32: Bridgewater Triangle Solved!

Team MLT travels deep into the folklore of the Bridgewater Triangle and even deeper into the Hockomock Swamp to find a Black Sachem at the heart of this old Massachusetts mystery. Has the riddle of this hotspot finally been solved? This episode reveals some startling connections, but you be the judge….

Endless gratitude to Mr. Tim Leavy @ https://www.timleavy.com/ for composing us the greatest theme song in all the paranormal realms!

References:

Hockomock Meaning:

Coleman, L. (2001, 2007). Mysterious America: the ultimate guide to the nation’s weirdest wonders, strangest spots, and creepiest creatures. Paraview, NY, p29

Recommended Documentary:

Bridgewater Triangle - Bristol County media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIVKPZLwr0k

Bear, Lion, & Giant Snake Hunt:

Coleman, L. (2001, 2007). Mysterious America: the ultimate guide to the nation’s weirdest wonders, strangest spots, and creepiest creatures. Paraview, NY, bear p37, lion p38, giant snake p38

The Puckwudgee:

https://www.unsettlingthings.com/top-10-freaky-occurrences-within-the-bridgewater-triangle/

Dighton Rock Petroglyphs:

Bragdon, K.J. (2006). The shamanistic "text" in southern New England. Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers No. 79. Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, VA 23187, p169

kas079-012.pdf (berkeley.edu)

https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/kas079-012.pdf

Colonial Sightings:

Laskey, Mark, "In the Devil's Shadow: Sacred Agency, Cosmic Struggle, and the Cultural-Religious Clashes that Shaped Colonial New England, 1620-1693" (2021), p26-27 & p42-43

https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=honors_projects

Thunderbird Visions:

Simmons, W.S. (1975). Southern New England shamanism: an ethnographic reconstruction, vol 7, p221

Chris Balzano – Boston Globe

http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/10/30/tales_from_the_swamp/

Wampanogue shamanism & The Pniese:

Simmons, W.S. (1975). Southern New England shamanism: an ethnographic reconstruction, vol 7, p221

Invincible Shamans:

Trask, W.R. (1964). Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy. Arkana Penguin Books, p89-90 (1st Ed. Mircea Eliade 1951)

Geni: Tuspaquin ‘The Black Sachem

https://www.geni.com/people/Tuspaquin/6000000014318329029

Mary Rowlandson’s captivity:

Laskey, Mark, "In the Devil's Shadow: Sacred Agency, Cosmic Struggle, and the Cultural-Religious Clashes that Shaped Colonial New England, 1620-1693" (2021), P155, 160 161

https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=honors_projects

King Phillip’s War:

Simmons, W.S. (1975). Southern New England shamanism: an ethnographic reconstruction, vol 7, p162,163, 231, 234

Dogmen and the Potwatomi tribe:

Godfrey, L.S. (2019). I know what I saw. Tarcher Perigee, NY p105

The Soul of the Land:

Ribi, A. (1989). Demons of the inner world. Shambhala Publishing, Inc, p109, p110

Autochthonous Amerindian Spirits:

Strange, S.E. (2017). Ethnos Journal of Anthropology Indigenous Spirits, Pluralist Sovereignty, and the Aporia of Surinamese Hindu Belonging. Ethnos, p6 & 9

Shamanic Fences:

Busick, Christopher J., "Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Nepali Shamanism" (1978). Master's Theses. 2115. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/2115

The Shaman’s Grave:

Barazzuol, R.A. (1988). The Tlingit land otter complex: coherence in the social and shamanic order. University of British Columbia, p59-60

Strategic Shamanic Burials:

Steve J. Langdon - Interactions and Relations among Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian Societies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6J8SZuTWo

Ley Lines:

Devereux, P. (1993). Shamanism and the mystery lines. Llewellyn Publication, p121

Shamans as Scarecrows:

Speck, F.G. (Oct-Dec 1919). Penobscot shamanism. American Memoirs of the Anthropological Association 28, vol 6, p 244

https://archive.org/stream/memoirs_06ameruoft/memoirs_06ameruoft_djvu.txt

Tekwedih’s Tale:

Olson: Tlingit shamanism and sorcery

kas025-015.pdf (berkeley.edu) https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/kas025-015.pdf

A Treed Kushtaka:

Swanton, J.R. (1908). Haida texts and myths. Myth 7: various adventures near cross sound. Internet Archive posting, p47-48

https://archive.org/details/tlingitmythstext0039swan/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater

Penobscot Otter Tale:

Speck, F.G. (Oct-Dec 1919). Penobscot shamanism. American Memoirs of the Anthropological Association 28, vol 6, p261

Powwows in Watery Places:

Laskey, Mark, "In the Devil's Shadow: Sacred Agency, Cosmic Struggle, and the Cultural-Religious Clashes that Shaped Colonial New England, 1620-1693" (2021), P155, 160 161

https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=honors_projects

Minister John Allen’s Story:

Laskey, Mark, "In the Devil's Shadow: Sacred Agency, Cosmic Struggle, and the Cultural-Religious Clashes that Shaped Colonial New England, 1620-1693" (2021). https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=honors_projects

Snake Sighting on King Phillip Street:

Coleman, L. (2001, 2007). Mysterious America: the ultimate guide to the nation’s weirdest wonders, strangest spots, and creepiest creatures. Paraview, NY, p37-38