Indiana's Mysterious Mounds: Legends of Advanced Civilizations and Giants
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- Before the first pyramid, or Stonehenge was built, a mysterious people lived in North America. They built large mounds, mostly of earth, sometimes covered in stone, and aligned them to the stars with mathematical precision. They built large cities, with walls up to 25 feet tall, and massively long, And in some of their tombs, were found giant skeletons, ranging from 6 and a half to 9 feet tall. These people dominated the landscape, and yet one day, they vanished, and no one seems to know where they went. This is the fascinating story of Indiana’s mysterious mounds, stone fortifications, and the people that built them.
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I live within 5 miles of one of these mounds. An elderly lady I used to work for petitioned to have this mound cored and was denied. She always wanted to know the secrets hidden beneath. Thank you for this video 🐝
My pleasure! Some of them have nothing inside, being only a platform or ceremonial mound. I want to do an excavation of a cave / tunnel, supposedly under Mounds State Park. It was filled up over 100 years ago, and no one knows what was in it.
@@AdventureswithRoger That sounds so interesting! Please keep us updated. Indiana has so much history and imo we are taken for granted. We are the red-headed stepchild lol Disgarded and assumed unworthy. This is a beautiful state for those who choose to pay attention 🐝
@@indianahoneybee8852 Couldn’t agree with you more!
@@AdventureswithRoger the government will not allow you to excavate. If you try to do it without government authorization, the MIB will pay you a threatening visit and make you stop.
We’ve found enough of the same type of artifacts, nothing new to find. Let the graves rest. 🙂
My grandpa passed on a few years ago, but he was adamant that he seen the skeleton of a giant in southern indiana. He said the person would have been at least 9 foot tall. He told me stories of two places in southern indiana where giants were found. I believe he was telling the truth.
Numerous places. I’m on the fence about whether the skeletons were 9 feet tall, or if it was genuinely a tall person, but hard to estimate from the bones that were left. We have 7 foot tall people around today, that might look like 9 foot, if they were only bones. I’ve received many reports from central and South America, but to date: no pictures or addresses, of where I can send my cousin, whom lives there.
@AdventureswithRoger There were giants or nephillim who were in the world before Noah's flood and after according to Genesis 6 invasion in the Bible. L.A. Marzulli has done much research on this, as well as Steve Quayle.
Did they have big feet I wonder?
Careful, you might get put on the Smithsonian watch list...
A lot of people don’t realize that before European contact Native Americans lived well. They had agriculture animal husbandry in supplemented with hunting. They were well fed and well nourished, better so then the Europeans. Think about the families of basketball players in the United States they are all very tall.
I’m certain certain your grandfather was telling the truth.
We need more levelheaded channels like this that can take history and myth and put it into perspective without blowing it out of proportion by trying to advance their own agenda.
I would rather believe that our ancestors could build great cities without the help of extraterrestrials. And just because they believed in gods doesn't mean that gods did the work for them or taught them how to do it. Humans are ingenious and we all know that necessity is the mother of invention!
That's very true and the evidence is scattered across the globe.
It’s about time we learned about this history. It’s terrible to think of all that has been lost. I want to know more about our North American ancestors
Well, all ancient civilizations speak of GIANTS and Nephilim, religious books, and have been passing knowledge of these beings down for thousands of years. A very dear friend of mine that is like a brother to me lives there. And told me that they dug up and found Giants' Bones. He wouldn't lie to me. So believe it or not, but if you don't then everyone is lying, from Native Indigenous American Indians, Aboriginals, Sardinians, Greeks ... And the list goes on.
I grew up a few miles from Brewersville IN. The nine foot eight inch tall giant skeleton found on George Robinson's farm was said to have "double rows" of teeth. Thanks for mentioning it Robert.
Red hair, double row teeth, and 6 fingers are all common descriptors of Nephilim.
Hmmmm, my son is tall, red haired and had two sets of adult teeth. Hmmmmm
@SW Greaaaat. 😆
Hilarious
@SW are you serious?!? somewhat expecting to hear that one had 6 toes next. Do you know your families genealogy by chance? Does your family have these traits going further back that you know of ..... do any of them have pronounced extra sense ability that your family has noticed over time?
I ask the last one because it wouldnot be a surprise to hear that they or other relatives had prophetic dreams or the amity to just know things ... heal people ... understand animals .... bi locate .... things similar to these abilities.
I used to clean the carpet at the Angle Mound Museum back in the 80’s. It was one of my most informative jobs :)
You’ve got stories. I know you got stories. 😉
i've always been fascinated by the mounds and mound builders. thanks for putting this out there.
Abraham Lincoln referred to giants in North America when he visited Niagara Falls saying the giants buried in the mounds gazed upon Niagara as we do now.
I could kick myself for not using that! I’d read that, but forgot to add it to the script! 😃
Wow that's cool!
Excellent quote! Good job.
Well, the Bible has refered to giants for well over 4k years.
@@AdventureswithRoger it would be nice to know about Pilot Mountain in N. Carolina (I've camped there many times, and don't live to far from it).
Very well done. I live in Southern Indiana and have walked so many fields of Indian Mounds, some of which haven't been surveyed and still get farmed. Posey County has recently began the preservation and identifying process of a large number of mounds. Some of these mounds have rural gravel roads going right over top of them.
Thank-you! I hoped to pull-together all I could, and it was a challenge! The state geological survey catalogued over 2,000 mounds / earthworks, but according to the archaeology office, that list hasn’t been verified for well over 100 years! Just by talking with local people, I know that many were plundered for hobby, to see if there were any trophies for home. “Grandpa has a stone axe on his wall,” is a common sentiment. Especially true along the Ohio River, where there were once hundreds of smaller mounds.
I commented but TH-cam done something with it. I’m not sure if it will reappear or not. I mentioned a website called historic map works. This website used to document some burial grounds from long before that are now no longer talked about. I have walked hundreds of fields as well and can attest this. Many mounds are still being plowed today. Everywhere in the state and every state that had tribes of Indians. This is why while searching you almost always find the artifacts on or near the hill. So ironic & very well said @JohnHaroldjr
Crops cultivated on these mounds have been in the food chain for decades, apparently. Sounds like the set up for a science fiction/horror film plot.
@@AdventureswithRoger Did you find any info on why it is called Mounds on State Hwy 52 just south of Brookville? Right at the area where White's Flea Market/auction is? There is a hill behind the flea market, but if that is a mound, it would be a huge one! It is right on the Whitewater River and surrounded by hills similar to the Knobs, but this one seems to be alone and bare. Just wondering. Also are those geo surveys readable online? If so, can you post a link?
@@wuznotbornyesterda Mounds SRA at Brookville USED to have a ton of mounds, but nearly all of them were destroyed by artifact hunters. People have told me that a few still remain, but I don’t have any reference points.
Some of the old maps can be found in 1879 geological report, but I found many by chance. I’m slowly assembling a book, to include all that I found over the years.
I have lived in Indiana my whole life and was completely unaware of most of these!
That's crazy.
ME TOO! AND I AM A ADVID ANTIQUITIES FAN! THIS IS AMAZING!!
Me too! Greenwood Indiana here.
Thanks for this excellent documentary Roger. Many people are unaware of what existed in America prior to Western colonization, they just think it was nomadic tribes following the Buffalo herds. And what a shame how these mysterious finds were treated!
My pleasure, Martin! There’s a huge story to be told, and I only scratched the surface with this one! I’ve been working 3 months on a new documentary, about Indiana’s indigenous people. Hoping to publish it soon, but it is a huge undertaking! Both ancient and later people of Indiana were largely non-nomadic. They made permanent villages with wood frame houses, and were farmers: a strong contrast to the perception most people have. I hope I can present this story with honor! 🙂
I'm from Evansville and I need to go back to Angel Mounds. Thank you for including it in this video. It's amazing just how much of our ancient past we have no knowledge of, and I suspect that some of that knowledge has been suppressed for "the greater good". Thanks again for the fantastic videos.
My pleasure, Nick! As a kid, I’d heard stories of giant skeletons, and unusual artifacts found in farmers fields. Looking around the internet, no one had ever bothered to pull these Indiana stories together, so I chased it! I believe archaeologists in high places, absolutely know more than what they’re telling.
Yeah the greater good of not us normal people lol
@@JonnoPlays I made a late night error on Cahokia though. I wrote Illinois but said Ohio. 🙂
On that Rose Island I mention, there’s been a long debate that it wasn’t prehistoric people building the walls and castle, but a Welsh Prince named “Madoc”. The contention was that prehistoric people weren’t smart enough to build such things, it had to be a European. But Fort Ancient and Cahokia blows that theory away. The fact that copper armor instead of bronze was found, further supports that it was mound builders. However, history runs a tricky game. Europeans could’ve came later and added on to whatever was there. Another rabbit hole is the idea that every major European country wanted to claim America, so planted evidence and outright lies to try and establish that they were here first.
@@AdventureswithRoger I do believe Roger that archaeologists know more than they are saying. I have found some out of place artifacts here in North Alabama, the state archaeologist refuses to even acknowledge.I would like to show you some pictures of the stuff I found if you're interested
@@williamfite6201 That would be awesome!
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I’m writing a draft about some peculiar ancient relics, found in this area. Would love to see what you’ve found in your neck of the woods! 🙂
I visited the Cahokia mounds in Illinois many times as a kid. Pretty amazing they have survived as long as they have.
I’m hoping to get over there after they complete renovations on the museum! They’re doing the same at our Angel Mounds site, the curator said it would be at least two years until they’re done!
Not all of them did. Theres a bunch of mounds tgat were removed for excavation. There was a refuse mound removed also.
I live 15min from Cahokia mounds, the grounds have gotten smaller over the years. Many mounds have been removed. When I went as a kid in the late 80s the mounds Park was far nicer. Fun fact many mounds were removed to build downtown St Louis. Also when they built the new bridge into the city a few years back they found a village, pottery etc but claimed no bodies were found. Nothing was done, it was all destroyed for the bridge. I'd imagine they did find bodies and lied because they changes things federally.
@@AdventureswithRoger likely you simply mis spoke /Still….make sure your visit to Collinsville Is in ILLINOIS…to see Cahokia Mounds. It’s not In Ohio🤷🏻♀️ we here in Southern Illinois Love the mounds…& the Stoneforts .
I grew up in Cahokia. Been to the mounds many times
Great video! I've lived in Vincennes all my life. As a child I remember sledding on Sugarloaf Mound & going to Angel Mounds for school field trips, though I remember so little about the park itself. The mounds & the giants have really interested me for years, so much mystery behind it all. I appreciate that you went over so much & left it as it is, still very mysterious, rather than trying to push opinions.
I tried to present the popular theories but reel it in with what researchers have actually found. We know a lot, but still don’t know everything. 🙂
I am from Ecansville. Know the area well.
Me too I’m from Indy we always called it boob hill lol
When we go sledding
@@caseytrotter9295 LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks again for putting good this for all.
Thanks for the memories! I lived in Anderson, IN when I was ten (1967) and my father took us to the mounds. My brothers and I had a lot of fun wandering around. All I can recall was that they were “Indian Mounds”. THANKS for explaining them and for bringing back the memories❤ CK in California
My pleasure, Cheryl!
I lived in Anderson for about 10 years. I used to love going to Mounds State Park. Very interesting.
I live in Cicero. Ive been there many times too. I had way more questions then answers after being there
Amazing! I never HEARD of these mounds in Indiana! YES mounds in Illinois and Ohio but never in Indiana. Thanks for bringing them to light for us! What a shame so much of this pre-history has been destroyed.
The mounds go from Detriot Michigan all the way south to the Florida keys I've lived in Florida most of my life and this should be with this story a mound in Daytona Beach sits at a commercial intersection and one day this builder decided to flatten the mound for a restaurant foundation However all the local construction workers union or not refused to go near the mound stating that the last three owners of the property all died shortly after the purchase of this corner deal of deals and the current owner brought in an out of state crew a freak storm with strong rain and the sun still shinning bright as they began to bulldoze the mound a lighting strike killed the entire crew 4 dead. the owner three days later died and the mound sat for a few years until a new clueless owner bought the property he hired union concrete and they poured the foundation, finished the slab and built a nice restaurant just as the owner was picking out menus he died, the story made the papers and a new owner bought the restaurant the next day he died the restaurant sat with brand new 1985 disco type wallpaper until 2008 when the city of Daytona had the mound area fenced off and parking garage not over the mound but besides it four stories high and nothing but grass grows on the mound area to this day not even the birds land on this rectangle as cars park around it . and no one has died since.
@@astroblue6207 Wow! Surprising this story has not reached National News.
I grew up in Vincennes. Indian mounds, arrowheads, and beads were just the ordinary stuff we grew up with. Funny, now that I look at it, how we just accepted all of it so naturally. Every kid had an artifact or two in his pocket.
I'm from Southern Indiana between Vevay and Madison by the mighty Ohio River. This is absolutely fascinating. We have such a mound around Lamb. They have a fence around it. Always found myself drawn too it every time drive by it. Don't have the history of it but sure would like too know!! What a great great documentary. Had no clue there where that meany mounds close by. There's people from everywhere that comes here search for arrowheads. Especially around tilling time in fields. Thank you for this its awesome!!❤
My pleasure, Darrell! I’ve been fascinated by the mound stories for ages. Lots of these mound stories are virtually lost, buried in folders at libraries and historical societies. I got very lucky on what I found, but am sure there were many others that are equally fascinating!
They are all over Ohio, KY, Indiana ,
Probably run all over the country
But there’s a reason the middle of the country is called
“ The Heart Land “
That’s where there’s thousands of mounds / pyramids from the original civilization of the old world .
Don't you also have Celtic markings on rocks out there ❓🤔
@@stardustgirl2904 Sure do!! 😊
@@darrelledens237 So what is all this telling us 🤔🙏🏻🕊️ nomatic people we're all over the world 🌎❓
My grandmothers family farm in Ohio had a mound. I always knew that it was not a normal formation of this farmland because the rest of the acres were flat. It is still there. I find this very interesting. Thank You .
You should dig into it carefully and see what you find. You never know, there may be a Giant Skeleton inside of it and if there isn't, then you have nothing to worry about.
You might be sitting on a gold mine check it out lot of new tech gear out penatration type even medaldetectors super deep
I wonder if it was already raided for bones and such for the smithsonian back in the day. That's what happened to any known mound a very, very long time ago. They would prefer we think it is Native American use only, not created and then used by Native Americans.
@@easyriderrider4580Have you checked it out at all? Are there holes, tunnels & trenches dug by looters? If I were a looter I'd be all over that thing...
There's lots of gold detectors now that might help you! I think that they made it a law that you cannot dig on those???
I'd do it when you cannot be seen or watched and tell nobody!!!!
Awesome. You’ve got a great audience Collected! Congratulations on your success, it’s tough to get people to care about history. I’m friends with many archaeologists who don’t have as many subscribers as you do. Thanks for getting the word out! ❤
In Ohio folks do not care ,you can let then know about the oldest- largest mounds, being permitted destroyed for Garbage & gravel money ! At same time requesting a unesco designation ! A real shame
Very good video. Thank you, more people need to know about the mounds. When I was 5 years old I had a Deja Vu' while watching the sun set over a mound West of where my parents house was being built. I found out there was a mound in the direction of the sunset. As I got older I explored the mound. It was near a stream and stood alone in a flat field area. It also had mature oak trees at the top. South of the mound was a large man made lake that in the winter would reflect the sun on the mound. It got leveled for condos and a tollway runs past it now. I now live 10 miles South of that area and presume another mound exists. When the tollway was to be expanded to my area, I showed up to a tollway presentation with photos I took of the mound. It caused quite a stir that day. To the tollway builders credit they barely disturbed the mound. It was all denied that it was an ancient mound even though it is along 2 waterways, one being the Des Plaines River the French used to get to Lake Michigan. The history of North America is still shrouded in mystery.
Hello, from near what used to be referred to as Mound City! Thanks for mentioning the crumbling cow town under a catenary curve that today suffers destruction at the hands of a different breed with an altogether alternate goal and vision. Let's celebrate this chance to protect what is left, understand to respect and learn from what once was, and work hard for what will be.
Thank you for sharing this admirable effort, as it is much appreciated!
I drive through Indiana at least twice a week making deliveries and I see potential mounds and earthen works all the time. I saw and GPS'd what looked like an actual Dolman structure near the Ohio/WV border recently. It was not far from a river in an area with thicker brush.
@@robertmoray988 i think its very clear we are not the 1st to be advanced if thats the way to put it.
Imagine how many are probably under forested areas but they’re more obvious in the farmland.
@pamela1230 Certainly agree with taking Jesus along for the ride, I’ve been to some sketchy places! Though my impression on most of these places, is ancient people with a good building plan. A verified 6 and a half feet tall is not Biblical giant tall, I know people alive today that are taller! In ancient times and the business world today, slightly taller people are chosen to be leaders. Saul in the Old Testament, was made king because he was taller than everyone else, not because he was especially smart or a great leader. Some of the mound builder skeletons found at Evansville were tall, but not remarkably tall, and certainly not Nephilim tall. Not one 8 foot or taller skeleton exists in any museum today. I’ve even asked people for locations of these giants, but no one has an address of the museum, anywhere on the planet. Whether the giant skeletons disintegrated, or museums are hiding them in storage, is unknown.
@AdventureswithRoger There's no way the natives told stories down the generations about giants and them being cannibalistic and it not be true. One thing that is unique about all Natives? They take pride in their tales, and legends not being completely exaggerated, and embellished. They make sure that the tales are as accurate to the past as can possibly be. That and my grandfather saw an actual giant's bones on display when he was in his 20's in Nevada. I don't remember where he said he was. Also? Kap Dwa. Baltimore, Maryland. I know a guy who took a look at this 2 headed giant that was killed off Argentina in the island of Patagonia. He said it was real. This thing is 9 feet tall. Also? The Catacombs of Malta. Research that. It's crazy.
Our grandsons are related to the Angel family who settled on what is now known as Angel Mounds. How thankful we are they did not disturb or destroy the mounds or artifacts.
Who are your grandsons? I’m part of the Angel family
@@justinangel4977 CA. Where are you?
I liked this video. I can believe that various groups are sanitizing history with these mounds. Not just here in Indiana and Ohio but all over the continent, like the Lovelock Cave in Nevada and places in the Grand Canyon. The bones are gone now, so just the mounds and caves and scattered artifacts are left.
I am from Warrick County Indiana, where Angel Mounds is located, but I recently moved up to Columbus, Ohio and just south of the Serpent Mound. The little bit of research I have done about both locations is fascinating!! I thought that it was also a little coincidental having lived close to 2 major areas with a lot of significant Native American/Nephilim/Giants history that has not hit the mainstream until just very recently (and still not as popular as one would think). I also heard a rumor of some red headed giant skeletal remains found around Eastern Posey and Western Vanderburgh Counties in Southwestern Indiana. I was told that the individual who found them had quite the runaround with a couple letter agencies.... Anyways, thank you for taking the time to put this together you have gained yourself new subscriber!!
Thank-you and welcome to the Channel, Andrew! Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky have a plethora of interesting prehistoric sites to explore. While I knew about many, viewers of this video have provided many more!
Columbus is way north of the serpent mound
There are some mounds around the Newark area that I got mixed up on the locations
"Little bit of research I have done"
Or in other words, watched TH-cam conspiracy theory videos and the history channel😂😂😂
I can’t speak for everyone, but when I say “research”, especially on these hour plus long segments, it means I spent a month on internet digging, looking for credible sources to research next, and then physically visited archives and locations where events happened. Lots of time and gas money.
If people want to have an intelligent conversation about the documentary or what I found: it makes my day. If they come to the channel to troll, because they hate their life, I shadow ban their account and let them type all they want, never to be seen by anyone else.
Great video Roger! This is such a fascinating and important topic that many Hoosiers don't know about. I'm happy to see you giving it the time of day and leaving no stone unturned.
Thanks, Dan! So much history has been lost or just buried really well. Little town libraries and historical societies have these stories, but are in old folders that people rarely read. For sure, I’ve had an interest in this topic since I was a kid, and chasing this one was a true adventure!
Could be a fun road trip, especially in the spring
@@AdventureswithRoger I'm planning a trip to see some sights myself so this really helped me get some ideas.
@@danwhite657 Tell me which area you’re thinking about, and I can tell you what’s nearby! Lots of hidden gems.
@@AdventureswithRoger I'm planning to go see Browning mountain first.
I live outside Wickliffe Kentucky and there are mounds there. There is mounds in Alabama, Ohio, missiouri, Illinois etc. the mound people were very vast in North America at one time.
13:30 Fomalhaut is one of the four Royal Stars which make up the Square in ancient hieroglyphs. There is a Mound in the town I live in called Grand Mound. I am researching it and its alignment with Precession of the Equinoxes. Well done, great content!!!
Thank-you! Like you, I’m now interested in the astronomical alignment to these places, but have also added the concept of ley lines. If I or someone could prove the legitimacy of the latter, that would make a fascinating video!
check out Michelle Gibson's channel! she has all sorts of ley line info
Thanks very much for a great presentation 👍
Thanks for this additional information I was super curious to know about this aspect specifically!
So what'd you find?
Issue a correction from your video. My home town is Vincennes Indiana, I was born in 1982, and was one of thousands who sledding on the Indiana Mounds through the 80s and 90s. It was both established and well kwon that the mound was Indian Burial. First off my parents told us kids that indians were Buried here. Secondly back in the day the property own then privately had two signs that said burial mounds posted.
My point is thousands people sledded there for decades know they were burial mounds, the difference was we weren't taking shovels and going on private treasure hunts, being respectful to the owners wish.
Losts of great memories there in the fall they had big fires below the mounds and would host hog slaughter and roast them, and do hayrides on the history of the area, and give tours of the mounds and known history of them. Super fun.
All I'm saying is in the end after I moved away unless people became completely stupid in Vincennes and no longer could read signs or understand the stories past down from dad and mom and Grandpa and Grandma it was well known it was a burial mound.
P.S. as of 2000 my last year you could sled there. I also use to cut the grass for the old man who lived in the house from 89 to 95 for FREE. push mow the mounds. Dad would get off from work and help me. The old guy would give us Ice Tea and Lemonade with moon pies.
@sshumkaer are you implying that just because two or three generations and a sign claim something is an Indian burial ground, it is just that and we shouldn't question it?
@@MrSnoomun1983 just doesn't matter is the point.
@@sshumkaer cool story bro 😎
It's just such a shameful loss of human history that these places were not even considered as being important. Happened here in Michigan as well. My family had nothing to do with looting and greed, they were historians and respectful of old cultures. I am too!
They werent destroyed due to intellectual laziness. They were destroyed to cover up the existance of giants. Any evidence of giants is destroyed and/or covered up. The existance of giants proves The Bible correct and the evil ones in power cant have that.
Wow this video definitely coincides with the Book of Enoch. Enoch offers a great exclamation about the Giants. Not only did they exist according to Enoch but he explains why they existed. It's not a kept secret in Indian nations about the Giants that they once worshipped. They're teaching and information definitely doesn't coincide with what I was taught in academics in school. But then I discovered the Book of Enoch The book was written in Latin .Took forever to find someone who could actually read Latin. But once I had located this individual they were more than glad to read the book to me. After learning the knowledge of the Book of Enoch I question everything..
You can't save them all
@dotpierce4647 that's really not important. One doesn't have to leave the Bible to here story of giants.
Although isn't taught much anymore Christian Theology uses to teach the Gap Theory, a part of Gap Theory essentially was to explain civilization for example that predated TROY, were talking old stuff civilization not discovered by men today, but in most cases ruled by giants or as in this video Nephilim. The Nephilim who were children of the Fallen, the Fallen who were the 2/3rd of angels cast out of heaven, it's been long part of church tradition although interesting not important that the Fallen laid with women and they children = Nephilim, half God, Half Man, but of course because their men their DNA lines disappear over the centuries, that and killed in war.
Very happy to have found your channel. I followed cfapps7865 who did a lot of videos on little known North American history/mound builders. I was so saddened when he unexpectedly passed away. Thank you for bringing more awareness to ancient historical places here in the US.
Its wild to me how quickly cfapps7865's channel grew and how sorely he is missed!!!!
Same here. Cannot believe he is no longer with us.
@@stormysmurf I am so glad his channel is still up. He worked so hard on it.
I haven't watched his channel for awhile. I didn't realize he passed away. How long ago did he pass ?
He was probably "snuffed" by the US government BECAUSE HE KNEW TOO MUCH & WAS EXPOSING IT. they had to shut him up
Thank you for the shout out to southern Ohio mounds. I live 7 mi from The Great Serpent. I've been to Fort Ancient, Fort Hill, Miamisburg, Chillicothe, Portsmouth, more. Photos don't give you the feeling you get when standing among them. Holy ground. No doubt. Thank you for story.
It is a different feeling that’s hard to explain. Some have told me that these places were built along ley lines, and that explains the feeling you have. I always feel at peace.
@@AdventureswithRoger it's the varying size, geometry, shape, layout and awe that they inspire. All were intentional. There's guide books so you can self tour in Ohio. No trespassing, of course! 😄 Thank you for responding.
I never realized the power of TH-cam until I did a segment about an abandoned castle. A few days later, carloads of people were creating a nuisance at the place. So, I hesitate posting some things now. 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger yes! All in book are located as city, local, state parks. I know some on private land but don't know people who own it. Never seen those! Thanks again for your input.
How was I born and raised in Indianapolis and never knew this?? And I’m a history nerd 😭 this actually blew my mind. Down the rabbit hole I go
I lived in Greenwood for over 30 years, and never heard most of these stories until I visited family in Southern Indiana. The small town libraries and historical societies have these stories, but sometimes it’s a lengthy dig! 🙂
We've got so much, I'm in Indianapolis also. Lawrence
Head out to Anderson and check out Mounds State Park. The Interpretive Naturalist there is Kelly Morgan and she frequently leads very informative hikes and programs there.
Maybe because you went to a public school?
@@utetrahemicon I went to Catholic school for 4 years and public school after. There’s just a lot of important history to learn, there was never really a focus on state history. And any teaching on Native Americans was always focused on the big 3, Incan, Mayan and Aztec, some Cherokee for the trail of tears, Apache and Mohawk just out of popularity, not really any focus on northern tribes that would have been in Indiana. I don’t blame education or schools, I think they focused on the important stuff. This is more “lore” based from an education standpoint so not many schools are going to delve into it.
I lived in Indiana for 50 years and never knew about this. Now I'm going back to check it out.
I was born and raised in LaGrange,IN. My great grandparents owned many farms. They were American Indian.
Great video Roger! It boggles my mind that someone thought it would be a GREAT idea to build roads, thus destroying these great historical finds! Being born and raised in Gaston/Muncie there are a LOT of things in IN that I'm just now finding out about. Who knew we had giants living there WAY before we moved in?
I was raised in Yorktown along the White River a few miles from Mounds State Park. It was always a magical place to visit as a child, even more so today.
The research you have put into this video is amazing!! Love it! I have heard from many sources about the Smithsonian having no record.
Did they destroy them or are they hiding them?
I know about the ones on Lamb, IN as I live in the area. I hope the family who owns this farm have made provisions for the future so nobody can ever disturb them. Thank you Roger for making this video and sharing it!!
My pleasure, Rebecca! Hoping to see some privately owned sites this spring.
I did a video a while back, focusing on the Smithsonian record keeping issue. At face value it’s fishy, because they sent a receipt to Professor Borden, on their letterhead, but there is no record of anything he sent.
Borden Museum Mystery
th-cam.com/video/dWZb2qOiaF4/w-d-xo.html
H there! It says Rebecca Law on that post. My name is Preston Law! There aren't many Law families out there! Maybe we're related! Ha ha! Glad there's still other people who care about this stuff out there. I can't seem to learn enough! God bless you Rebecca and your family!
I heard the Smithsonian lost a lawsuit back around 2015 for collaboration with the US government to destroy thousands of giant skeletons.
@@prestonlawii775 This is my married name. My husband’s Law side are from northern Kentucky. I love this stuff and there are so much proof of things sent to the Smithsonian that they now say they don’t have or have any record of. I appreciate Roger doing a story about this and how it has happened with local artifacts as well.
Some of these mounds were built by the mysterious red haired white people giants and by native American people it was said in Mexico Quesacoatl was a red haired white guy who taught native Mexican Aztecan people arts, building pyramids knowledge he left and sail east promising to come back from the east native Americans in there legends of a race of people who were giants red haired white who were very intelligent some were cannibals the natives said there here before they arrived
Fun video. Thank you for all your work on your channel.
Very glad to hear the confirmation that your ‘example’ Mound is at Angel Mounds. It’s the ‘Beehive Mound’ just by the drive entrance, isn’t it?
I also think it’s fasinating that the early European settlers appreciated the mounds as sacred sites and often put their own cemeteries close by these older places. Too unfortunate that as time passed so many of the mounds were just thought to be in the way, and a handy place to get building materials or fill dirt, like many you mentioned.
All the best!
Right at the entrance.
I grew up in Jeffersonville Indiana and I never heard of the skeleton remains In Clarksville.my mom took us to the library twice a week and there were history classes you could take and we love to sit by the Ohio river and have picnics by the falls and watch the barges go by my mom loved history and my uncle was full blooded Indian who loved to tell us stories
Entertaining stuff. I lived for 10 years in Evansville. Used to make deliveries to Angel Mounds. Southern Illinois has lots of interesting mounds as well. Some near Shawneetown and on the Kentucky side were grave robbed back in the 80s.
I’ve known where many are, but have been pleased to hear about many more in Indiana, surrounding states, and even the world!
Dude, this was really well done. Very good job.
Thank-you!
Always wanted to know more about the mound builders of North America. Thank you for this awesome upload. Just what I needed after a long day of work
I was born (1967)and raised in Kendallville, Indiana. After seeing this I'm seeing that more than I realized was kept from us! Thank you! Wow!
I'm curious what has been found in Kendallville? I was doing construction over there and found flake gold on a rock. There's a group of streets Rush, Dimond, Gold, Silver and Prospect which happened to be the street I was working on next to the Creek lol. Always made me think the area would have probably been heavily populated by the native americans with the 4 lakes but haven't heard anything about it living up in Hamilton lol
Fort wayne has a huge mound downtown..reservoir park
@ 42:50 we need to do a LIDAR scan of the whole state! That way the trees are removed to see what's under there! You are bringing light to a much needed area! Thank you!
This is AWESOME. I was born in Indiana and grew up learning about the mounds. Later on I lived in Dayton Ohio, Miamisburg is a somewhat of a suburb for Dayton. I have walked up the Miamisburg Mound many times. It is placed on the highest hill in the area and waay down below it is the Miamisburg Mound. It is SO much bigger in person!
The Miamisburg mound really is tall! OUTSTANDING view!
@@AdventureswithRoger The Miamisburg Mound is the most known in the area but if talk to the locals they can point you in the direction of a TON that are just within a couple miles of that one! I have a bunch of family around Winchester Indiana and there's quite a few there as well. I have personally seen more than I can count
@@Bigfoughty Ohio has one mound on private property, allegedly bigger than Miamisburg, which would make it over 65 feet tall. I would love to find a mound at least that big, in Indiana! I’ve heard rumors that we have a few in Northern Indiana. For a fact, I was using Google Earth Pro, to look at sites in northeast Indiana, and found what looked like a giant mound in a field.
@@AdventureswithRoger Yeah Google Earth is an Awesome tool. That would be great if the land owner let you go in a make doc style video or even a whole series. I live in northern Nevada now, and I have heard of a hidden pyramid somewhere hidden within the mountains here in Pershing County!
Exciting stuff!
Roger always brings the knowledge in his videos ! Thanks for the history trip
My pleasure, Brian!
I grew up in Cincinnati and got the pleasure of going to fort ancient on a school field trip! I've been to a few different mounds there's even a few in West Virginia!
Lol,me too! I went in Elementary school and was too young to really understand or appreciate the significance. We go camping there still and canoeing and ziplining. I went to Fairfield, graduated 89!
I'm 6 feet 9 inches tall; I figure my 5 feet 4 inch Mom stunted me from being 7 feet! Just as well. I hit my head enough as it is... Great Video. Love You used the Biblical connection. Look up Gary Wayne & contact. He'd love your video too!
These are Excellent! I wish Texas had you to tell our stories. Much respect Sir!
Great video. When I was a boy I found a 3 ft. 8 in. Femur it was very dark brown, sticking out of the mud on the Tuscarawas River in Ohio near Gnadenhutten, Ohio. I brought it home. It sat in the garage for weeks. Then was gone. I was very young and my step dad may have done something with it. I really didnt realize it was a leg bone until my step dad looked at it. He had me show him where I found it near a large sand and gravel pit on the river bank.
When I was a kid, a cousin and I found bones at a construction site, Columbus, Indiana. We didn’t take them home, left them where we found them, and yet never heard more.
Great video Roger! Love your outspoken and open minded perspective. How awful the destruction and desecration of lost history that could have been garnered. I swear there is a very visible mound as you look straight out from the Old North Salem high school, now a grade school and where I attended Jr high. No roads could I find to get close (farm land) but it's symmetrical, almost pyramidal appearance makes me fairly certain.
Thank-you, Susan!
It well could be a mound! If it’s near the confluence of two streams, you just increased the likelihood by 50% or more.
@@AdventureswithRoger Google says that Mill Creek and Big Walnut become Eel River at the confluence and North Salem is in Eel River township and it flows through town, but I'm not certain of the point of confluence unless I saw a waterway map. Thank you.
All the big mounds I found last year and early this one, were either beside a river or at the point of two rivers. These builders apparently liked a grand landscape! 🙂
They need to excavate these
The ones in Mexico looked just like these mounds or even worse with being completely hidden until they were professionally cleared
Now they’re MAMOTH STRUCTURES that were always under there the whole time
We have always been so fascinated by these mounds. Another great video Roger! We love the history!
It was a fun dive! I’m thinking about wrapping up Corydon / Harrison County next.
im from southern indiana and we have these mounds everywhere, we have tons of hills everywhere too and this is why we are called the Rolling Hills of Indiana. I love our hills and mounds, I call them my tiny mountains. And through the years ive heardn many native indian stories about Giants and one time the chif Indian said they are the reason why the giants were erradicated from american soil, he said they were tired of the giants taking their women and children so the men would gather togther and lure the giants into caves and wait them out and when the giants would come to eat and drink they would ambush and spear the giants to death and kill them. And all through my life I've had nightmares about giants and I grew up on the 3rd biggest hill or mound who knows in my small town of maybe 1000 people. And it all makes sense. Giants are real and the evil people in charge in America hide the giants because they lead you back to God the Creator but the evil people in charge do not want you knowing our God/Creator that's why they hide the truth about giants. I had dreams about giants before I even could read or watch a movie about them. And per what the word of God KJV bible says giants will appear again in the End Times and we are in the Ends Times. The KJV bibles says the End Times will be like the days of Noah because in Noahs time there were giants they were the main reason why God flooded the earth because the giants and the fallen angels messed up human DNA and so God used Noah's family to restart humanity. The fallen angels are the fathers of the giants, they mated with human women and the women gave birth to the evil giants. The truth is always stanger than fiction.
Many people are watching the lowering Euphrates for fallen angels.
@@AdventureswithRoger yes! We wait on more news of the caves found there in the dry bed.
Apocalyptic for sure!
Wow, interesting information. Thank you
@@herculydia My pleasure!
@@AdventureswithRoger yes, I am watching too.
Thank you for all your time and effort presenting this information to the public.
Thank-you, Dee!
Great video, thank you. I used to live in Indiana near Lake Michigan. The giant people is a very interesting topic. Hiding the truth from people seems to be a tradition for some people. Seems like, if we know the truth they can't control us.
I think there is another video about the Giants in the Southern States. It mentioned a couple boys finding a giants remains in a cave.
I've been interested in the stone fort at 14 Mile Creek for a long time, since I lived in Jeffersonville. Many of the large stones from the fort were hauled down the Ohio and formed the foundation for a railway bridge at Jeffersonville called the Big Four Bridge, which is now a walking bridge across the Ohio.
What I would give to see what was there before it was dismantled
@@AdventureswithRoger how did u find all this info. There is a huge hill in shelbyville thats out of place. I bet its a big mound. And its huge.
@@jessegarrett5533 Lots of digging through both the internet and county libraries.
@@AdventureswithRoger Do you know anything about Mounds just below Brookville, IN? It has a sign as if it were a town and it's right on the highway and Whitewater River. There's the White's Flea Mkt on Wednesdays and right behind it is a large grassy hill that could possibly be a mound?
@wuznotbornyesterda I was planning to go there, hence the name “Mounds State Park”, but apparently, everything was leveled long ago.
Wow Rodger I'm proud to say you've out done yourself with this documentary. I really enjoyed it and found it very informative. Nice job there sir!
Thank-you, Pat! I was glad I could find so much information from county archives.
Once I started watching this video, I couldn't stop. I live near Rose Island and the Falls of the Ohio. On the other side of 14 Mile creek, I noticed it was strange rock formations and a cave that looked like somebody lived there at a time. Thanks for the video, I truly enjoyed it.
My pleasure! People keep requesting a movie about the Prince Madoc legend, but I don’t yet have enough material. Caves around Rose Island could be interesting. I’ve seen pictures of “naturally occurring” walls, about 5 foot tall, but I don’t know if it was on or off the peninsula.
Thanks for putting this out. I am not from or live in Indiana but have visited several mounds including the serpent mound and the emerald mound in Mississippi. It truly boggles my mind how little people in this country know about these structures and civilizations. The education establishment always seems to be interested in other places (egypt, mexico) but ignore the US mounds.
To make this one, I had to visit old library archives, as the information isn’t online. But what was more interesting, was talking to residents near the mounds. They told stories of universities coming in and taking artifacts, accidentally drilling a well that went into a cave with artifacts, farmers digging up mounds and taking artifacts to display on their walls, and some people having an uneasy feeling, as if the sites were haunted. I certainly found more than I expected!
Look into Wayne May HIDDEN IN THE HEARTLAND. I am from Indiana and lived there most of my life. These are remnants from an ancient city Thank you
I just wanted to say great job. The way you you told the story was incredible and I couldn't look away for a second.
Thank-you, Bill!
Well done! Thanks for covering one of my favorite subjects! There is a small mound in Fort Wayne about a mile from my home. I need to do some research! Your videos are always interesting and I appreciate the hard work you put into them.
Thank-you, Ruby! I’d heard of the mound at Fort Wayne, but have not seen it. Hoping to get up there this spring!
Man, I love this channel. Thanks for your hard work.
You made my morning, thank-you! I make films that I like, and hope other people will get a kick out of them too! 🙂
Also giants found at Spiro mounds in Oklahoma. And the native american museum in Bentonville arkansas has very similar artifacts to that which is shared in the video. Cool stuff
There was, and still are lots of mounds in Michigan. They were documented early on in Michigan history as well. Most of them were located along waterways. Most were destroyed, but some still remain. Thank you for this video! This is fascinating history that has not been in our schools. I grew up in subdivision that was built on a former mound site. That is how I became interested.
People have been gracious to tell me about many more, since I published the video! One place still has 27, and must have been an amazing city! All intriguing to me! 🙂
You deal with any paranormal activity? I'm almost positive theres an undocumented mound where a church sets a mile away. Geist has some really beautiful hidden land that I would've 100 percent stayed in if I was ancient people. Cant find much about it as I think alot was covered up do to making the resivour
@@ethanwright5081 Where's Geist ?
Awesome and amazing information I’m from Indiana but live in Florida now - thank you for sharing this educational information
I’m from Jeffersonville, currently living in New Albany. I’ve heard legends of Southern Indiana all my life. My father is really in to that kinda stuff, and I guess it sort of passed down to me. Keep these vids coming, it’s awesome to hear someone else re-telling these.
We’re practically neighbors, I’m over in the Greenville area. I love finding these interesting stories, and preserving them for the future. So much history is being lost.
Before us there were others Crawford county native
I grew up in New Salisbury
awesome video
@@jasonherthel7372 Just down the road from me!
That is crazy this was recommended to me. Just a few days ago I posted on my social media about my hometown having pyramids. They have 3 mini pyramids of a width of roughly 30ft. But that’s not all. If you draw a triangle on the map of our town, it’s very interesting what you see. One point is overlooked by the town hall (power) second point is a college (education) and the third to the town market (trade). And instead of having a town square ours isn’t square it’s… a triangle. And I don’t know if it is connected or not but the founder of the modern day Police Force comes from here too. Sir Robert Peel. Police were never supposed to protect us. It was to control us. The elites don’t follow the laws we have to abide by. In the US police can choose not to protect you from crime. They can just walk away and not be held accountable. It was never designed in our favour.
What town??
Kontrol , in Latin; Govern. Mind, in Latin; ment. The badge and shoulder patches; will show the Lodge , They are associated with.
@@defundthe-cia2713.
Their motto: “Order ab Chao”
What town is this. Id love to see the pyramids.
There was a very large pyramid unearthed in Kossuth Iowa while a farmer was digging a well. It was in the papers and people were paying to see this pyramid of non native stone and very large red haired mummies. The blocks were cut with laser precision and they had no clue how they were transported such a great distance. There were wearing 3 of them, facing East, huddled around a fire pit within the structure. And then, the Smithsonian came...
The Army Corps Of Engineers flooded some of these sites and turned them into man made lakes. These were in Wisconsin specifically. I can't remember the name now, but there are unusually high magnetic readings taken over these sites. This race was wiped out, then the peopling by the Europeans began in the US.
Nicely done. I had not heard of the caverns under Anderson Mounds. That is such a beautiful area on the River bluffs. It's sad that agriculture has destroyed so much of Indiana's fascinating past. There were likely hundreds more mounds here. Thank you for your work!
I’m a lifelong resident of Indiana and I thought Indiana was a relatively boring state, compared with some others. That’s how I thought until I ran across your channel! You make Indiana sound so interesting! Thank you for changing my perception of things!!
Good work - one of the more interesting historical posts I’ve watched 👍☮️
Listening to the native tribes and their creation stories can help us understand and decipher history that has been declared a mystery
I lived in Connersville Indiana for 40 years. There are many mounds in the middle of cornfields that are fenced off. We used to see them when we would go arrowhead hunting. Always very interesting. The older I get the more intriguing the subject is to me. Thanks for the video.
My pleasure, Greg! I’d heard about mounds and giant stories for years, and both intrigued me. People have been kind to tell me about so many other mounds in Indiana, I only scratched the surface of what’s out there.
I live in Central Indiana and have wondered over the years if the little hills in the middle of farm fields are ancient mounds. I guess I haven't been the only one. Thanks for sharing
I grew up in a rural area in Indiana where there were Potawatomi Indian tribes. The rural church I grew up in sits up on a high hill and the road leading up to the area where the church sits is a hill. You can see for miles around once you are up at the church. After seeing this video, I am now convinced my theories from my years there are correct, it could be one of these mounds.
@@Idontneedahandle333 I know others who would bury there trash or put root cellars in and then fill them in when they left, but never the size of these mounds in the video.
@@Idontneedahandle333 I hadn't thought about that.
Those are seen in NW Indiana, down in NE Louisiana and anywhere the natives had seasonal hunting camps and crop land. Those were built to have dry land to stay on in wet areas, to see game off in the distance to hunt down or wild game grazing in their fields to either drive off or hunt down.
I might just be really stoned but i think the narrator did a good job sparking an interest. Good job man.
I LOVE this video, Roger,. Great finds thru history! Open you eyes people and see the truth!
How interesting!! And so much effort to create this excellent presentation. 👏 Thank you. More reason to respect and take pride in our human heritage.
Thank-you, Margaret!
Thank you for this video. You spent quite a bit of time and energy researching this topic and the result is massively appreciated. I love your voice and style of narration. I am looking forward to your next production.
Thank-you, Robin! These projects are a labor of love, for sure. And just when I think I’ve found it all, I find more, thanks to the helpful hints of viewers. Stay tuned! 🙂
I have lived in Muncie/Anderson all my life. Had no idea Mounds park had this history. Great video!
Thanks Luke!
That was great! Thank you for making this I truly enjoyed watching it.
Thank-you! It was a thrill to chase this one down! 🙂
What a wonderful presentation. Thanks for making it. I can't imagine the amount of hours involved.
I am an "expert" and independant researcher of ancient sites and cultures from Britain.
There are so many similarities in the constructions and settlements in USA / Canada, that it must be more than mere coincidence.
It is such an enormous shame that so much of the history was lost. In my experience, that is the result of ignorance from those who see their very existence as a threat to their theological narrative. In the UK we still have over 30,000 ancient burial mounds, but that is what remains of a population of at least 10 times that amount just 200 years ago. And what remains is disappearing - quickly.
Most of our cities, and particularly churches, are built directly on top of what existed their before. The ancient sacred sites were deconstructed, and the materials used to construct modern sacred sites. Even our most famous churches, like St Pauls Cathedral in London, is built directly on top of what was once an ancient burial mound of enormous proportions.
I wish you every success in investigating America's ancient past, and have subscribed to follow your work.
I have a collection of videos about burial mounds around the world on a You Tube playlist here :
th-cam.com/play/PLx5YuvlI81Ox129fO6bCcceqtruoEDTOj.html
I have added your video to this collection.
This is a true history lesson. Very interesting. Roger, your videos could and should be in classrooms educating our children. A+
I’ve heard that several homeschools pass my videos around! 🙂
I saw this and wanted to say thank you for this video. I grew up in IL. We have Cahokia Mounds. We called it an ancient Indian burial site.
I wrote Illinois, said Ohio as that was the focus of the last segment. 🙂
Michael tellenger talks about those big fossilized bones in Africa. I love these ancient stories.
This is a very well constructed video. I like the way the concepts are organized and presented. Enjoyable and entertaining.
Thank-you!
Fascinating! Thanks for all the hard work compiling all that information.
Thank-you for watching, Kay!
This is fascinating and a really well made documentary - thanks. The larger mounds with astrological aspects are extremely similar to one at Avebury in Wiltshire UK which is a complex much older than Stonehenge & spread out over a larger area (there is also an enormous mound called Silbury Hill). Worth taking a look.
I grew up in farm country in NW Ohio. The amount of arrowheads we would find in freshly plowed fields was apparently amazing...all you had to do was know what you were looking for.
I live right by mounds park! I didn't know these things! So interesting, thank you for taking the time to make this
My pleasure Cate!
Ever see any puckwajes?
Come through Indiana! Can't wait to watch more of your videos!
Just paid a visit to Mounds today, looked around for any of the fabled cave entrances, and turned up nothing. Do you have any hints as to where any of the entrances could be? This park has fascinated me for years and I think about what secrets those caves could hold very often.
They blew the entrance up with dynamite, with only the old postcard as a clue. A friend of mine, a President of a grotto, sent me a few photos of where he thinks it could be, but it’s pretty inconclusive really. Based on the inhabited caves I’ve found, along the White and Wabash Rivers, and high above, I’d walk away from the mounds toward the river, looking for a rock ledge with dirt or rocky debris. After the little girl was lost and rescued, they didn’t want it to happen again.
What fires me up, is that to get lost, you need a fairly big cave! One Indian cave I found at Shoals, goes back some 100 feet into the bank, and was rumored to once surface on the bluff. Black Rock Nature Preserve, Bluffs of Beaver Bend, and McBrides Bluff are all very similar, and used by native people.
@@AdventureswithRoger Man curiosity just drives me wild when it comes to this stuff! There didn't seem to be any apparent areas where the caves might be and I walked the whole length of the white river in the park. These mysteries take up so much of my mind! hahaha
I was also wondering if you had read anything about the path of souls and it's correlation to Angel mounds, and possibly mounds state park? It is documented as having alignments similar to rituals, and I am wondering if mounds state park is the same, though I can't find it documented anywhere.
Also just wanted to say I love your videos, Indiana is a beautiful place and we have some fascinating history and mind boggling mysteries, it makes me happy that so many others share the same feelings, and that you are able to put them together in a very enjoyable way.
Have not read “Path of Souls”, but I have been trying to find a semi-authoritative guide to ley lines. I don’t think one exists, but my idle curiosity would love to link them to Indiana’s unusual places, if possible. That would be a cool video, if they actually lined up! I’m a hopeful skeptic. 🙂
There was such an extensive number of earth works in the Marietta Oh area that there were motions in England to preserve the entire area. This was while the area was part of the Northwest Territory. Sadly they were not preserved and most were destroyed.
These mounds predate the Younger Dryas. It's a shame we lost all that culture
'The mound indicates how important the dead were'
Future archeologists finding our earthen landfill caps:
'They seem to have worshipped some sort of plastic gods'
I used to live close to Angel Mounds near Evansville, IN. We would picnic on the beautiful grounds. We visited the mounds and the center. It was all so fascinating and peaceful.
And this time of year: you had the place pretty much all to yourself, especially if you come during the week! Super peaceful
Thanks for these documentaries. This is fabulous in one way and quite sad in another.
The unknown is far more than the known..... Appreciate the unknown
In high school I heard a story about giants found when they started a cemetery in Green county Indiana,call Pevy cemetery,and friends have found incredible larger granite artifacts with incredible details in farm fields and creek banks,anyway I always wondered if that story was real great show,thank you
Very possible. Some of these histories are buried in local library reference sections, and aren’t found anywhere else.
I'm from Greene county and found these stories in our local library. A u.s. military demo crew came through around 1906 and cleared the mounds. There were artifacts found with Japanese art and style, yet the clay was from the white river. Ive been trying to find out as much as possible about what was really here.
If you find something, would love to hear about it!
@@bencochran46 that is very interesting ,I would like to know more about that crew and what they did
I'm from about 40 minutes from mounds state park. Indiana is a mysterious place !
But especially New Harmony! 🙂
My family on my mother's side were from Terre Haute Indiana right on the Wabash River. My great grandfather was 7ft2in. Married a full blooded Apache woman. They had to make a special casket for him. All the women in our family are pretty much around the 4ft10in-5ft 2in height and the men are easily 6ft2 to 6ft7in. Although i never met him i was told he made fishing nets for people on the river by hand. And my grandmother spoke of him very fondly.
I’ve heard many similar stories of large, native people. It certainly adds food for thought and possibilities
I used to live in Michigan. And across the street and behind my neighbors backyards was a little creek called Buck Creek. I loved walking in the woods and would follow that creek and every day going a little bit further than the day before. One day I came around a corner and just stopped because there were a lot of mounds by these railroad tracks. I did not know what they were but you could just feel in the air that they were special. I never went up to them. I never walked on them. I just would stare at them and feel that feeling. Every day I would go and stand there. And now because of your video Roger, I know what they are. Burial mounds. No wonder there was this feeling in the air. No wonder I would not go and investigate them, and walk on them. I don't believe in the paranormal at all, but this is giving me goosebumps right now. That happened when I was in my late 20's. I am in my 60's now and just finding out what those mounds were. WOW!!! Thank you Roger!!!
So interesting! I've been able to see many dozens of pyramids throughout Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. It's thrilling to know ancient cultures in North America built similar structures. Thank you :)
There are MANY smaller mounds in Indiana, scattered among the large ones.