Happy Monday, Missians!
I hope you guys were able to enjoy your weekends. Hopefully you got some quality rest and sleep and/or accomplished all you set out to do. Well, today is our last Monsters of March post. I've enjoyed bringing this year's "monsters" to you just as I have all the times in the past--although I must say, with all this virus stuff going on, it took a bit of the joy out of it, (mainly, due to the paranoia and anxiety of this situation and being thrown off from my usual routine). Although, not all has been lost; I think we can use this time to reevaluate our priorities and what direction we want to continue in for the rest of the year. And even though I've still had to come to work, it's been nice to not have to not have any clients come in, so that I could get caught up on some stuff.
Okay, enough about all that. Let's get into today's monster, that's not really a monster in the traditional sense. For this "monster" I did a repeat of what I did last year when I posted on the Dyatlov Pass Incident (where nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1st and 2nd in 1959, in spooky, odd circumstances). I chose that topic because the "monster" that killed the hikers is such a creepy mystery. If you missed that post, you can read more about it here: https://shesatortie.blogspot.com/2019/03/dyatlov-pass-what-really-happened.html
So for our last monster of 2020, I decided to revisit that theme and let it be more about a place and the mysterious happenings that go on there. Hence, today we're discussing the creepy Route 666 (which has since been rename, Route 491). On this stretch of road, there've been truckers and motorists who've reported having supernatural experiences while driving on this route. You know something has to be going on when another name for this highway is "The Devil's Highway."
Okay, so let's get into it. Today's Route 666 info is courtesy of Haunted Places to Go.com.
https://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/highway-666.html
History of Highway 666
Satan’s Sedan
The Skin Walkers
Disappearances and Time Loss
I hope you guys were able to enjoy your weekends. Hopefully you got some quality rest and sleep and/or accomplished all you set out to do. Well, today is our last Monsters of March post. I've enjoyed bringing this year's "monsters" to you just as I have all the times in the past--although I must say, with all this virus stuff going on, it took a bit of the joy out of it, (mainly, due to the paranoia and anxiety of this situation and being thrown off from my usual routine). Although, not all has been lost; I think we can use this time to reevaluate our priorities and what direction we want to continue in for the rest of the year. And even though I've still had to come to work, it's been nice to not have to not have any clients come in, so that I could get caught up on some stuff.
Okay, enough about all that. Let's get into today's monster, that's not really a monster in the traditional sense. For this "monster" I did a repeat of what I did last year when I posted on the Dyatlov Pass Incident (where nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1st and 2nd in 1959, in spooky, odd circumstances). I chose that topic because the "monster" that killed the hikers is such a creepy mystery. If you missed that post, you can read more about it here: https://shesatortie.blogspot.com/2019/03/dyatlov-pass-what-really-happened.html
So for our last monster of 2020, I decided to revisit that theme and let it be more about a place and the mysterious happenings that go on there. Hence, today we're discussing the creepy Route 666 (which has since been rename, Route 491). On this stretch of road, there've been truckers and motorists who've reported having supernatural experiences while driving on this route. You know something has to be going on when another name for this highway is "The Devil's Highway."
Okay, so let's get into it. Today's Route 666 info is courtesy of Haunted Places to Go.com.
https://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/highway-666.html
History
Highway 666 has been hailed as one of the most haunted places in America. It is located in the region that is identified as the “Four Corners”. Many know the “Four Corners” as the States of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico – not the entire states, only certain geographical locations of each state. In the year of 2003, the United State renamed the ominous highway to U.S Route 491. Christians believe that the number that is reflected in three sixes represents what they refer to as the “Number of the Beast”. When this highway was under its assumed evil number identifier, many referred to it as the “Devil’s Highway”. Based on statistics, there were an unusually high number of accidents and fatalities on this road when it was named 666, so many gained the belief that anyone that traveled on this road would immediately be cursed.
Throughout the history of the highway, each and every single accident and death was reflected as a situation that occurred because of the evil that was rumored to reside on and around this stretch of road. When the United States renamed the road to U.S Route 491, the statistics associated with accidents and deaths was drastically reduced. Many say this is because of the fact that individuals no longer experience the psychological fear that something WILL happen to them while traveling down a highway numbered 666. There are some, though, that claim the number 491 fails to lure the same evil spirits that are said to lurk along this highway in the same manner that the number 666 does. Many consider this unexplained phenomenon quite perplexing.
Strange Happenings:
One of the most widespread stories surrounding the unexplained phenomenon of the haunted Highway 666 is the story that covers experiences that involve an ominous, black sedan that appears to charge individuals driving on this long stretch of road. Many individuals that have traveled this road have stated that as doing so, they began to experience an intense degree of fear as the sun sets on the lonely horizon within their view. Once darkness falls on the desolate road, the witnesses claim to see headlights coming up behind them. Despite the fact that they reach high speeds, the car seems to gain on them quickly. Many pull over in order to get out of the way of the dangerously close vehicle. Many witness the vehicle speeding fast past them. Others look up to view the vehicle and discover that there was no vehicle at all. Is this a hallucination induced by the desert, or does Satan truly intimidate travelers in a mysterious black sedan?
There are many legends that are part of the Native American culture. One such legend that the Indians have is about a group of people that have the ability to transition into various types of animals. These people are typically referred to as skin walkers. This act is often referred to by those that study anthropology as “shapeshifting”. It is believed that medicine men were skin walkers. Many claim that the spirits of these skin walkers exist today on highway 666. It is believed that they are able to immediately transform into an assortment of animals along the highway and will appear suddenly in front of oncoming traffic. As a result, the vehicle would instantaneously become involved in a potentially fatal accident.
Many stories that circulate that pertain to the skin walkers that are said to be along U.S Route 491 occur to travelers in an effort to “warn” them not to continue down the road that they cherish as theirs. Many sightings may appear. If the traveler fails to heed to these warnings, it is believed that an evil spiritual shaman will appear in the seat of the vehicle – especially the back seat. The purpose of this evil spirit is to obtain the soul of the driver. It is believed that the shaman’s magic will result in an accident or other type of situation that takes the life of the driver so that they may immediately gain the person’s soul as they transition from the physical world into the spiritual world.
Many individuals that have started down the ominous path identified as either Highway 666 or U.S Route 491 have seemingly disappeared without a trace. In some cases, a vehicle or another part of the person’s property have been located, but in other cases there is no trace of any evidence that indicates that the individual has even been on the road at all. Many that have disappeared for extremely long periods of time have reappeared with no explanation several hours or several days later. These individuals typically have no concept of time and have not felt as if they have been away for very long. In many instances, they have no recollection of the events that have previously transpired. Then, there are many that have traveled down the ominous highway and have discovered that they took longer than expected based on the accounts of others and are unable to explain the loss of time. This unexplained phenomenon has happened several times throughout history.
Hmm. Very creepy stuff, indeed. To read about the rest of the high strangeness of Route 666, be sure to click the website link provided above. There's talk about hell hounds, haunted trucks, and pale spirits! All I can say is that I hope to never have to travel that stretch of road, (if a destination is too far away, I'm flying anyway); but if I did have to, I'm glad that they renamed it, at least. So, what are your thoughts? If any of these reported strange occurrences really did happen, what do you think is the cause?
Could there be a connection with the road originally having the number 666 in the name? Does a name really make that much of a difference? And does the number 666 inherently have a bad vibration based on it being the mark of the beast number mentioned in the book of Revelations in the Bible? Or is the road just "haunted" do to the many accidents that happened along the way where people got killed, perhaps? Or did the accidents happen in the first place because of the road being numbered 666? Or does that road just so happen to be along some kind of vortex that was there all along, independent of the name?
I think learning about this route created more questions than answers!
Could there be a connection with the road originally having the number 666 in the name? Does a name really make that much of a difference? And does the number 666 inherently have a bad vibration based on it being the mark of the beast number mentioned in the book of Revelations in the Bible? Or is the road just "haunted" do to the many accidents that happened along the way where people got killed, perhaps? Or did the accidents happen in the first place because of the road being numbered 666? Or does that road just so happen to be along some kind of vortex that was there all along, independent of the name?
I think learning about this route created more questions than answers!
You guys may also be interested in checking out this episode of Monsters and Mysteries in America, entitled, "Badlands" where they discuss some real life people's experiences on Route 666:
Well, that's it for this go-round of Monsters of March. I hope you guys enjoyed this year's set of Monsters. I'll be back with a new blog post on Sunday, April 12th (in April, we're back to the bi-weekly schedule).
Until then,
Keep your heads up and be safe.
This is your host J,
signing off...
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