NE TN here. We had some extremely strange things happen to us last time we went up there to camp. After researching the history of the area its a really dark place. During the Civil War Greeneville TN was a union stronghold, and there weren't many confederate soldiers in the area. At the top of cold spring mountain (the mountain horse creek ascends), there were 3 union soldiers who lived in a cabin, A man, his brother, and the man's 13 (I believe) year old son. One day they sent the boy into town to buy salt. It was snowing and the boy began walking to town down horse creek trail. He became tired and decided to instead go to a confederate camp that he passed weekly and steal their salt since they were not in the camp. The confederate soldiers knew of him passing but allowed it because he was 13 years old... and never caused any issues. After stealing the salt, he hiked back up the mountain, with his footprints being left in the snow. The confederate soldiers found the footprints, and tracked him up to the cabin where they waited until night, kicked in the door and tortured then hanged both men and the 13 year old. The 3 soldiers were found in the spring and buried under the tree they hung from. They decorate these Graves once a year and open the FS gate to allow easier access to the gravesite.

That mountain has a long history of murder, torture and famine. Last time we camped, everyone in my group heard these loud booms all night. I thought it was fireworks and chalked it up to some people partying on down the mountainside, but everyone else believed the booms were coming from different directions. Now I am going to post a photo I took while camping last time. Think about it what you will, as I'm not very open minded about paranormal stuff, but there is no denying what I can see in this photo. Girl on the far right is my wife. What do you see standing behind her?

With that said, I don't know how to explain the photo, or what we heard. The whole mountain is victim to evil things that have happened since cherokee Indians lived here. The Cherokee even spoke of little humans that lived in the area that tormented people who lived here.

All things considered, I'm down to go back and only live 40 minutes from it. HC is a wild place and the trail is easy but annoyingly rocky. Decent view at the top and locals dump trash there. If you do go, take out some trash with you. My instagram is overland_tennessee ... yell at me on there and we will plan a trip I want some more weird stuff to happen.

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