Dunkinsville, Ohio's Angel
By Jeremy D. Wells
Ohio is regarded by many students of Forteana as ground zero
for strange and spooky occurrences. But one county in Ohio might just be the
weirdest. Nestled between the Ohio River to the south and the rolling farmland
of central Ohio to the north, and on the edge of Ohio’s Appalachian foothills,
Adams County is probably best known for the Serpent Mound. This massive effigy
mound, in the shape of the eponymous serpent, with curled tail and open mouth –
according to some interpretations – swallowing an egg, is among the best
preserved examples of these ancient earthworks, believed to have been built by
the prehistoric Adena culture.
The county is also chock-full of geological anomalies, with
three different physiographic regions (the Dissected Illinoian Till Plain, the
unglaciated Outer Bluegrass Region, and the Shawnee-Mississippian Plateau)
represented and numerous exposed rock outcroppings displaying a variety of
marine fossils. These include abundant examples of horn coral and crinoids.
These geological and historical points of interest may be
what draws folks to the mound, and the nearby city of Peebles. But down the
road a little ways, back toward the county seat of West Union, lies the small
unincorporated community of Dunkinsville.
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