SCARY LOVE OR LOVELY SCARES? A LOOK AT LOCAL FLORIDA FOR THE 13TH AND 14TH

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.—-Ingrid Bergman

Happy Friday the 13th. satan texted me saying watch my back…With a winky face.

YOU ARE COLD SO ARE WE—WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF WHAT TEMPERATURES MEAN COLD.

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THEN THERE’S HOT:

MY DEFINTION: JAMIE FRASER

Jamie to Claire: “And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I’ve served ye well.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

On Friday the 13th weird things are supposed to happen…Maybe I’ll get in to a relationship. Happy Friday the 13th!

OK a look at Florida for the weird (Friday the 13th) and the wonderful (Valentine’s the 14th).

LOVEDALE

Not only isn’t Lovedale a town (it’s described as a population center in Jackson County) but it’s not even romantic (It was named for a church and school of that name almost 100 years ago).

THE DEVIL’S CIRCLE

Near Black Water Creek (east Lake Co.) is this bare circle spot (about 40 feet across) where nothing will grow although there’s greenery everywhere else. There’s been theories: High acid soil content or some type of infestation. The first record of the area, which is far back in the swamp and not near any roadways, was in the 1950s from bear hunters who first told of the strange bleak spot.

KISSIMMEE

They’re not sure where this name came from, perhaps a Seminole word(s) meaning mulberries–yonder. It was originally spelled Cacema Town and then Casseeme –the folk legend says that an Indian brave tells his lady lover how beautiful she is and she replies “Well kiss-I-me.” The city is the county seat of Osceola County.

TAMPA’S DEVIL ZONE

This area of Tampa Bay starting at Egmont Key and extending just past the Skyline Bridge (approx. 12 sq. miles) is thought to be some type of Bermuda Triangle due to its above average numbers of everything from engine failures, navigation devices failure, and even sightings of strange things, not to mention UFOs and deaths from every thing from accidents to suicides.

LAND OF ROMANCE AND LAND OF FLOWERS

Names used to describe the state.

THE WICKEST CITY IN AMERICA

Or so they called the port city of ST. JOSEPH in western Florida in the 1840’s. The town was known for its gambling, brothels, and saloons not to mention the mayham and deaths that also plagued the town. It may have seemed like the wrath of God when, in 1841, first a yellow fever epidemic (July) and then a forest fire (Sept) burnt down the town. But it revived (along with 3 new cemeteries) before the hurricane struck in September 1848 with its tidal wave that buried the town under acres of sand.

RAINBOW SPRINGS

A place in Marion Co. named for the “many-colored” appearance of the water at certain times.

CHULUOLTA LIGHTS

CHULUOLTA is another population center in Seminole (near Oviedo) with a debate as to what the name means. One theory is “fox den” and the other “pine island”. The area is also known for “ghost lights” which are seen in the marshy grounds about the area. Their colors vary from blush to green.

ROMEO AND JULIETTE

Romeo is north of Dunnellon, about 4 miles on hwy 41 Juliette was located abt. 2 miles n. of Dunnellon and abt. 2 miles s. of Romeo
REMAINS: There is a store, but not from the period. There is nothing at the site of Juliette.

Both were settled in the 1850s. Legend has it that the towns were the home of two star kissed lovers that suffered the same fate as the Elizabethan play which makes a nice addition for this blog but probably is just an early urban legend.

DEVIL’S MILLHOPPER

Near Gainesville sets a 120′ deep hole full of water that according to some just opened up in the 1800’s, swallowing trees, rocks and possibly one unsuspecting bystander. It’s been called lots of things usually associated with evil and the Devil himself. And was the topic of sermons in the area in previous areas. In reality it’s a ancient sink hole which now belongs to the state of Florida with a stairway/walk way for viewing.