I have been meaning to get a Decent shot of the cloud cover on Devils peak to post with the legend of the cloud cover..eventually got to post it,I was no more than a toddler when my mum first pointed out the cloud and told me the tale and it always been one of my favourites
Do you have some pics and local legend posts If you have a pic and story please share and tag it Local-legend
As the story goes Jan van Hunks, a Dutch pirate in the early 18th century, retired from his eventful life at sea to live on the slopes of Devil's Peak, South Africa. To escape from his wife's sharp tongue he often walked up the mountain where he settled down to smoke his pipe. One day a mysterious stranger approached him and asked the retired pirate to borrow some tobacco. After a bit of bragging, a smoking contest ensued, with the winner's prize a ship full of gold. After several days, Van Hunks finally defeated the stranger, who unfortunately turned out to be the devil. Suddenly, thunder rolled, the clouds closed in and Van Hunks disappeared, leaving behind only a scorched patch of ground. Legend has it that the cloud of tobacco smoke they left became the "table-cloth" - the famous white cloud that spills over Table Mountain when the south-easter blows in summer. When that happens, it is said that Van Hunks and the Devil are at it again.
Can you believe I've been living in SA my whole life and have never seen devils peak with the cloud above it? Mind you I've only been to Table Mountain once.
Paul Bunyan and the Great Lakes. Paul Bunyan, one of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, is described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and whose companion is Babe the Blue Ox. It is said that the Great Lakes were formed when Bunyan made a watering hole big enough for Babe to drink out of. The legend goes on to say that Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed by the footprints of Paul and Babe while they wandered around in a blizzard.
Not so much a legend as a "wonder", Grand Central's Whispering Gallery draws locals and tourists alike. If you and a friend stand in diagonally opposite corners and whisper, you'll be able to hear each other as clearly as if you were standing side by side, while those around you pass by without hearing a word.
In Colorado, we have the hatchet lady! If you go to Red Rocks Ampitheater and sit on the 13th row, 13th seat, she will appear to you and scare you into a heart attack! LOL! Funny enough I know enough people who have tried it and they are all still alive!
This topic has me hooked too, heres one from Southampton UK. This is taken as Netley Abbey, where the ghost of Walter Taylor is said to wander the ruins.
Taylor was employed to pull down Netley Abbey. Before he began the work he dreamt that, as he was pulling down a particular window, one of the stones forming the arch fell upon him, and killed him. Taylor, decided to ignore his dream,
he began work and the arch of one of the windows fell upon his head and fractured his skull. It was thought at first that the wound would not be fatal, but he had an unskilled surgeon, so he died.
Don't mind if i say... What fucking amazing topic! Wow. I NEED to do some pic inspired by some legend that we have here in Brazil. Got me thinking. Never shot anything with that in mind. I will post when this is accomplished. See ya.
The Flying Dutchman is the name of a ghostly galleon that supposedly sailed in Cape waters during the mid-17th century, under the captaincy of Dutchman Hendrik van der Decken. On a fateful trip around Cape Point, the Flying Dutchman encountered very heavy weather; the ship’s sails were soon shredded by the wind, and her decks pounded by enormous Cape rollers.
Legend has it that Van der Decken’s crew begged the captain to turn around and seek shelter from the tempest, but he refused, and, lashing himself to the ship’s wheel, vowed to round Cape Point, even if it took him until Doomsday!
Van der Decken did, indeed, round Cape Point that night, but he and his crew were subsequently doomed to sail these waters forever more.
The most famous Royal Navy sighting, however, was recorded by King George V, who in 1881 was a midshipman on H.M.S. Bacchante. In his diary, for July 11, he unequivocally wrote "At four a.m., the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows." The lookout on the forecastle, and the officer of the watch, also saw the ghost ship off the port bow. Prince George described "... a strange red light, as of a phantom ship, all aglow in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig two hundred yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up." The ghost ship was sighted from other ships in the squadron, the Cleopatra and the Tourmaline. Thirteen crewmen, in all, witnessed the phenomenon. The squadron was commanded by Prince Louis of Battenberg, great uncle of the present Prince Philip. The seaman who first reported the ghost ship died from a fall, only seven hours afterwards. With the help of the Reverend John Neale Dalton, Prince George published his account as The Cruise Of H.M.S. Bacchante. Before publication, naval authorities at the Admiralty checked the manuscript, to ensure that it contained no errors.
There is a story that the phantom ship entered Table Bay, and was fired on by the garrison, but there appears to be no record of this. Many other sightings have been recorded, however. Keepers of the Cape Point lighthouse often reported seeing her during storms. In 1835, R. Montgomery Martin, South Africa's first statistician, described a personal encounter with Van der Decken's vessel. In 1879, the steamer S.S. Pretoria changed course, after the passengers and crew saw lights which they thought to be a distress signal. A strange sailing ship was seen, but it vanished when the steamer approached it. In 1911, an American whaler almost collided with the ghost ship, off the Cape Peninsula, and as recently as 1959, the crew of the freighter Straat Magelhaen reported a near collision with the Flying Dutchman.
i don't have pictures of any....but there are tons for new jersey...if you're bored, try and find some weird nj magazines, or the weird nj book....too many weird myths and folklore about this crazy state...
and apparently i live near some of them.....
i have to go find my book and re-read that stuff....
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I don't know of any such legends in our area.
At least I do know the story :)
Paul Bunyan and the Great Lakes. Paul Bunyan, one of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, is described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and whose companion is Babe the Blue Ox. It is said that the Great Lakes were formed when Bunyan made a watering hole big enough for Babe to drink out of. The legend goes on to say that Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed by the footprints of Paul and Babe while they wandered around in a blizzard.
Beautiful shot too Howard!
Not so much a legend as a "wonder", Grand Central's Whispering Gallery draws locals and tourists alike. If you and a friend stand in diagonally opposite corners and whisper, you'll be able to hear each other as clearly as if you were standing side by side, while those around you pass by without hearing a word.
Taylor was employed to pull down Netley Abbey. Before he began the work he dreamt that, as he was pulling down a particular window, one of the stones forming the arch fell upon him, and killed him. Taylor, decided to ignore his dream,
he began work and the arch of one of the windows fell upon his head and fractured his skull. It was thought at first that the wound would not be fatal, but he had an unskilled surgeon, so he died.
Legend has it that Van der Decken’s crew begged the captain to turn around and seek shelter from the tempest, but he refused, and, lashing himself to the ship’s wheel, vowed to round Cape Point, even if it took him until Doomsday!
Van der Decken did, indeed, round Cape Point that night, but he and his crew were subsequently doomed to sail these waters forever more.
The most famous Royal Navy sighting, however, was recorded by King George V, who in 1881 was a midshipman on H.M.S. Bacchante. In his diary, for July 11, he unequivocally wrote "At four a.m., the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows." The lookout on the forecastle, and the officer of the watch, also saw the ghost ship off the port bow. Prince George described "... a strange red light, as of a phantom ship, all aglow in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig two hundred yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up." The ghost ship was sighted from other ships in the squadron, the Cleopatra and the Tourmaline. Thirteen crewmen, in all, witnessed the phenomenon. The squadron was commanded by Prince Louis of Battenberg, great uncle of the present Prince Philip. The seaman who first reported the ghost ship died from a fall, only seven hours afterwards. With the help of the Reverend John Neale Dalton, Prince George published his account as The Cruise Of H.M.S. Bacchante. Before publication, naval authorities at the Admiralty checked the manuscript, to ensure that it contained no errors.
There is a story that the phantom ship entered Table Bay, and was fired on by the garrison, but there appears to be no record of this. Many other sightings have been recorded, however. Keepers of the Cape Point lighthouse often reported seeing her during storms. In 1835, R. Montgomery Martin, South Africa's first statistician, described a personal encounter with Van der Decken's vessel. In 1879, the steamer S.S. Pretoria changed course, after the passengers and crew saw lights which they thought to be a distress signal. A strange sailing ship was seen, but it vanished when the steamer approached it. In 1911, an American whaler almost collided with the ghost ship, off the Cape Peninsula, and as recently as 1959, the crew of the freighter Straat Magelhaen reported a near collision with the Flying Dutchman.
and apparently i live near some of them.....
i have to go find my book and re-read that stuff....