It all started with Ivan T. Sanderson calling places with #weird and anomalous happenings "vile vortices". The concept of a #paranormal place being an energy "vortex" is popular among the spiritual crowd and a #sciencey-sounding explanation to explain a #mystery or #haunting Check out the history of this idea from a #geological perspective. #spookygeology #geology

https://spookygeology.com/paranormal-vortex-areas/

Incredible, intricate and almost tortured #rocks on #JejuIsland #Korea - these rocks on show at the Rock Culture Museum Are samples fro Jeju’s #volcanic #geological activity

Appalachia has a shared #geological #history with the Scottish Highlands and the Atlas Mountains: they were once one mountain range. It's a beautiful place, the heart of American #Bluegrass. https://folkways.si.edu/classic-appalachian-blues-from-folkways/african-american-music-folk/music/album/smithsonian I adore the #myth that Appalachian dialect is as close to Elizabethan English as we can hear, or alternatively that it came from Scottish and Irish immigrants: https://daily.jstor.org/the-legendary-language-of-the-appalachian-holler/