Mystery on Blood Mountain
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Mystery on Blood Mountain is part two of the series 'Drawn to Darkness', a fiction. Drawn from experiences as a child growing up in the 50's and living in the mountains. Forty-five years of caving has given my many experences. The cave in the book is totally fictitious, but so much like the many caves found in the mountains of Tennessee. This book is about exploration and adventure, about young people having fun and getting to know each other.
I have always heard that true stories are stranger than fiction. The fiction in this book is biased on parts of true stories put together for Matthew, the main character and his friends, John, Clair, and Joann. Teenagers in a small Tennessee mountain town, growing up in an age of uncertainty and threat of nuclear war. But free to explore the world around them.
Hubert Crowell
Hubert Crowell currently writes, explores caves, plays the fiddle and works three days a week. He has in the past panned for gold, served in the army, repaired TV's, microfilm equipment, video projectors, and other electronic devices. He has taught classes at Vocational School, Eastman Kodak and Church. He has worked at Lockheed, Kodak, BARCO, and RCA to mention only a few. Studied at Southeastern University, Kennesaw University, and Chattahoochee Technical College. Hubert's articles, poems, and music can be found at http://hucosystems.com/hubertcrowell/hubertcrowell.html
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Mystery on Blood Mountain - Hubert Crowell
Mystery on Blood Mountain
Volume 2 of the Drawn to Darkness series
Fiction
Hubert C. Crowell
Cover and internal photographs by Hubert C. Crowell
Copyright 2014-2016 Hubert C. Crowell
Published by Hubert C. Crowell at Smashwords
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Table of Contents
DEDICATION
AUTHOR’S NOTE
CHAPTER 1 LIGHTS ON BLOOD MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER 2 PLOTTING THE LOCATION
CHAPTER 3 EXPLORING THE MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER 4 STRANGERS IN TOWN
CHAPTER 5 SETTING THE TRAP
CHAPTER 6 THE BIG PUSH
CHAPTER 7 A NIGHT IN MYSTERY CAVE
CHAPTER 8 BREAKTHROUGH
CHAPTER 9 MYSTERY SOLVED
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Your only young once, collect memories for the future,
and as you grow older, they will keep you young.
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to Matthew Philip Barber and all the young explorers in the world
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Blood Mountain is actually located in North Georgia, but for my story I placed it in East Tennessee.
CHAPTER 1 LIGHTS ON BLOOD MOUNTAIN
Clair sat on the porch and watched the sky as the moon slowly rose over the top of Blood Mountain. She had watched it rise many times before, but this time something seemed different. There was a strange glow coming from the top of the mountain. At first Clair thought that she was seeing things or that her eyes were playing tricks on her. The light lasted for only a few minutes, then it disappeared.
Clair lived with her parents in a modest country home on the edge of Lippersville. She enjoyed exploring the river and the mountains around her Tennessee home. Clair considered herself a tomboy, and she tried to outdo the boys whenever she had the chance. She thought about the fun she had last year exploring the big new cave with Matthew, John and Joann. It was exciting to find the Indian mummy and to see all the reporters coming to town. Things had quieted down since then and were back normal again, but she wouldn’t mind another adventure.
Blood Mountain was east of town and was one of the taller mountains visible from Lippersville. A long time ago there was a battle on the mountain between two Indian tribes in which so much blood was spilled that the Indians named it Blood Mountain.
The mountain was nestled among several others that were not as high. They were all steep mountains with no roads, except one old logging road that led to an old rock quarry on the far side of Blood Mountain. The quarry was located on federal land and was posted with No Trespassing
signs. Not even hunters were allowed in the area. People said that it was a wildlife reserve.
All four of the teens were very close after their caving adventure the previous year. Since then they had explored other caves and any other place of interest they could find. They were always looking for another adventure.
A few days after Clair saw the strange light, everyone was at her house playing cards on the porch when the light appeared again on the mountain.
Look! Over there on the top of Blood Mountain!
she yelled as she jumped up and turned off the porch light so everyone could see better. The glow was dim and seemed to pulse, bright, dim, bright, and dim. It lasted only a few minutes, and then it was gone.
What in the world was that?
asked Matthew.
I saw the same thing two nights ago, about the same time,
Clair said.
Joann and John sat speechlessly, staring at the mountain off in the distance. Finally John said, It’s probably lost hunters or trespassers on that government property.
The four of them studied the mountain, watching for more lights; but after a long time, Matthew, John, and Joann headed home. Clair stayed a little while longer, but when her eyelids began to droop, she called it a night.
Clair noted that both times she had seen the lights, it had occurred just after dark and had only lasted for a