FtV – The Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 124 – 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. |
| 0:06.1 | Look for a new episode every week. |
| 0:07.8 | Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England Legends.com? |
| 0:11.6 | You bet. |
| 0:12.2 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legion segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray. |
| 0:20.7 | So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. |
| 0:27.3 | Welcome to the Vault, kids. |
| 0:28.8 | We are so glad to have you here in the Vault with us. |
| 0:31.6 | This time we're going all the way back to January 25th, 2018, the weather profit of Bairtown Mountain. Enjoy. |
| 0:38.6 | This weather is going to continue to be seasonably cold this weekend with lows in the 30s, |
| 0:43.1 | but a low pressure system may be bringing some precipitation early next week. I'm Ray Osier, |
| 0:48.8 | and that's the weather. Oh, Ray, how many times do you get the weather wrong around here? |
| 0:52.9 | Hey man, I just report it. I don't predict it. Don't shoot the messenger. |
| 0:56.4 | 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 prediction spot on. |
| 1:03.7 | Well, who's that? His name is Levi Bebe, and folks of Western Massachusetts called him the weather prophet of Bairtown Mountain. |
| 1:14.3 | I'm Jeff Pallanger. |
| 1:15.6 | And I'm Ray Oger, and welcome to episode 23 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:20.6 | All right, Jeff, there's an old expression in New England. |
| 1:23.1 | If you don't like the weather... |
| 1:24.2 | Yeah, just wait a minute and it'll change. |
| 1:26.2 | We've all heard that one. |
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