Comments on: The Moodus Noises

By: Common Tater

Common Tater — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:45:51 +0000

We would rather not have it listed on the DEP web site- then people come in and wreck it. As it is right now, people drop something, others pick it up and leave it so they can find it, there is no litter, it’s peaceful, other than in summer you have dogs barking and goofing off in the pond. That’s the joy of it. Before the state came in and made it an ‘official’ park, no one had their dog on a leash, everyone accepted that was the norm, if your dog had issues, you leashed it. The non-issued dogs got to run and play with other dogs. One day we had about 7 or 8 chocolate labs out in the pond all with red collars on, chasing someones ball, having a blast. Now there are signs and laws everywhere, and not so many dogs.

I heard and felt the quake over along the path towards the left of the pond, along the Salmon River Cove side. There’s a bench there to rest and you can see downriver to the swing bridge.

By: elizabeth eisenmann

elizabeth eisenmann — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:29:18 +0000

We live near the Westford Fault in MA, which generates a small shallow earthquake now and then. I miss most of them, that’s how small they are. But one I did notice presented with nothing more than the vibration you’d expect from a passing truck (we lived on a busy street in Lowell at the time), a rumbling sound and a sort of bang, like the truck hit a giant pothole. Sounds a lot like the description of the Moodus noises. I can see how it would freak out the Satan-obsessed.

By: J. Lowry

J. Lowry — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:40:27 +0000

That writer of weird tales, H. P. Lovecraft, made use of the Moodus in several of his stories. Too bad he’s dead—perhaps he knew something!

By: Beautiful hiking in the “place of bad noises” « You Hike the Giant, too!

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:27:23 +0000

[...] hikers and horseback riders. Named for the periodic subterranean rumblings known as the “Moodus noises,” this long-abandoned farmland, which translates as “place of bad noises,” became part of [...]

By: gilda shiner

gilda shiner — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:50:51 +0000

The “noises” are actually earthquakes.

By: Moodus Noises Strike Again - Damned Connecticut

Moodus Noises Strike Again - Damned Connecticut — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:55:40 +0000

[...] Near Me? Moodus Noises Strike Again By Ray Bendici | Category: Weird News The legendary Moodus Noises return![March 24, 2011] An earthquake only measuring 1.3 on the Richter scale rocked the Moodus [...]

By: Joe P.

Joe P. — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:15:07 +0000

Well you had one today, 3/24/11
A 1.3 richter apparently..

By: Common Tater

Common Tater — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:00:27 +0000

As we were taking a walk at Echo Farm (Machimoodus State Park) on Sunday, March 20, 2011, my son and I felt a pretty good one. We heard it but also felt it on our chest. At first we were thinking something blew up again, but my husband reminded me about the Moodus noises, I really think it’s an awesome thing.

By: Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:41:25 +0000

Does anyone have a general area on where these noises are said to possibly originate from?

By: Padt

Padt — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:47:22 +0000

I would like to know if anyone has located the remains of the stone chambers. There were at least 2 stone chambers ala Gungywamp on the site at one time. I saw pictures from probably the 50′s and the roof had caved in on one of them. Even if they are just stone lined pits by now, I would be very interested in knowing their location.