We started off our explorations by going into the Hocking Hills State Park. There are quite a lot of hikes here. We started out going to the Rock House. This is a natural cave in the park that has a 25-foot ceiling, naturally carved windows and has been a shelter to local native Americans, travelers, robbers, horse thieves, and murderers.
We then tried to go Old Man's Cave, but it was so crowded we couldn't even find a place to park. Next, we went in search of the Moonville Tunnel. Mooneville was a very small town in a rather rugged area of Ohio. There is no sign that a town was ever there. The railroad went through this area and because of some deaths along the tracks, legend has kept the area known. The first incident was in November 1880. Two freight trains were on a course of a head-on collision. The engineer, Frank Lawhead, and the firemen, Charles Krick were killed. The accident was caused by the failure of the dispatcher to warn of trains traveling in each direction. Word has it a ghost all in white shows up with a lantern. Some have reported the apparition is wearing an engineer's hat. There are also tales of a young brakeman, a women crossing the tracks and a murdered man. This is now becoming a rail to trail.
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| Notice the old utility pole. |
We didn't see any ghosts, but we did have a great hike. There were millions of mosquitoes. We got a chance to where our new outdoor hats and face nets. They worked really well.
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