hey guys it's Mike Chen
whether it is fighting strange chambers and a great pyramid
or strange fireball shooting up from a river in Thailand
strange things happen around us all the time
but the most well-known mysteries in the world they all seem to be pretty far away from the US
so in this video we're gonna talk about some unexplained stuff that's more closer to you well at least my home
we're gonna talk about New England's controversial Bennington triangle
and the alleged a man-eating Stone of Vermont and Glastonbury mountain
now the Bennington triangle may not enjoy as much media coverage and popularity as the Bermuda Triangle
in the mystery surrounding this 3-pointer region in southwestern Vermont
are just as compelling if not more verifiable
then less or not mystery triangle is not only a part of Native American folklore
it is also where rumored peculiar monsters reside
and enigmatic and unexplained disappearances have supposedly taken place
the area covered by the benetton triangle is not completely defined
but it is thought to include Glastonbury Mountains
along with several towns such as Bennington Shaftesbury Woodforde and Somerset
in the past these towns were considered to be thriving
because of their logging business and industrial operations
however around the late 19th century
progress in these towns began to slow down
and with the decrease in population
some of them ended up becoming unincorporated communities
as a result they are today referred to as well ghost towns
and as for where the term Binnington triangle came from
we have paranormal author Joseph A Citro for coining it
he first used a phrase during a public radio broadcast back in 1992
to refer to the area in Vermont where several people have disappeared mostly without a trace
between the 1920s and the 1950s he also wrote and published books
about the strange happenings that supposedly occurred in Glastonbury in his neighboring towns
as well as the ledges related to this region
he also compared the phenomena in the benetton triangle
to be somewhat similar to the more defined Bridgewater triangle and Massachusetts
which is also the site of various paranormal phenomena
in his novel shadowchild which was published in 1978
Citro wrote extensively about Glastonbury moutain in his deep-rooted connection
with Native American culture
and Citro was purportedly very familiar with the Algonquin people including their history
as well as their traditions and folklore
these indigenous habitants of North America
lived in the area of the Bennington triangle all the way back to 8500 BCE
and according to sighs well his population has always regarded it
as a cursed site filled with darkness and must be avoided at all cost
now let's talk about some of these strange disappearances as we alluded to earlier
though we have no means to scientifically determine
if the benneton triangle is indeed cursed
the local legends of wild beasts and strange disappearances
which are being told and retold by those who live in Glastonbury in his neighboring towns
seem to support this age-old claim and out of the many cases of disappearances
that have supposedly happened over the years
five cases which took place between 1945 in1950 are the most popular and noteworthy
these are the missing persons cases of Minnie rivers in 1945
Hala Wilden in 1946 James tedford in 1949 and Paul Jepsen and Freda linger in 1950
Minnie Rivers was a 74 year old experienced hunter
who was very familiar with the area before his disappearance on 12th of November in 1945
before he went missing Rivers was guiding a group of hunters
who were hiking in the mountains under way back
however Rivers walked ahead of everyone else
and no one has seen him
since serious efforts were taken to pinpoint his whereabouts
unfortunately all they found was a rifle cartridge in the stream
which people believe he may have dropped along the way
Paula Jean Weldon an 18 year old sophomore at Bennington College disappeared a year after Rivers
she went to hike on the long trail of
Glastonbury mountain in December first in 1946 and was seen by several witnesses
to have been walking along the trail
at one point in the elderly couple who were walking less than a hundred yards behind her
saw her make a turn at a corner headed them but when the couple reached the same corner
the girl was nowhere to be found
Weldon did now report to school after the hike
an extensive search ensued which involved the assistance of the FBI
a reward was also offered to anyone who
will be able to accurately report her whereabouts
In the end no trace of her was ever found
exactly three years after Welden's disappearance
the veteran James Ted Ferg was the third person to go missing
before he vanished on December 1st 1949
tedford was riding a bus on his way
back to his retirement home in Bennington after he visited his relatives
he never made it to his stop in Bennington
he just vanished in thin air because his belongings were still on the bus
Paul Jetson vanished less than a year
later on October 12th 1950 the eight-year-old was with his mother
when he went missing she had left her son unattended for around an hour
in order to feed a few pigs
by the time she returned to the truck where she left her son
young Paul was already gone without a trace
according to local legend the bloodhounds managed to track Paul
sent all the way to a local highway which
turned out to be near the location where Paul and Weldon
supposedly disappeared four years earlier in just 16 days after Paul had gone
missing 53 year-old Freda Linger finished as well on October 28th
of the same year linga was hiking with her cousin
when she accidentally slipped
and throw into a stream because she was wet
Langer decided to return to the campsite and change asking it for
so she asked her cousin to wait for her to return
so they could finish the hike
realizing she was taking too long to return
her cousin decided to walk back to the campsite
however when he got there langer was nowhere to be found and nobody saw her since
it was only a May of 1951
that lingers body was found somewhere near the Somerset reservoir
making it hers the only case out of the five
in which the missing persons body was later discovered
now there are many possible explanations behind the strange and mystifying disappearances of these people
perhaps those who have gone missing weren't really missing at all
maybe they ran off somewhere and never looked back
another extreme but not completely unlikely scenario is that
a serial killer may have been running rampant in class berry during those years
and he or she was the one responsible for the disappearances
but out of all the weird explanations
presented by people to explain what had happened all those years ago
perhaps the most outrageous of them is the one proposed by Joseph Citro
in his book titled the Vermont monster guide
Citro suggested the existence of an unknown but dangerous anomaly in the Glastonbury mountains
which he referred to as the man-eating stone of Glastonbury mountain
according to Sarah the Native Americans
knew of his existence but avoided encountering the large rock entity at all cost
the rock is supposedly large enough for a human being to step on
and when someone steps on the rock
the heavy storm becomes more malleable and ultimately swallows a human being whole
so Citro entertained the likelihood that the five people who disappeared between 1945 and 1950
could have accidentally stepped on one of these beast-like stones
and ended up being devoured by these islands roll creatures
no of course we don't know for sure whether Benetton triangle is a real thing
or that a man-eating stone really lurks somewhere in the woods
I really hope that but at least for me you know
what why take the risk you're going hiking in an area where you know
like people mysteriously disappeared their bodies were never found
maybe go somewhere else go hiking
and I know maybe I watched one too many horror movies
or one too many supernatural episodes
but there all seems to be legends from from local natives
that warned about a specific place
that we seem to just just completely dismissed
but for me at least every single story
every single legend out there
there's always some truth to them
but if I was thinking about going to a place where the natives have said yeah
this place is cursed there's monsters there is coming out not safe
maybe don't go there
you know what then I think I stay away
I guess my point is you won't find me in the Glastonbury mountains anytime soon
and some of these strange disappearances
I did cover in a previous video
I'll link it for you guys in my description box below
they are really really strange but
let me know what you guys think
do you think there's something supernatural going on or did
these people just walk into the woods get lost and couldn't find their way out
do you think when they go and eating stone what do you think happened to these people
alright guys thank y'all so much for watching this video I'll see you later