The Devil’s Hopyard
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 308 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up to the waterfalls of the Devil’s Hopyard in East Haddam, Connecticut, in search of where they say the devil left his marks in the stones of Chapman Falls. The Native Americans believe the odd marks in the stone were connected to a deity who thundered sounds from a nearby mountain, the Puritans believed it was the devil. Is there a connection to the Moodus Noise?
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| 0:00.0 | Man, this summer's been hot so far, huh? |
| 0:06.4 | Yeah, it's been bad for sure. |
| 0:07.8 | Almost too hot, even to go to the beach. |
| 0:09.6 | I agree. |
| 0:10.7 | And there's nothing worse than burning your feet in the hot sand. |
| 0:13.5 | So I guess it's a good thing, maybe that we're heading here into this wooded state park in East Haddam, Connecticut. |
| 0:19.1 | Absolutely. |
| 0:19.7 | There's tons of trees around here. |
| 0:21.0 | Some pretty cool colonial stone walls lining the road here on State Highway 434, |
| 0:26.4 | and at least the shade will help beat the heat. |
| 0:29.5 | Hey, let's pull into the driveway right here on the right. |
| 0:34.1 | Okay. |
| 0:35.3 | And we can park just over there. |
| 0:37.5 | Okay. And we can park just over there. I got something else that'll help us beat the heat, too. |
| 0:53.7 | Mm, a couple cold ones on a hot summer's day. |
| 0:56.7 | Perfect. |
| 0:57.7 | Ooh, IPAs right on. |
| 1:01.0 | So hoppy. |
| 1:03.3 | And how appropriate we drink these beers here, Ray. |
| 1:06.1 | We've come to East Haddam, Connecticut, to explore the devil's hop yard. |
| 1:10.7 | Okay. come to East Haddam, Connecticut to explore the devil's hop yard. |
| 1:18.4 | Hey there, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
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