Creepy Places of New England: The Rotating Ball of Grove Street Cemetery

[IsaacClarke1000]

i dont think the hole was for reebar but i was a marker, maybe it is a sign

[IsaacClarke1000]

@IsaacClarke1000 it not i, goddamn keyboard

[Theghostswithin]

I could explore the science and discuss plate tetonics with you...the possibility of this ball moving in con junction with the movement of the earth..or physionomics..but that would be boring...so hey..the bugger moves and continues to do so...very cool !!!

[NinjaCthulhu]

@Theghostswithin That was my mistake, I found out recently the ball has stopped moving since the 1970's

[Theghostswithin]

@NinjaCthulhu Who cares..very cool..I promise you...it will move again !!!x

[gkjewelry]

the stone is not moving lol I work for a monument company and have seen this before.... I would tell the most ideal explanation for what is .... or is not happening to the ball, but it is rather boring and your responses are waaaaay more entertaining. Nice vids though love em.

[ABC123MJJ2213]

Lmao!! I am addicted to watching your vids!! You are helping out alot with giving me ideas of places to go when im bored :)

[NinjaCthulhu]

@ABC123MJJ2213 Thanks we try to show some cool places to see in the region

[deadheat130]

and the reason it probably hasn't moved as of late...my theory is...because the re-rod

is either rubbing against it , perhaps from rust build up, and perhaps the ball isn't perfectly round, it is hitting a high spot on the ball, rubbing on the re-rod.

[deadheat130]

Its done by the thawing and freezing of snow. Snow thaws and creates a puddle of water under the ball, the water then freezes in colder temperatures creating ice which lifts the ball,(probably what originally dislodged it) as the ice under the ball thaws again the ball slips, depending on how the ice melts/temp. throughout the day. I bet if someone researched it there would be no movement during spring summer and fall. The movement happens in early and late winter. Thats my theory.

[Stinger198]

I think it's a mixture of science and paranormal. I believe that a paranormal factor is using science to make it move and when the hole is facing up towards the sky, somehthing amazing will happen like a beam of light will shoot forth and rip a hole in the sky. :) Just a theory!

[65ways]

the wind ?

[whoanonstop]

Even if "Science doesn't have the answer to everything" such as this case. (Which as someone mentioned earlier, it could be a very slow "foucault" type of movement)... The answer would easily be attained if scientists cared. Thank goodness there are more pressing matters than this.

[CasanovaDave]

Since this ball would be very heavy, it could be like a faukault's pendulum, maintaining its position as the earth's or rotation change, so each time earth spins, it gets a little nudge.

Another thing might be expansion and contraction, or vibrations, from earth tremours, OR if someone is trying to get out of the tomb mahahaha. Ur video series is awesome!!!!!!

[NinjaCthulhu]

@CasanovaDave /the faukault's pendulum is very interesting.. sometimes what goes on in nature can be very mind-blowing too! thanks!

[mvallin]

@NinjaCthulhu It couldn;t be a Foucault effect because the pendulum relies on its incredibly low friction hinge to demonstrate rotation. The interface between the sphere and the base is obviously not low friction.

[SharkKid42]

is there a cone 2 lol

[evigtXdans]

how weird. my last name is the same as the wifes. cady O_O creepy

[imurgodsgod]

they have one of thoes that look like that well xactly like that in centril village by my grandmas hose in a cemetary haha

[waypasthadenough]

That probably means seaman. They didn't have seals in WWI.

[putnamskater]

i was always wondering what was up with that hole toward the top. i live in putnam. and i use to have a friend that lived on that street.

[Crusafriedchiken]

i believe, water get under it, then freezez in the winter, and while its thawing out in the spring, it shifts the sphere a little tiny bit every year, simmiliar to a frost heave in the pavement.

[NinjaCthulhu]

Maybe, but one thing I made a mistake on was I said it was still moving. However, according to "Weird New England" ...the ball has stopped moving, it only moved from 1930 to 1970. One theory I thought of was the rebare connecting the hole to the ball was not put it, and traffic from the nearby highway slowly caused it to move. But I am not so sure anymore.

[Crusafriedchiken]

if it stopped moving, that basicly blows both of our ideas to shit lol. now im stumped, if it was traffic or frost heaves it would still be moving.

[NinjaCthulhu]

Ya, bust my bubble that is for sure!

[mvallin]

@NinjaCthulhu @NinjaCthulhu Houghton pays kid to rotate sphere slightly every year in an attempt to create mystery and draw attention to his grave sight. Works for 50 years. Kid dies or looses interest in 1970. Mystery solved

[ogtbeach]

Very interested to hear of this cemetery, but please be advised you were very disrepectful of the plot and stone!

[ctfla]

This is a very pleasant cemetery to walk in. I never knew about the ball but I'm going to ask around.

[NinjaCthulhu]

Ya, you can read more about it in the book 'Weird New England"

[Wobgoblin]

I walk in that cemetery all the time and heard about that legend but always thought it was bogus.