Native American oral histories describe a mysterious tunnel through the Bridge of the Gods—pitched as pitch black, massive in size, and with unnaturally slow-moving water. For hundreds or potentially thousands of years, this tunnel was the only way to travel past the bridge without portaging canoes overland. 🕯️🌑
Native American accounts describe mysterious tunnel through Bridge of the Gods
Key facts
- Tunnel was long, dark, and frightening according to Native accounts
- Tunnel was massive in size with slow-moving water
- Used by Native Americans for hundreds or thousands of years to travel up and down river
- Only means of passing the bridge without carrying canoes overland
- Described as pitch black with water moving unnaturally slow
- Present in almost every Native American account of the bridge
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