Post by Scarycuse.com on Oct 8, 2008 1:30:26 GMT -5
Split Rock Quarry in Solvay, NY
This is one of the scariest places to visit in Syracuse, both in the daytime and especially at night. It also probably has the most tragic past in the city. On July 12, 1918, Split Rock was the Semet-Solvay Munitions Plant, a plant that had very hazardous materials in it's facility including TNT and picric acid. On this night, the worst fears of those who worked there were realized when the plant exploded, killing 50 men and injuring over 100. Those who were killed suffered horrible demises including being covered with picric acid, burning to death and being buried alive. 15 of the men killed were so badly disfigured that they were never identified and were buried in unmarked graves.
Today there has been several ghostly happenings at the Quarry, which is now nothing but rock with one remaining part of the facility still standing; a piece of machinery called the Crusher. Those who have been brave enough to enter the crusher (myself not included) have reported several disturbing events, including a drastic drop in temperature upon entering the cave-like structure, voices that can be heard in the distance, moaning, sounds of rocks falling, footsteps and a feeling of being watched. Some of the more extreme claims have been the sound of the Crusher still running as though it is still on and working, several sightings of a glowing green figure in the shape of a man standing atop the Crusher (the green glowing would be courtesy of the picric acid) and an unbelievable claim of being sucked into a vortex when in the Crusher, disappearing for ½ an hour and reappearing at the top of a hill with no recollection of how they got there. While I'm not too sure about that last one, I have no doubt that there probably is some sort of paranormal activity occurring at Split Rock. However, rather than find out for myself, I'll take everyone else's word for it.
www.paranormalghostsociety.org/Split%20Rock%20Quarry.htm
This is one of the scariest places to visit in Syracuse, both in the daytime and especially at night. It also probably has the most tragic past in the city. On July 12, 1918, Split Rock was the Semet-Solvay Munitions Plant, a plant that had very hazardous materials in it's facility including TNT and picric acid. On this night, the worst fears of those who worked there were realized when the plant exploded, killing 50 men and injuring over 100. Those who were killed suffered horrible demises including being covered with picric acid, burning to death and being buried alive. 15 of the men killed were so badly disfigured that they were never identified and were buried in unmarked graves.
Today there has been several ghostly happenings at the Quarry, which is now nothing but rock with one remaining part of the facility still standing; a piece of machinery called the Crusher. Those who have been brave enough to enter the crusher (myself not included) have reported several disturbing events, including a drastic drop in temperature upon entering the cave-like structure, voices that can be heard in the distance, moaning, sounds of rocks falling, footsteps and a feeling of being watched. Some of the more extreme claims have been the sound of the Crusher still running as though it is still on and working, several sightings of a glowing green figure in the shape of a man standing atop the Crusher (the green glowing would be courtesy of the picric acid) and an unbelievable claim of being sucked into a vortex when in the Crusher, disappearing for ½ an hour and reappearing at the top of a hill with no recollection of how they got there. While I'm not too sure about that last one, I have no doubt that there probably is some sort of paranormal activity occurring at Split Rock. However, rather than find out for myself, I'll take everyone else's word for it.
www.paranormalghostsociety.org/Split%20Rock%20Quarry.htm
