Strange...

[nocturnal396]

Last night my friends and I were doing some off roading in mannorville at around 1AM when we stumped upon a long row of CARS at the end of a trail. Needless to say, this was pretty weird being that we were having slight trouble getting through the puddles in a lifted jeep on 33's so there was really no way in hell a fwd kia would be making it through. We thought it was really weird but I figured there must have been a different trail that we missed that gave much easier access. Anyway, I figured it was a bunch of kids hanging out but I was mistaken. I decided to go up to the group of people, who seemed to have stopped what they were doing and huddled in a group looking at us when we stumbled upon them, and ask them how they got in. I was kind of thrown off to see that it wasn't a bunch of kids, but actually what appeared to be mostly adults i'd say from early 40's to possibly early 50's, all wearing ALL black and some in what seemed like fairly nice clothing for a woods. I talked to them briefly about how they got in the trails and they seemed nice enough. They really didn't give me any incite as to what they were doing, not that they had to or should have but...

Then we noticed that on the ground, scattered out throughout the area were red painted rocks with numbers on them. I think more than a few had the number 20 on them and one that I saw had the number 30 painted on it. Im pretty sure these rocks had something to do with the people there as I have never seen the rocks before and the people had a large bucket next to the car which may have been used to hold the rocks.

Anyway, im not one to pass judgment. I mean, any paranormal investigation team or group of urban explorers can easily look like a bunch of weirdos to somebody else and im not going to jump to conclusions saying it was a cult or satin worshipers. They seemed like nice people. Just wondering if anyone knows what they may have been doing, if anyone has any idea what red numbered rocks relates to? I really should have just asked them point blank but I just sensed that they really didn't want to tell me. Didn't want to put them on the spot just out of respect as they were being helpful in telling me about the trails and where to go ect... Curiosity is getting the best of me now.

[Richit]

Wow that would have bugged me out......Maybe something to do with 8/8/08....wierd..

[Merlin]

I wouldn't have even asked them anything. I would have motored on by.

[Nasus]

Very creepy!

[Curly]

Sounds like some "New Age" bunk. English speaking I assume....

[nocturnal396]

Richit, you know I didn't even think about the whole 8/8/08 significance till you mentioned it. Very well could have something to do with that.


Curly, yes, all spoke english. Seemed to be all middle class (judging by their vehicles, most were 5 or more year old compact-economy cars. The people were well spoken, very friendly--seemingly normal people if you took them out of their context....well, aside from the fact that they seemed to just stand there staring at us from the time we stumbled upon them till the time we left as if we had interrupted something that they didn't want us to see and were waiting for us to leave to resume. You could be right, could just be some harmless group or maybe some people playing some kind of game (perhaps potential embarrassment explains the tight lipped-concealing nature they had?). Nonetheless, it isn't every day you stumble upon a bunch of middle class, 40-50 year olds dressed in all black in the middle of a woods at around midnight with a bunch of red painted, numbered rocks lying around. lol

Friend of mine who was with us talked to his cousin who lives in the area and he claims that the KKK often has gatherings in the woods. There was no indication to me these people were KKK though.

[ChrisF202]

Richit, you know I didn't even think about the whole 8/8/08 significance till you mentioned it. Very well could have something to do with that.


Curly, yes, all spoke english. Seemed to be all middle class (judging by their vehicles, most were 5 or more year old compact-economy cars. The people were well spoken, very friendly--seemingly normal people if you took them out of their context....well, aside from the fact that they seemed to just stand there staring at us from the time we stumbled upon them till the time we left as if we had interrupted something that they didn't want us to see and were waiting for us to leave to resume. You could be right, could just be some harmless group or maybe some people playing some kind of game (perhaps potential embarrassment explains the tight lipped-concealing nature they had?). Nonetheless, it isn't every day you stumble upon a bunch of middle class, 40-50 year olds dressed in all black in the middle of a woods at around midnight with a bunch of red painted, numbered rocks lying around. lol

Friend of mine who was with us talked to his cousin who lives in the area and he claims that the KKK often has gatherings in the woods. There was no indication to me these people were KKK though.

The KKK and other like mind White Nationalist groups barely exist anymore, its just a fringe element of a few nutcases. Remember, the Clintons were very big on rooting them out and locking them up along with the Militia movement in the 1990s after Waco, Ruby Ridge, the Montana Freemen, the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing, etc. As far as I know neither movement has a fan base on Long Island. An interesting fact; in the 1920s Long Island had the most KKK members per capita of any region of the United States. We also had a shit load of Nazis (German American Bund) in the 1930s before the FBI and state troopers stormed their "camp" in Riverhead called Camp Siegfried (UEer ALERT: parts of it still exist).

I am willing to bet that you ran into some sort of Satanic or Wiccan type group.

[lubby]

first off i wouldn't go into the woods at night and second as soon as i saw the vehicles and the rocks with numbers on it , you can bet i would be out of there faster than superman. ;D

[The Commish]

I am willing to bet that you ran into some sort of Satanic or Wiccan type group.

Satanic and Wiccan don't go in the same sentence and I can't see what the red painted rocks would have to do with either...

[lubby]

it may not be that but it sounds like it could be some sort of cult or ritual.