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[HelenaHandBaskettGStudy]

AETNA SPRINGS GOLF COURSE - The ghosts of eight monks dressed in white
robes are seen walking somberly across the fairway of this tranquil golf course. Witnesses say the monks heads are clean shaven and their faces frozen in agonized expressions of pain. Some believe they are Dominican friars tortured to death by rival Franciscans in the early 1500's. The Spanish Franciscans were notorious for their cruel treatment of local Indians, the Dominicans often hid the natives to protect them.





The above photos were taken in 1963 by Dr. Andrew von Salza. He took several shots in succession on a sunny midafternoon. These were the only 2 shots that showed anything.

Have any of our members had the chance to visit?

[AugustineGStudy]

Wow--that is pretty strange.  It does look like a procession of something!     The streaks toward the upper-right corner suggest motion blur from a light source, but I'm not sure the entire rest of the photo could be explained away so easily.  Thanks Helena!

[Sunny]

OMG!  That's the golf course I played all the time last summer!   holy cow.

I've been on that course dozens of times.  DOZENS...    The tree with the fat base looks familiar, like it's still part of the course.  I prolly won't be playing that course again until Late November or so cause of work/soccer but will definately look around and see if anything is strange.

Here is the wierd (?) thing, usually when I'm up there playing, I'm extremly unsettled and jumpy, but not cause any bad vibes persay, but cause the area is chock full of rattlesnakes, and I'm super paranoid about the little buggers, especially since there are many streams and my ball tends to land in the water more often than not.   I'll have to look for other things besides snakes!

The area had a huge settling of indians (wappo, and I'm not sure what else) as well as 2 monistaries (sp) within  25 miles of the area.  Also about 5 miles away was a huge settling of Seventh Day Adventists.

Way cool!  Is there anything in particular I should try to check out??

[Sunny]

Today at work, I hunted down 2 of the chaps I golfed with @ Etna Springs last summer.  (meaning 2005 - I think of 2006 as this summer) I asked them (without specifiying why) if they ever noticed anything strange golfing up there.  

There response?  other than you being a freak about every little stick being a snake (and a few more insults about my golf game which I won't repeat) no.

*shrugs*  oh well.

I'm still hoping to golf it before it starts raining.

[HelenaHandBaskettGStudy]

There response?  other than you being a freak about every little stick being a snake (and a few more insults about my golf game which I won't repeat) no.

LOL!!! Oh well, at least you tried!! On the plus side, if you do happen to see the procession of monks one afternoon while golfing, you friends will freak, and you'll be totally prepared!!