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New England Legends Podcast

The Petroglyphs of Bellows Falls: We’re Not Saying it’s Aliens…

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8951 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 328 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore some ancient petroglyphs along the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, Vermont. These carved faces have perplexed locals for centuries. Who put them here and why? Are they ancient Abenaki graffiti? Do they mark a sacred place? Or could they have out-of-this-world origins?

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0:00.0

We're standing on the banks of the Connecticut River here in the small town of Bellows Falls, Vermont.

0:06.0

Right above us is the Villas Bridge, and about 200 feet behind us is the state of New Hampshire.

0:11.0

The Connecticut River defines the state border between the two states here.

0:15.1

We're technically on a small island that's formed in the middle of the Connecticut River,

0:18.9

but today there's so many small bridges connecting to this island on both sides that you'd hardly know it was an island

0:24.7

unless you know you looked at a map.

0:26.3

Right right. There's a bunch of rocky outcroppings and giant boulders along the river's edge here.

0:31.1

And those rocks are exactly what we've come here to see, Ray. Look over there.

0:35.4

Okay. I see some strange markings carved into the rocks, circles and dots and things like that.

0:41.6

So we're in Bellows Falls, Vermont exploring those ancient

0:44.9

petroglyphs that may have an out of this world meaning. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger.

0:55.0

And I'm Ray Oje.

0:57.0

Welcome to the New England Legends Podcast

0:59.0

where we explore ancient mysteries, roadside oddities,

1:02.0

ghost, monsters, true crime, and all manner of weirdness

1:05.7

in the Northeastern United States.

1:07.9

We're glad you're with us on our journey to chronicle every legend in New England one story

1:11.7

at a time. That we are, and we can't do this without you. So many of our story leads come from you.

1:17.0

Please reach out to us any time through our website where you can also find links to see my ongoing story tour to see Ray's Ban the Pub Kings and

1:24.0

links to buy my new book the fright before Christmas which by the way is almost

1:27.7

completely out of stock except of course for the audio book version.

1:31.6

We'll explore these strange petroglyphs in Vermont right after this word from our sponsor.

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