hauʻoli pū lākou a hiki i ka iho ʻana o nā pō ʻeleʻele a hoʻomaka lākou e lohe i ka uwa ʻana o nā pepeiao mai ka nahele. I kēlā me kēia pō, i ka iho ʻana o ka pouli, hoʻomaka hou nā ʻūlū, a hoʻokele i ka ʻohana i ka hopena nui.

I hoʻokahi pō, ua kīkī ka makuakāne. Ua lawa ʻo ia. Ua lālau ʻo ia i kāna pū panapana a holo i loko o ka ululāʻau e ʻike i kahi e hele mai ai kēia mau leo ​​uē ʻole e kū make wale i kāna ala ke ʻike ʻo ia e hele mai ana lākou mai kona home.

Ua holo hou ʻo ia e ʻike i ka luku ʻia o kona ʻohana āpau, ua weluwelu ʻia nā kino o lākou. I kekahi mau mana o ka moʻolelo, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hihiʻo o kahi wahine i wahī ʻia i nā ʻohu keʻokeʻo i loko o ka home nāna i hoʻokuʻu i kēlā kani hou ʻana ma mua o ka nalowale ʻana me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ma laila.

Wahi a nā kamaʻāina, hiki ke lohe ʻia nā uē a hiki i kēia lā i White Bluff, TN. Manaʻo kekahi kamaʻāina he banshee ia. ʻAʻole maopopo ka poʻe ʻē aʻe, akā manaʻoʻiʻo lākou āpau kekahi Aia ma waho.

No ka poʻe o ʻoukou e haʻohaʻo ana, ʻae aneane wau i kākau e pili ana ka wahine hoʻokalakupua Bell, akā ua hoʻoholo wau e hele me kahi aʻu i manaʻo ai e ʻike liʻiliʻi ʻia paha.

Texas: Ke alahaka uwa ma Arlington

ʻAe, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma aneʻi, pono wau e ʻōlelo he nui ʻo Texas. ʻIke wau i kekahi o ʻoukou ʻike i kēlā, akā a hiki i kou kipaku ʻana iā ia a i noho paha ma aneʻi no nā lōʻihi, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike. Ke ʻōlelo nei kēia mau mea āpau me kahi mokuʻāina e like me Texas, paʻakikī e koho hoʻokahi wale nō! Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina Texan i noho ma aneʻi i koʻu ola holoʻokoʻa, makaʻala mau wau i nā moʻolelo hou e haʻi.

Kaulana kekahi o kā mākou mau moʻolelo. Lawe, no ka laʻana, ka chupacabra a i ʻole nā ​​kukui Marfa. ʻAʻole wehewehe ʻia kekahi o kēlā mau mea pohihihi. A laila ka moʻolelo o El Muerto, ko mākou holo lio ponoʻī ʻole i hāwanawana ʻia kāna moʻolelo weliweli ma nā wahi hema o ka mokuʻāina. Mai poina i nā mana he nui o La Llorona a hiki i a me ka Donkey Lady nāna i kuhi hewa ʻia i loko o kahi ahi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kāna kāne – i pepehi i kāna mau keiki a he ʻāpana kona i kēia manawa ma kahi o kona mau lima a me kona mau wāwae.

Makemake wau e hana i kekahi mea ʻokoʻa no kēia papa inoa, eia nō naʻe, a ʻo The Screaming Bridge ma Arlington me he mea lā, he hapa, no ka mea, ʻo ia kahi kaʻao kūlanakauhale i ʻike mākou i hoʻomaka i nā hanana maoli.

I ka makahiki 60, ua haʻalele kahi hui o nā kaikamahine ʻōpio i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma Arlington a ua hoʻoholo e hele no kahi kaʻa ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home. Minamina, ʻaʻole lākou i hiki. I ka pouli o ka pō, kalaiwa lākou i kahi alahaka i pau i ke ahi a hāʻule i ka make.

Wahi a ka moʻolelo kaona, hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i kā lākou uē ʻana i ka pō a hiki i kēia lā.

Kupaianaha ka moʻolelo iaʻu, ʻo ka mea mua ma muli o ka heluhelu ʻana e like me ka moʻolelo kaona o ke kaona e pili ana i ka holo wikiwiki ʻana, noho lōʻihi ʻana, kipi, a pēlā aku. Ua lohe mākou i kēia mau moʻolelo i nā manawa he nui ma mua, a ma ke ʻano he kaʻao akahele. hana holoʻokoʻa. Akā ke kau ʻoe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma luna o ia mea, lilo ia i mea creepy āpau loa.

ʻAʻole hoʻopakele koke ʻia kēia mau wahine ʻōpio. Moe lākou ma lalo o ke alahaka, haki a hoʻokahe ke kahe a me ke kāhea ʻana i ke kōkua.

ʻAʻole paʻakikī e manaʻoʻiʻo e lohi paha ko lākou ʻuhane inā ʻoe he kanaka e manaʻoʻiʻo i kēlā mau mea. A hiki i kēia lā, ʻoiai ke hiki wale ʻia ke alahaka ma ka hele wāwae ʻana mai kahi pā kokoke mai, e kū mau ana kā lākou mau ʻalalā nui.

ʻO Utah: ʻO John Baptiste, ka ʻUhane o ka Loko Nui Maʻakai

ʻO kēia kahi kaʻao kauhale āu e manaʻo ai ʻaʻole he ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manaʻo.

ʻO John Baptiste, kahi mea malihini i ʻIrelani i manaʻo ʻia i hānau ʻia ma 1913, kekahi o nā lua kupapaʻu mua i hana ʻia ma Salt Lake City, Utah. Maikaʻi loa ʻo ia i kāna hana, a no laila manaʻo paha kēlā me kēia. I ka wā i noi ʻia ai kahi hoahānau o kahi kāne i kanu ʻia i ka hale kupapaʻu ma laila e noi i ke kino e hū ʻia i hiki ai iā ia ke kanu ʻia ma kahi ʻē, ua ʻike lākou i ke kino i ʻōlohelohe, e waiho ana ke alo i ka pahu kupapaʻu.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hoʻokolokolo a ʻo John Baptiste, ke kāne nāna i kanu ke kanu ʻana, ʻo ia ke kia nui.

Ua waiho malū ʻia ka hale kupapaʻu i lalo o ka kiaʻi ʻana a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, i kekahi mau pō ma hope mai, ua loaʻa ʻo Baptiste i kahi kupapaʻu ma kahi kaʻa huila e hele ana i kona home. Ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia a ua ʻimi kona waiwai a laila ʻike nā luna i nā ahu i lawe ʻia mai nā kino a me nā mea nani a Baptiste i manaʻo ai e kūʻai hou aku. I ka huinanui, ua lawe pio ʻo ia i 350 mau hale kupapaʻu.

Eia hou, ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā lono – no ka mea ua hana lākou – ua lawe pū ʻo Baptiste i nā kino i mea e moekolohe ai me lākou ...

Ua hoʻokolokolo ʻia ʻo Baptiste, lawehala ʻia, a lawe pio ʻia i kahi mokupuni ma ka Loko Nui ʻo Salt Lake kahi i noho ai ʻo ia i ke koena o kona ola. I kēia manawa, ʻōlelo lākou, inā ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e hele wāwae ana i nā kapakai hema o ka loko, e holo wale paha ʻoe iā Baptiste e hāpai ana i kahi pūʻā lole a pulu a pala.

Vermont: ʻO ka hōʻino o Mercie Dale

Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo ma hope o ka hōʻino kaʻao o Mercie Dale ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19 i ka manawa a ke kaikamahine a Mercie, ʻo Silence, i male ai i kahi kāne ʻo William Hayden ka inoa. Ua hele pū ʻo Mercie i ka wahine i ko lāua neʻe ʻana i Vermont. Ma laila i mālama ai kāna hūnōna kāne i kahi ʻoihana a i ka mua, ua holo pono nā mea āpau.

ʻAʻole naʻe i liʻuliʻu, ua loaʻa ʻo William i loko o ka hōʻaiʻē hohonu. a huli ʻo ia iā Mercie no ke kōkua. Ua hōʻaiʻē ʻo ia iā ia i nā kālā he nui akā ʻaʻole ia i ʻike i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o kahi peni a ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua holo ke kāne i kahi e hōʻalo ai i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻaiʻē i kā lākou hōʻaiʻē.

I ka loaʻa ʻole o ke olakino a me ka huhū, ua kau ʻo Mercie Dale i kahi hōʻino iā Hayden a me kona ʻohana. "E make ka inoa Hayden i ke kolu o ka hanauna, a ʻo ka mea hope loa e lawe i ka inoa e make i ka ʻilihune."

ʻO nā moʻolelo e like me kēia ka mea maʻamau i nā wahi o ka honua, a hiki ma aneʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ʻo ka mea kupaianaha ka hoʻokō ʻia o ka hōʻino a Mercie.

I loko o ʻekolu mau hanauna ua make kēlā me kēia lālā o ka ʻohana a ua ilihune loa. ʻO ka mea nui aʻe, ʻo ka hale nani i lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he home o ka ʻohana i hiolo a noho i kēlā ala no nā makahiki he nui.

A hiki i kēia lā, ua haʻi hou ʻia ka Legend of Mercie Dale a me kāna ʻōlelo hōʻino a puni ka mokuʻāina.