Journey to the Heart of Hockomock Swamp
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Uploaded by natureconservancy on Oct 28, 2008
From Route 138 in Easton, Hockomock Swamp looks like a wall of snarled vegetation. Thick and impassible, there are no trails here, no clear way in or out. Quickly I see why this place has inspired ghost stories featuring pterodactyl-like creatures, canoeing ghosts and even Bigfoot himself.
But what really lives in this vast wetland?
Five of us from The Nature Conservancy — two scientists, a writer, a board member/ecologist and his 13-year-old granddaughter — got to the heart of this question. Using maps and remote sensing, we set out to survey a path from the side of the road to the most remote location in Hockomock.
Is the swamp a scary, icky place? Or a treasure trove of biodiversity? What is the use of this wet green wilderness? And why should we protect it? Journey along with us and find out.
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You wonder off and get lost in there at night without a flashlight or path to follow you'll find out for yourself. Not a wise thing to do.
dpoland 5 months ago
@peteboy1113 yes...there is looks very deceiving...watched it swallow my buddys dog...some have been rumored to go as much as 35 feet deep.
bunny08able 5 months ago
try going at 2am by yourself this place ill driv eyou nuts with orbs,voices footsetps!!
Lanlegend08 1 year ago
If you Take a road map and start at rt 106 Exit off rt 24 and then follow down to 495 north to its first exit. The entire area between 106, 24 and 495 North, East and South respectively and bounded on the west by whatever the street off the first exit of 495 is.. its that area,,, Not completely but mostly.
kyadak 2 years ago
I have Hunted in this area for years. I have had some Strange experiences.
kyadak 2 years ago
10,000 + ...sorry
kyadak 2 years ago
10,00 plus... you can go onto the Mass wildlife site and look up the WMA's wildlife Management Areas and find maps and such online.
kyadak 2 years ago
I was walking behind my house in easton with my dog one day. And leaning against a tree in the middle of nowhere there was a shotgun leaning against a tree. I have hunted for 15 years and I promise you never forget to bring your gun home. I can only wonder if something happened to someone.
496tfbass 2 years ago
are you sure- where does it start and how big is it. i mean come on rt138- does it go into- middleboro or brockton or down to rt 44. i am from mass i have seen stories about it, how big in acers is it.
peteboy1113 2 years ago
there's birdmen, bigfoot, killer canine dogs, ghostly panthers and alien sightings, there's a lot of weird shit in there
jcougarfootball21 2 years ago