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The Wampanoag worshiped and feared Hobomock (aka Hobbamock), the chief deity of death and disease. Hobomock, composed of human souls of the dead, was known to congregate in areas like the Hockomock. Thus, the terms Hockomock and Hobomock became interchangeable among non-natives when referring to the swamp or the spirit. [2]
Great Swamp Fight. The Great Swamp Massacre or the Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett people in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
A map of the Bridgewater Triangle. The Bridgewater Triangle is an area of about 200 square miles (520 km 2) within southeastern Massachusetts in the United States, [1] claimed to be a site of alleged paranormal phenomena, ranging from UFOs to poltergeists, and other spectral phenomena, various bigfoot-like sightings, giant snakes [2] and thunderbirds. [2]
The Bridgewater Triangle is a 200 square mile area in the greater Bridgewater area, claimed to be a site of alleged paranormal phenomena.
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People, including those in the Norton Police Department, have claimed to see giant birds with wingspans of 8 to 12 feet in Hockomock Swamp and neighboring Taunton and Easton. The Winslow House in ...
A Pukwudgie, also spelled Puk-Wudjie (another spelling, Puck-wudj-ininee, is translated by Henry Schoolcraft as "little wild man of the woods that vanishes"), [1] is a human-like creature of Wampanoag folklore, found in Delaware, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Indiana and Massachusetts, sometimes said to be two to three feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) tall.
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