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When it comes to the creepiest places on Earth, we all know that the Bermuda Triangle ranks near the top of the list. But for many amateur paranormal investigators, the Bermuda Triangle is a little too far away from home.

If you want to come face to face with pure creepiness without having to travel too far, then the Bridgewater Triangle is the place for you. It’s an area that has recently become a hotspot for paranormal activity, and it’s just outside of Boston.

The Bridgewater Triangle covers about 200 square miles in southeastern Massachusetts.

Believers in the Bridgewater Triangle claim that the area is teeming with UFOs, ghosts, and other paranormal figures. Catching UFOs streaking across the sky is a common occurrence in the area.

The boundaries of the Bridgewater Triangle can vary depending on who you talk to, but there are generally accepted areas and objects that mark its borders.

One of the creepiest places within the Triangle includes the former resting place of the Dighton Rock (pictured above). The Dighton Rock was a 40-ton boulder located along the banks of the Taunton River, and it was covered in strange symbols. The symbols were originally thought to be of Native American origin, but researchers have never had any luck in decoding them. Even though the boulder has been removed and placed in a museum, scary things still happen at the site.

Aside from an abundance of UFOs, the Triangle also plays host to other forms of terror.

Residents living in or near the Triangle have reported seeing Bigfoot-like creatures roaming the wilderness. For a time, cattle mutilations were also fairly common. While they were happening, local police believed that the perpetrators might have been killing the creatures as part of a ritual sacrifice.

In 2014, a pair of documentary filmmakers tried to get to the bottom of all the creepiness, but their findings were inconclusive.

(via: Mysterious Universe)

So there’s another awesomely creepy place to add to your paranormal road trip itinerary. Just make sure you bring Bigfoot repellent.

Since May, an ethereal sculpture has seemed to float over Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway. It spans the space, where an elevated highway once separated the waterfront from the city’s downtown region, and hovers some 600 feet overhead.

The title of this sculpture is As If It Were Already Here, and it was created for the city’s public art program by sculptor Janet Echelman. She used a special, lightweight twine that has a strength 15 times that of steel, yet sways and ripples gently in the slightest breeze.

The monumental installation is an interpretation of and homage to Boston’s history, as well as its progress.

Draped over three skyscrapers, it symbolizes the interconnectedness, adaptability, and strength of the city and its people.

It also shows how everything affects everything else. “When any one of its elements moves, every other element is affected,” Echelman explains. “It is a physical manifestation of interconnectedness and strength through resiliency.”

The sculpture also appears different based on the light. During the day, it almost blends into the sky.

But at night, it glows.

Attached to the surrounding skyscrapers 600 feet in the air, As If It Were Already Here was created using some 500,000 knots, mostly done by hand. And although it looks like a piece of lace floating above the city, in reality, the sculpture weighs in at about 1,000 pounds. It also glows with its own light, thanks to light and tension sensors.

Depending on where you are, the sculpture changes shape.

Echelman says that her installation’s shape- and color-changing properties are to inspire people to try and see it from different angles, and thus explore this area of the city.

It changes colors based on motion and tension.

Installing such a large sculpture is not easy.

In all, the sculpture uses 100 miles of twine and reaches 600 feet at its widest point. It spans about half an acre, or 20,250 square feet.

As If It Were Already Here will be on display through October 2015 in the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, and visitors are encouraged to check it out from different angles and vantage points, whether strolling through the park or lying in the grass.

You can also see more of Echelman’s work on her website.