Freetown

Go ahead, Steve.

Hey, Howie, your friend from Freetown, now in South Carolina.

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The true nightmare is what happens on the fringes.

You see, the triangle is bracketed by the bustling, heavily populated suburban towns of Abington, Rehoboth, and Freetown.

Now, this isn't the isolated wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.

This is the busy commuter corridor south of Boston.

But, you see, the Hockamonk Swamp acts like a paranormal magnet, drawing in a completely terrifying, chaotic variety of high strangeness.

Now, it's a hotspot for cryptozoological nightmares.

Folks living on the quiet, manicured streets bordering the Freetown-Fell River State Forest regularly report massive, hairy, bipedal creatures tearing through their backyards.

Now, we aren't talking just about your standard North American Bigfoot.

One might simply play pranks and hide things, while another might kidnap children or commit some other atrocity.

In modern times, The legend is found in a notorious home in the Freetown Fall River State Forest, a central part of southeastern Massachusetts' infamous Bridgewater Triangle, an area known for intense paranormal activity.

Hikers and visitors to the forest report feelings of being watched, hearing strange whispers and giggles, and catching fleeting glimpses of small, gray figures darting between the trees.

These modern encounters have solidified the Pukwudgie's reputation as one of New England's most feared and respected supernatural beings.

right?

So the points are Rehoboth, Abington, and Freetown.

Bridgewater itself is a town that's right smack dab in the middle of all this.

Other towns included in this vortex are Raynham, Brockton, Norton, and Taunton.

Next, you got Profile Rock.

Now, Profile Rock is another one of these Bridgewater landmarks with paranormal reputation.

It's in Freetown, and if you look at the rock from a nearby hill, you can see a portrait of a Native American.

Just the face.

The white man.

Freetown, Massachusetts.

Wow, a lot of you Bay Staters here.

Alright we're going to kick it off here.

Unfortunately, it also provided easy prey for a serial killer.

On an early July 3rd evening in 1988, a woman stopped her car along the shoulder of northbound Route 140 in Freetown.

It's about 15 miles from New Bedford.

Now, she stopped to walk her dog, which was a champion Pekingese named Skeeter.

Weld Square was the commercial center of a lower-middle-class neighborhood.

Whispers of a serial killer began circulating in town, and the media was now aware that somebody was killing sex workers.

On December 1st, 1988, our little super dog sniffer friend Josie found the partially clothed body of Deborah McConnell, 25, along the northbound route 140 of Freetown, Massachusetts.

She was found with a bra wrapped around her neck.

Deep in the dark, silent wilderness, some forests carry legends that stand the test of time, leaving a haunting presence that precedes them.

But what's really behind these terrifying tales of creatures and ghosts? Can they be explained, or are these ancient places truly beyond our understanding? Today, we explore the grisly true crime history that's shaped the haunting paranormal stories behind the Freetown State Forest.

This is Red Web.

Welcome back, Task Force, to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and a little bit of the unknown.

We'll start with the true crime and then slowly weasel our way into the folklore and then the paranormal.

All right.

So, the Freetown Fall River State Forest, also known as Freetown State Forest, it's an expansive, publicly owned forest there in the southeast reaches of Massachusetts.

A state that has a pretty colorful history when it comes to the paranormal, whether it be like the Salem Witchcraft Trials or just like a lot of colonial fright.

One might simply play pranks and hide things, while another might kidnap children or commit some other atrocity.

In modern times, The legend is found in a notorious home in the Freetown Fall River State Forest, a central part of southeastern Massachusetts' infamous Bridgewater Triangle, an area known for intense paranormal activity.

Hikers and visitors to the forest report feelings of being watched, hearing strange whispers and giggles, and catching fleeting glimpses of small, gray figures darting between the trees.

These modern encounters have solidified the Pukwudgie's reputation as one of New England's most feared and respected supernatural beings.

Last time on South Coast Scoop.

Going over to Freetown, the St. Bernard's Harvest Festival.

Ian

Trombley.

What? You were from Freetown and you said that wrong.

What are we betting? Five bucks? Sure.

Five bucks.

often than not, I will admit, you are, and this time is no different.