FtV - The Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Paranormal, Ghosts, Folklore, Places & Travel, Monsters, Society & Culture, Legends, Newengland

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 41 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the folk legend of Levi Beebe, the Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain in Lee, Massachusetts, who predicted the devastating Blizzard of 1888 that claimed 400 lives in March of that year. How did he make this and his many other weather predictions? Listen to find out! This episode first aired January 25, 2018.

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0:00.0	Welcome legendary listeners.
0:01.6	Thanks for tuning in to From The Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes.
0:06.0	Look for a new episode every week.
0:07.7	Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England legends.com?
0:11.5	You bet.
0:12.1	But you won't get the added bonus of an after the legend segment
0:16.3	featuring new commentary about that episode
0:18.9	from your old pals, Jeff and Ray.
0:20.8	So let's open up the New England Legends vault and revisit another legendary episode.
0:25.0	Happy New Year!
0:28.0	Happy New Year!
0:30.0	Happy New Year from the vault.
0:31.0	It's getting cold out there. Weather's changing and what a
0:34.8	perfect episode to to dig into here. This one first aired January 25th, 2018.
0:41.3	Enjoy. This weather is going to continue to be seasonably cold this weekend, with lows in the 30s, but a low-pressure
0:47.4	system may be bringing some precipitation early next week.
0:51.2	I'm Ray O'JER, and that's's the weather. Oh Ray, how many times do you
0:55.1	get the weather wrong around here? Hey man I just reported I don't predict it.
0:58.7	Don't shoot the messenger. No I get that. Well this week we're going to travel back to the 1880s and meet a man who did get a bold weather
1:06.0	prediction spot on. Who's that? His name is Levi Bee and folks of Western Massachusetts
1:11.8	called him the weather prophet of Bear Town Mountain.
1:14.7	I'm Jeff Palanger.
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