Legend of the Ohio River Indian Cave (Southern Indiana)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- An ancient tunnel underneath the Ohio River? It was the late 1700’s, and famed explorer Daniel Boone was on the Southern Indiana shoreline of the Ohio River. He saw an Indian across the waterway, in Kentucky, and didn’t think too much about it. But a while later, that same man was in Indiana, completely dry, and without a watercraft of any kind. When asked how he got to Indiana, the Indian told Daniel that there was a secret tunnel, under the Ohio River, that only Indians knew about.
While this seems like a far-fetched piece of folklore, there are caves on both sides of the river, that could possibly connect. And given that there are hundreds of miles of caves, in Southern Indiana, it is no stretch of the imagination, to think that one could span beneath the Ohio River.
This film covers the legends details, and visits the caves on both sides of the river, exploring this fascinating story. Come along for a true adventure!
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i know of a cave system in Crittenden county KY that has not been explored. my ex-wife's family has owned the land forever, there is a natural spring running out from a cave under a large cliffside, her cousin swam up under it, and popped up in a large cavern, he said it was so big his flashlight didn't reach the other side, he described it as an underground lake, and no one other than that family really knows about it. there are still many undiscovered caves near the Ohio river.
Very cool!✨️
Im from Crittenden County! I know of several caves throughout the county and that one sounds really cool! Your family is lucky! There are artifacts all over the place in Crittenden. Thanks for sharing man. Really cool!
There are lots of caves just like that in the Red River Gorge in Central-Eastern Kentucky.
Where. I LIVE IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY
@@chadmc4217 not going to say exactly where, but if you were driving backroads between Salem and Crayne, its out there.
I love these videos. I moved to Indiana a year ago not knowing anything about the state except my relatives have lived here for over a hundred years. I have learned more about this state from watching these videos then I could ever learn from any other source and they give me countless locations to explore first hand.
I used to have co-workers ask me about places they could take their families on the weekend. I would make lists and directions, sometimes prices, so they’d know what they were getting themselves into. Then I came up with the idea of making videos, where people could see what places were like. I thought it would take a few months, to capture things to see and do in southern Indiana: that was 6 years ago! Still finding more! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger Keep it up!! You have a great narrating voice and your photography is really good. The State of Indiana should hire you as a promoter of natural and historical sites and places to visit in Indiana. You really do have some talent! 👍
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I have lived in the middle of Indiana my entire life and now live up in northern Indiana and I never knew exactly where these caves were but I remember my grandfather telling me a few times that there were caves that went miles underground and he mentioned Daniel Boon a few times and I think maybe Tom Sawyer if I'm not mistaken but also something that is fascinating are the many ancient Indian burial mounds that are hidden all over this state of an ancient Indian culture that many people do not know about and you don't ever hear about other than on this UA-cam channel and I am thankful this guy takes the time to do these video's!
I've lived in Bloomington for over 25 years and I just found your channel 👀 it looks pretty cool, I can't wait to check out the wealth of information these videos appear to contain. Thank you in advance and you have earned a subscriber✌🏻
The audio has been great the past couple videos. Mom has been able to understand everything and loves the nature sounds. Thank you.
I was actually thinking of your Mom, after you posted last time! I think the sweet spot on levels is 50% narration, 23% music, 2-4% on nature sounds. Will continue to work on it! 🙂
I am related to Squire and Daniel Boone on my mother side. My family did a genealogical study and found out that Squire Boone is my 4th or 5th Great Grandpa and Daniel Boone is my Great Uncle.
I actually worked with a Boone descendant at Louisville. Super sharp guy, really nice too!
Johnny Boone my man
I knew an electrician who claimed to be related to Daniel Boone. He even named his son, Boone, as a tribute. Probably just based on his character, I never believed him. lol
@jackietreehorn I worked with a descendant of Squire Boone. Super nice guy. Lots of descendants still live in Harrison County.
We are relatives of some sort then. My moms family is distance relative of Daniel Boone as well. I'd have to talk to my mother of the maiden name connecting.
I’m descended from Natives who made cave houses in the Appalachia’s. They went to Kentucky at some point and that’s where their descendants stayed till my dad’s generation, which ended up on the Ohio River in WV. I grew up between WV, Michigan and Oklahoma. I loved exploring the river, streams, mountains and caves of my birth state.
I haven’t been to West Virginia since I was 7 years old, but I still remember it being beautiful. It definitely made an impression!
Lets go cavin
I lived in one of Harriet Tubman's House's in Ohio.Haunted
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@@mikevictor5945 yes please!
I am Cherokee RedBird blood on the Sizemore side.. I have heard stories about this cave my whole life. It was considered a hiding spot and meet up point all throughout the 1800's early 1900's I'm sure it exists... although finding it may be a challenge. Our caves here in Kentucky are the longest in the world... not the biggest.. that honor goes to a cave in Vietnam
I was hoping find someone with a handed-down story! Oral traditions are where good research often starts. 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger I'll ask my grandma, she just turned 86, I'm sure she can help with that. My cousin did a huge genealogy report on our family, it's really neat, I'll have to text him and get him to send me screenshots of that report... I think there's some stories in there too... I know there's a couple in there about Chief Red Bird and that rock.
I was out at Manchester several years ago, filming that rock. Would love to also get inside the cave with ancient writing.
@@AdventureswithRoger went spelunking in a really cool series of caves in a place called Sloans valley Ky. I think there are carvings in those caves as well. Me and my cousin were the only two small enough to fit thru a slit in the rocks...we crawled on our bellies until we came to a great big void in the earth....it was huge and scary...we had to back up turn around, ill never forget that.
@@AdventureswithRoger My husband has one too!
I used to go to a Girl Scout camp in Laconia in my pre-teens and teens. We would go spelunking occasionally in the area. It is a very beautiful area. I spent a lot of time just watching the barges on the river go by.
Sitting along the Ohio, and watching a very slow-moving barge, is very therapeutic! Calming
I really enjoy your videos of the legends and mysteries of southern Indiana. Keep it up!
They are honestly my favorite topics! More to come! 🙂
Masterpiece. Love the opening with those magnificent bridges, each a marvel. Lots of things I never knew - Boones brother, didn't realize he had one. just as erosion created caves it's possible that erosion could have destroyed some, if under a river the silt etc. would shroud all evidence. So if there had been a cave and part collapsed, it might be very hard to ever discover it's past. Thank You for the excellent documentaries. Always glad I watched.
My pleasure to document these nearly lost histories. Squire Boone’s family still lives in Harrison county, one of them sewed the shroud that contains his bones, now deeper in the cave. I once worked with one of his descendants, and he was a very likable, sharp guy.
You bring up a good point about erosion. Someone also mentioned how the locks and dams raised the water level as well.
I am a Southern Indiana native. Many, many caves exist in Southern Indiana around Mauckport and Laconia (pronounced by locals with a long O.) In fact, Harrison County is full of caves. If you can buy a piece of land without an existing sinkhole or one opening up it's a miracle. Folklore has it there are caves running the stretch of highway 135 between Mauckport and Central, Indiana. In fact in 2022 the road started collapsing near Central, Indiana. The state fixed it. Here we are again in 2023 and it is collapsing again. I think the highway engineers need to look for the possibility of a cave roof collapse.
I remember a sinkhole popping up on 265 a few years ago! People were lucky they didn’t drive right into it! Harrison County alone has over 600 known caves, and countless others I’m sure! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger I remember the sinkhole on 265. That was in New Albany, IN. That was a scary one.
Wow-scary. So tunnels will be blocked forever with road debris. Maybe the roads are too heavy. They should pliable plastic.
@@susankellem6723 Yeah, La COE nee ah.
Have lived on a 1 lane private rd bordering Ottercreek for 40+ yrs, the entrance to Morgan's Cave once thought to be a hangout-stash point for Morgan's raiders is a short hike from my front door, been in that cave several times yrs before it was closed off in the late 80s early 90s, definitely a beautiful cave system tho we never mysteriously ended up on the Indiana side its definitely possible. Loved the vid!
I’m from Corydon, I caved extensively in Harrison and Crawford counties my younger days, especially in Binkley and Langsdons. I worked at Squier Boone Caverns in high school.
Harrison county is so karst that this is believable. That all being said, we weren’t allowed into certain parts of the caverns there so this is possible.
There a parts of Binkleys that haven’t been explored yet.. Fantastic video!!
Harrison and Crawford are two of my favorite haunts! I made a video about all our show caves, I don’t think most people, outside this area, know about them!
Born and raised in New Albany Indiana. This is an amazingly amazingly cool place
I filmed in New Albany a few weeks ago. The empty PNC bank building was where the old jail once stood. Vigilantes hung members of the Reno gang there.
@@AdventureswithRoger my grandfather Warner Sweeny Mukes Senior was the first and only black police captain in new Albany. The old PNC Bank used to be a cool skate spot in the 90s. Look up 1928 McDonald Ave,that's my old house I just moved from a year or so ago. That entire block and area is historical. I wonder if you know why. BTW I love what you're doing brother. My whole family is from there and were one of the oldest black families,though we're also Irish. The Mukes and Mcpheeters is my family
@@MukesBoy New Albany has been one of my favorite places to escape, since I moved to southern Indiana. Don’t think I’ve ever had a bad day along the river. I’ve met such nice people there, too! I once made a few films about the Division Street School, Carnegie Center, and the clock tower church’s connection to the Underground Railroad. The Lucy Higgs story alone, should be a movie. Just getting time to do them all! 🙂
It's me again. You are a gem for Indiana. Hope they appreciate you. Love ❤️ the trip.
Thank-you, Linda! 😊
My home turf.
I was born in Shepherdsville, Ky., grew-up mostly in Louisville, and bought a small farm in Harrison County, Indiana (Laconia) in 1989, which I still own. It's an amazing area rich in history and folklore, and it has beautiful scenery.
I think the fact that Squire Boone chose to spend his last years and be buried in Mauckport, Indiana (Squire Boone Caverns) speaks pretty highly of the area. Since he considered the cave he and Daniel had hidden in many years earlier to be sacred, that would be a logical place for him to want to be buried.
Sadly, his gravesite was disturbed, and parts of his coffin, and even his bones were removed in the mid-20th. century by relic hunters. According to Wikipedia however, the employees of Squire Boone Caverns built a new coffin in 1973 and moved his gravesite to a recessed part of the cave.
Thank for the video.
Have I got a video for you! 🙂
The Squire Boone Caverns Story (Mauckport, Indiana)
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@@AdventureswithRoger I'll check it out. Thanks!
My husband and I watch all your videos. Thanks so much for sharing all these wonderful stories.
My pleasure! Still having fun finding them! 🙂
I live in Seymour and have a great interest in the Reno Gang story. I have done some investigating and exploring on my own. Our local radio station did a scavenger hunt a few years ago in search of the “Reno Treasure “. Clues led us to local spots around the community and was really a great time. I have always heard that that is why there are so many in-ground pools in Seymour, everyone is searching for the treasure. Not sure if that is true or not but it is fun to think about. Very nice video! Thank you!
My theory (as good as anyone’s) is that the crooked business people, that were laundering their stolen loot, thought the Reno’s were getting too reckless. If the prosecutor could get the Reno gang to talk, a lot of people would go to jail. Solution: get rid of the Reno gang and keep the stolen money.
Well done! Excellent presentation. I hale from Missouri where Boone's son settled. This, and similar such history is no longer taught in public schools. THANK YOU for picking up the mantle and preserving the knowledge before it's lost.
My pleasure, Chris! Lots and lots of interesting stories, in this part of the woods! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger Have you looked into "little Egypt" in southern Illinois. It's in the same general area?
I was hoping to get over to Cahokia, but did visit Garden of the Gods, and Cave in Rock. There’s a ton of history in Southern Illinois! 🙂
Always a treat to see something new from you, epic, thank you kindly
I love covering legends and folklore! 🙂
I’ve been to numerous caves with my dad and his friends that were into finding out of the way caves,some of the coolest spots that you would never know they existed,I need to start exploring again,thanks to seeing this video it spurred my interest!
I have a friend who’s the president of an Indiana grotto. He’s in caves every single week of the year! You join a local grotto, they’ll take you to some really obscure places, some of them incredibly beautiful!
Morgon's cave goes back about 1/3 mile and ends in a round room about 5'x20' (as I remember). I went to Camp Piomingo 1966-69 and they had hikes through the cave. I recall the cave as being pretty wet, lots of walking in knee-deep water and a couple of tight spaces. On the last night of camp, we would dress as Indians and there was a huge bonfire in the parking lot pictured near Morgan's cave.
There’s a theory that all caves connect, if only by tiny fissures that people aren’t small enough to navigate. My gut says that the water flowing through Morgan and Daniel Boone Caves, have the same source. And where there’s water, cave is being cut, perhaps to incredible passages.
Oh, the places that kids and adults could explore years ago. It’s so different now: most areas off limits for “safety” reasons, b/c gov or privately owned. I feel sorry for kids these days.
Thank you for a fascinating story. And many thanks for referring to the Clark Memorial Bridge by its correct name. All media in Louisville call it the Second Street bridge which is very irritating.
I use the George Rogers Clark bridge, every time I go to Louisville from Clarksville: no tolls!
George got a raw deal with the Virginia Legislature, deserves every recognition for his revolutionary war service.
That exact thing happened to me in Northern California on Clear Creek in Shasta County. I can't explain anything about it but I've seen portals like doors of light there too.
Thanks. Another awesome Southern Indiana video. Beautiful country for sure.
This was a really fun one to do, everything just lined up and the weather was perfect
That is a cool Legend Rodger. I love your adventures in indiana. Keep up the great work!
Thank-you, Jeff! I’ve got a pocketful more, but I never seem to run out: people give me more! 🙂
As teenagers in the early 1980s we visited and crawled back in the cave at Otter Creek Park. I weighed in at 150lbs back then and we went back to at most 500 yards before it narrowed too tight to go any further. I remember hearing water rushing at the back of the cave though, and thought it odd since there was nothing but a trickle under my feet. There were a couple of side passages, one of which looked liked it might drop down. We never took it as we had no rope. Many caves now are blocked off trying to save bats species from something called white nose syndrome. I find it doubtful that Morgan used this cave, I cannot imagine more than 12-20 people taking shelter in it at any one time and it would have to be fairly dry weather as well.
After I saw Morgan Cave, at Brandenburg, my takeaway was that MAYBE, they went there for water. There’s no place for the number of men that were with Morgan, not even a visible place for one. I think the story started with Morgan passing Otter Creek on his way to Brandenburg.
There’s another Morgan Cave at Hawesville, I believe that one’s dry but still small. The only way to attach that one to Morgan is if the Hines or Johnson CSA groups hid there.
@AdventureswithRoger I always enjoy your videos and productions, keep up the good work! That's coming from a KY boy, lived here all my life.
Thank-you! We live in a wonderful section of the world, where thousands of years of history, is all around us. I never know if people will enjoy what I come up with, but know I’ve had a great time, exploring both Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky!
What a neat story Roger. Thankyou for sharing!
This is one those legacy films. I’d heard the legend a long time back, but no one had ever documented it on video. If I didn’t cover it, it’s likely to have been lost in time. I’m hoping some county historians will watch and provide more details. Most of the time, it’s someone’s grandparent, that told a story once, and no one knows where they heard it!
I am watching this fantasizing that these caves are linked to the KY Mammoth Cave with its entrance to the Hollow Earth
There’s a long-standing theory that all caves are connected. The jury’s still out on how hollow the earth is, and how big deeper places might be. I’m hoping to see great things in my lifetime! 🙂
Thanks for the story. I will visit. Some time soon. Interesting.
Thx for another magnificent production sir...
My pleasure! This was a fun one to put together! 🙂
My paternal side in OH since at least late 1700s. My father, b.1916, grew up on OH river. They, four boys and parents, kept two canoes on upper floor b/c the river rose often enough they didn’t wish to drown. So, they’d simply put the canoes out the large enough windows and paddle around/away until river receded. Maps show it’s all industrial these days.
Down at Alton, Indiana, the houses are on stilts!
Lady at new Amsterdam Indiana, told me a story about the great flood of 1937. All but one building was washed down river, decimating the largest town in Harrison county at the time. One family saw a large house floating down the river, took a boat out and pulled it to shore. They chained it down and it’s been in the family for generations.
super cool video almost scary. Caves are so interesting and intimidating all at the same time.
@@thegamedudeguy Worthy of healthy caution. Some Indiana caves start off as a small hole in the ground, and drop over 100 feet. The southern Indiana show caves are a safe introduction to our karst region, and if a person wants a deeper experience, grottos can both teach safe caving techniques, and arrange wild cave tour.
I live in southern Indiana on the river. Love you're videos. Can't forget about the dams so the water is higher and wider now. Could of been flooded maybe.
Hey!
Could be flooded. Then again, the Binkley Cave system, just north of the river, has dry passages below wet ones. Hard to say, but it’s about 50/50 with cave explorers, half saying it’s possible that a dry passage exists, and the others saying it can’t. 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger would be awesome if ever found.
💯%. Many of these legends are being forgotten. My hope is that I can keep them alive a little longer, maybe someone will even find the truth because of it!
@@AdventureswithRoger doing a great job
Another amazing video roger! thanks for showing me all these cool destinations to visit on my upcoming trip to southern Indiana. Being from the northern part of the state I find this region very interesting!
Lots and lots of cool places down here! Not to mention it’s beautiful too! 🙂
Wonderful work! You continue to amaze me and stoke my sense of adventure!
Thank you very much!
You really got my imagination going here. I grew up in Corydon and Mauckport; family’s been here about 200 years. Still in Corydon, but always loved Mauckport so much. Time for some more exploring.
I've met a lot of nice people in Harrison County, some of the favorite memories of my life. I cover Mauckport in my movie about Morgans raid, wish more was being done to preserve this important piece of history.
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@@AdventureswithRoger Awesome, gonna watch it now!
Me and my family and friends went into Morgan's cave frequently while camping in the 70s and 80s. I've been as far back as you can go without crawling on belly. It does not go under Ohio River but runs south into the ridge.
I’m still convinced there could be a cave in the vicinity, matching the old description. If there were no caves at all, I’d more easily side with “just a campfire story”. I have a theory about why no one’s found it, but it’s circumstantial physical evidence.
@AdventureswithRoger I never heard of thus but hope it is true, hope someday it's found. The old parking lot and boat launch on the river at otter creek park would be a good placed to check, also along the railroad tracks. That parking lot could have been built over a cave entrance and we would never know it.
Thanks for the video! I was born in mid/northern Indiana but don't ever hearing much about caves in Indiana, only caves in Kentucky.
Southern Indiana has tons of caves! I live in Floyd County, within 35 minutes of 5 show caves. All of them are unique and cool in their own way, have enjoyed all of them! 🙂
Very cool and interesting. Thanks for sharing ❤
My pleasure!
I love watching your videos. Thank you for sharing
My pleasure, Brinda. I really enjoy researching these legends, they lead to such interesting places!
Thank you for the video. I have been down the dead end on Indiana side but not so familiar with Kentucky side
Beautiful country on both sides of the river. Getting to Otter Creek feels excessively long, like you’ve went the wrong way. But, it snakes it’s way back to the river.
@@AdventureswithRoger I think the place we went near Brandenburg is a subdivision now. Keep up the good work your videos are awesome. Was just talking to a guy I work with who lives in New Salisbury. He knew all about Mr Conrad, lol!
A guy the other day said he grew up near New Salisbury, graduated from the local school, and never saw the man in the box, before the video!
@@AdventureswithRoger lol, that's funny. My friend is originally from New Wash and just recently moved to New Salisbury yet he knew
I love obscure road side attractions. I often hit the “Roadside America” or “Atlas Obscura” websites.
I hope so. Awesome film.
We have a cave in Madison Indiana that's known by locals as the Indian cave. There's even a subdivision on telegraph hill which is above the cave that's named Indian Cave. To get to the cave there's a path leading to it behind the Hillside Inn. My father and I hiked to it when I was a kid.
Many native people lived along the river, particularly high places. I’ve visited quite a few of these places, but so many are on private property.
The Ohio Valley is full of nephilim mounds and full of there existence, I believe there is more than just underground river tunnels, with the mind of a human and a fallen angel, the Nephilim were capable of literally anything.
Many many inconvenient archaeological findings, for sure.
Took my kids to Squire Boone Caverns. I have a pic of them by the grist mill. I missed the turn on 135 and ended up crossing the Ohio on a 2 lane bridge (: which we screamed all the way :) We stayed in Corydon at the INN. So much fun!
Making memories is what it’s all about! You’ll all remember that trip for a long time!🙂
I made a video about the Squire Boone story / his connection to the cave. One of the ladies that works at SBC’s, has spent years researching his life: we had much to talk about! Really fun project.
The Squire Boone Caverns Story (Mauckport, Indiana)
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Another great video!
Thank-you, Charlie!
Outstanding!!!...
What would be really interesting would be to connect Indiana Grotto to caves on the other side in Kentucky, then all the way to Mammoth. I wouldn't be remotely surprised.
The theory that they all connect, has been out there for a bit. I’m with you
Otter Creek is on our list to go hike and explore. This was very interesting! Thanks for the information!
Morgan Cave is easy to find: right across the street from the quarry shown in the video. Steps are sketchy, don’t use the hand rail, it’s about to fall over. My hard lesson is that there’s a small trail directly across the creek: I started up the creek bed and that was a really hard way to go, and treacherous. The regular path is a little steep, and slick with a little rain. I used my tripod to keep from falling. Much easier dry!
The Daniel Boone Cave is easier but you have to walk the train track west from the parking lot. About a quarter mile passed the bridge on the left. But they do have trains going through there and I had to hop to the side. Some of that area is a steep hill on either side of the track. But what a wonderful view! I can only imagine how much nicer it is after the foliage goes away in the fall!
@@AdventureswithRoger we both just got new hiking boots to hopefully give us some better traction. Thanks for the tips! We definitely keep them in mind!
Proper footwear is extremely important! When I did the Browning Mountain segment, in Nashville, I had these comfortable shoes with treads that were completely worn. I really struggled! Right after that, I got some actual hiking shoes, and the difference was like night and day!
Anyways, safe, fun travels to both of you! One of these days we should do lunch and compare notes!
@@AdventureswithRoger we would love that Roger 👍
Roger, I’m 73 years old and I’m going to TRY😂 to buy a hundred coffees! But I’ve never bought anything on line before 😳 😂! But a post office box number and address would work 👍 You are worth it 👍 Excellent program as usual 😎
Thank you for such a high quality and inspiring presentation. I am writing a story where there is a room under the Mississippi. I thought it was a stretch until now!
It’s very possible! There are many examples of dry passages that run under wet ones.
Beautiful places
Incredibly so, in person 🙂
Great video thanks for sharing 👍
Thank-you!
Looks so similar to my area in WV. Love it always have
West Virginia is some beautiful country. Looking for excuses to visit! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger it'll be well worth it my friend! Promise that. New sub thanks for these videos they're great man.
Wouldn't that be a fantastic find! Great storytelling there Rodger I really enjoyed this video. Man that was awesome thanks for taking us on this wonderful adventure.
I’d known this legend a long time, just couldn’t pinpoint all the cave locations. But thanks to an avid hiker and online friend, I found the last one!
It's wider than most people's river. Around 5/8 to 3/4 mile. I lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana most of my life
Awesome video thank you for sharing
My pleasure, Sharon!
There is a cave just like this at Sewickley, PA on the Ohio River just east of Pittsburgh. It was used by the Shawnee. Sewickley is the English spelling of Thawakila one of the septs of the Shawnee
Would love to know if there are similar legends, at other places along the Ohio River, and how close they resemble each other.
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You are looking in the wrong County. You need to go way East. Switzerland County. We from here know exactly where it's at. It was also used by the underground railroad in its time.
Do tell more! 🙂
Until a person has pictures and video: “legend”. I’ve heard tales of southern Indiana giant skeletons kept in baskets, mummies in caves, a cave with ancient pottery and beads all over the floor, and even a secret cave sealed with a white stone, bearing an old navigator cross. But I can’t confirm anything unless people let me see it. 🙂
Awesome video! Are you related to Justin Turpen? He was my RA at AU. Fantastic guy.
Don’t know a Justin Turpen, but I’ll bet we’re related down the line!
I'm sure this is all true. Unfortunately, back in the 1700's, the Ohio river wasn't as wide as it is today, due to the dams and water depth control for the barges. Today....it's so wide, I'm almost certain the entrances to this alleged cave, either on the Kentucky side or Indiana side or both is now flooded. we will never find it.
i can imagine the brave sitting around a fire with his buddies saying. "lol, yeah i told him there was a cave under the river. "
Ha! Could be! If you watched my film “Dark Silver”, I made a strong case for purposeful deception. As long as you have a valuable secret someone doesn’t know, you have power!
Loving your videos! So informative. Any idea where the map around the 5:19 mark was sourced from?
The map was an unexpected, beauty of a find! Richard Powell published a book in 1960, about the caves in Indiana. It’s an amazing book, that’s out print. However, when I saw a copy on eBay, I bought it immediately. Inside the back cover was a sleeve, and in it: this large map. I was ecstatic! As “Caves of Indiana” is now becoming a rare book to find, it’s nearly impossible to find a good one, that still has the map.
Fascinating! Maybe the tunnel under the river was destroyed by the New Madrid earthquakes?
Or, the locks and dams that increased the volume of water along the Ohio River. Hard to say. What I do know is that caves are pretty stable over time, breakdown is usually the result of water dropping and leaving a ceiling unsupported.
Love this ❤
great video!
Thank-you!
Very cool indeed thanks
I know where it is. If you look at the first part of the video you will see an opening in the hill.
Great video im just about to start exploring our world for myself
Southern Indiana has been awesome! I’ve been exploring Crawford and Harrison County for several years, and still haven’t seen everything! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger I wonder if you happen to find this cave system if they would pay you for and name it after you
Also I live in pigeon forge TN have you explored up here any?
@@davidbrazell5179 If I found it, I bet they’d call it Boone tunnel cave! 😄
I’ve been to Pigeon Forge twice, but haven’t explored any back country. It’s a beautiful area, for sure!
@@AdventureswithRoger yeah I like that lol
So...I live near Brandenburg, south of there. In a small little town. I won't name it. However, we have legends of caverns within a stones throw of my property that are large enough to park many semi trucks in. No one here at my location ever uses these caverns. Lots of old families around that would probably like to keep things secret. The town I live in does have a well known sinking creek, that runs under the ground in the town, and during summer months, you can kayak for miles under the town. I have a local caver friend who has confirmed this, and even shown me video of it. It is likely that natives used these caves around here. There is likely things undiscovered in these caves. I have one small cave on my property that has a floor that water runs underneath, and needs to be excavated a little to see if it leads anywhere. I also have a strange rock pile, hidden deep in a hollar that appears to not be natural. I've often wondered if it was camoflauging a cave entrance. There are three large caves openings documented under one mile from me, and they are all surrounding me. I likely have caverns under my home that have yet to be explored. If you want to come here, team up with my local caver friend, and his posse of other caver friends, we could make a fun, short movie about exploring the possibilities here on my property. Could be a series that is sort of like the Mystery of Oak Island series. Respond under this comment with a way for me to contact you if interested. If you need a place to live while filming, there is a RV park not too far, just a mile or so down the road.
One other thing. I have noticed directly behind my garage, a new cave opening. We have a wet weather creek that runs behind the garage, and I noticed that the water runs directly underground. It does not continue downhill through the holler. A possible opening for a larger cavern....
When I was was young I spent a week of summer camp in otter creek and one of the activities was to explore the caves. We got lost for hours before we realized there was red arrows spray painted on the walls pointing the way out. Felt so stupid. Now they have an awesome Halloween attraction called field of screams.
I only found two at Otter Creek, I knew there had to be more!
This video is fire you might of over looked it I’m from Louisville and done seen some mind blowing stuff here gotta video you might like
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@@AdventureswithRoger thank you so much. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos. 😊
@@AdventuresUnseen24For a fact, lots of interesting things to explore in southern Indiana! 🙂
I grew up in se-ohio,and there are many caves and some small coal mines there too...Also--there is something very sinister about these caves,they are home to a giant bat creature,that attacked my car when i was 17-18 yrs old...its wings are wider than a car,and it was in front of me,so wide,I could not see the road,until it flew off to my left....that was by far the scariest moment of my 60+ year life...I still remember like it was yesterday...truth is,dont go into these woods without a gun,,a good gun....this happened at the edge of dark,at the end of a lomg field,,where the woods started,,,I suspect it was hunting deer,,until my headlights came along.,its also very intelligent acting...not a dumb animal....everything i just said, is true.
There are many odd stories about seldom frequented places, throughout the Midwest. I keep an open mind, because I’ve had a few experiences of my own.
ne ohio here your right people need to stay out of the caves + stay out of the woods,but will they NO
Great video. Just wanted to point out a few things. The "o" in Laconia has a long sound (pronounced "cone" instead of "con"). And there isn't any part of the river, at least not near Laconia, where even prime Barry Bonds could hit a baseball across, much less a little league player.
I asked a Harrison county resident how to pronounce Laconia: that’s what they gave me.
I’ve travelled the length of the Ohio River, from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon, and even I could launch a ball to the other side, in places. The widest part of the entire Ohio River is at Louisville, give or take a mile. Nowhere else is it that wide or deep.
Excellent video Roger
Thank-you, James!
Ive spent my whole life here in clark county
Organ Cave..? There's still standing in place the original hoppers and all the equipment necessary for the production of gunpowder built by confederate soldier!!! Place is amazing! The soldiers were extracting salt peter from the soil saturated with bat guano. All along the passege to the gunpowder works are melted candles along a high school ridge where the look outs were posted. The soldiers were working the mine,in the middle of work, when they marched out to battle and never returned. The wooden bins are still full of the dirt they were pouring water through, barrels , absolutely everything is exactly the same as the day that they marched out to die. Believe the battle was Gettysburg...!??
Cave in the video was Morgan Cave. Though Organ Cave in West Virginia really was a significant source of saltpeter for gunpowder. I’ve not visited any of the East coast caves, but have seen amazing pictures!
Yeah, Pennsylvania is the same way. There's a lot of Indian burial caves near Pittsburgh.
Do they have any videos or pictures? Curious what they found.
@@AdventureswithRoger Try googling Laurel Caverns, Coral Caverns, Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park. But Laurel Caverns is the biggest.
Thank-you!
Right in my area.
Remember back before Dams And Lockes . The Ohio River could range from 4 to 20 feet in depth in different places. Alot could be hiding under it now.
When I was at the Ohio River town of New Amsterdam, a local lady said the river used to be very shallow. It was a preferred spot for enslaved people to cross into Indiana, as it was no more than 4 feet, most of the time.
@@AdventureswithRoger Absolutely. All kinds of History
I've lived in the Bullitt, Hardin, Meade Breckenridge areas all my life. I even have a cave on my 30 acres. This is the first time ive heard of this legend....hmmmm....
Don’t feel bad. I show roadside attractions that longtime locals have never seen. It’s all in the research.
@@AdventureswithRoger I certainly dont feel bad. I made another comment you might be interested in on this video. Check it out.
@@AdventureswithRoger See my other comment if you want to have another topic for a video in Brandenburg area
There is a vast world benieth us. From entire underground jungles in Asia to these cave systems, to untold thousands in South America and beyond. Generations of civilizations could have and still be thriving below us. Inner Earth exploration is the answer to all the myths, legends, and truths we all want the answers to!
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I haven’t! Self-contained eco systems, strange animal adaptations, cave microorganisms that eat rock, entirely unexplored worlds.
va has lots caves natural bridge has an under ground rageing river theres a place down by salt peter mine you can stick your head in and hear that river run its wild its under old rt 11
I’ve heard good things about Virginia caves!
This sounds interesting
Get the Action Adventure Twins to find & explore this missing indian cave.I'm sure they will have the knowledge to accomplish the task.
Well if they don’t get stuck,…in a dramatic way
OK TELL ME WHAT THAT IS AT 5:10 in the video behind the barn flying then vanishing!?
I lived in Corydon and fished the Ohio river but it is not good to eat the fish anymore.
I live in Indiana I've been to Wyandotte caverns win I was a kid
My Dad took us to Wyandotte in the 1970’s, and I went again around 1998, before they tore down the old visitor center. When I went to make this video, it was my third visit, but it was like a brand new experience. Just a really great tour!
@@AdventureswithRoger the church I went to from Martinsville ind youth group there
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia
Ohio and Indiana as well as southern Michigan have several caves
have you ever heard of ireland cave its supposed to be somewhere close to muldraugu hill in Meade County and bridges to the past. it would make a lot stuff make sense with the map that was shared in your video of brandenburg stone. also ireland cave and the ireland army hospital. do you know anything about it.
Know of Muldraugh, Kentucky, it’s roughly 30 miles from where I live. Ireland Cave I haven’t. Many of the cool places are military domain, and you can’t get there. Squire Boone’s family is buried on top of a hill, along Dixie Highway, but even descendants have to get a pass to visit the graves.
I live in laconia, caves all over. It is pronounced la cone ya. There is a cave down at tobacco landing that has multi levels but it is usually flooded on the lower levels and the upoer caves has collapsed in the fack.
You’re #3. Got it! 😊
Lower level is a spring, upper level has breakdown, that seems to terminate the passage. But the 10 year hold boy in me thinks, “is that break down covering up a lower passage?” It’s all fascinating to me, I didn’t grow up down here. But I sure love exploring it now!
@@AdventureswithRoger in my younger years we would camp in that cave. And many others. Louisville gas n electric used to store natural gas in the caves in indiana. At tobacco landing you can see the pipe lines with the gauges and vavles on them. There is still an active LG& E building over on the other side of town so i guess they still use it.
I assume the river was narrower and shallower prior to it being dammed up. I wonder if this could have covered up and flooded a cave under the river?
Much more shallow before the lock and dam system. Most shallow area is about 27 feet before flood stage, 168 feet near Louisville.
My husband and I went driving to try to find the caves today. We went down the road that led to the LG&E sign. We’re we in the right place? If not, which road do we turn on?
I’m hoping to see the entrances, especially of the cave with the waterfall.
I don’t remember an LG&E sign. The Laconia caves are at the end of Tobacco Landing Road, on the right.
Morgan Cave is inside Otter Creek Park, on the left as you drive toward the Ohio River. Look for a quarry on your right, park there, walk across the road to the stone trailhead.
Daniel Boone Cave is only reachable by driving to Otter Creek at Brandenburg, parking near the Ohio River, and taking the tracks west until you hear water. You will not miss it!
Seeing a "dry indian on the other side of the river, with no water craft"... this was likely very common. The smart natives would sink a canoe after using it to cross the Ohio... to avoid any evidence of their movement. I have read this fact in journals from the 18th century.
Does anyone know about mining under the Ohio near Evansville or Boonville? I am 72 and my dad said his father mined under the river.
How cool would that be!
Indeed! Every time I see cave “breakdown”, I wonder if some of the rock is purposely covering a lower chamber.
@@AdventureswithRoger I have wondered the same. Maybe Indiana has an entrance to Agartha?
@@mushroomhunter7521 I find it extremely interesting that we only find primitive tools in these caves, and never art or jewelry. There are legends of mummies found in a Harrison County cave, and when I asked the state geologist about cave artwork, she hesitated and said there were a few caves like that, but she couldn’t tell me where.
I spoke to a hunter that found a cave near Alton. He claims there were pottery fragments and beads in the floor, but didn’t want a university coming in and taking it away. He thought it belonged to ancient people and should stay that way.
All I know is that I keep finding a lot of the same themes, and when you tell any government people: things disappear!
@@AdventureswithRoger very interesting about the mummies. You hear about that in the Grand Canyon but not around here.
I was speaking to a friend of mine, that’s lived in Crawford county his entire life. He knows the guy that claims to have seen the mummies, but the guy doesn’t want to talk. They did find a mummy up north, in 2015.
They say there is a cave in columbus indiana at milrace park next to the river u can go in when the water is low but someone lives in columbus for 20 years ive never seen it people also clam they seen the milrace monster when googled milrace monster comes up but unsure if this is true or not but I really do enjoy your videos in till next time
Had not heard about a cave. A while back, I did a film that included the Mill Race Monster story. Pretty wild stuff!
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@@AdventureswithRoger cool got to check it out now