The Devil's Millhopper
 
I went into an empty parking lot parking next to the only vehicle kind of odd I know didn't want to stand out parking tickets and getting towed I think I can do without right now lol. We started our hike off to the Millhopper and we were pretty excited about this place. The reason for excitement was that I spent awhile talking about this place to the guys this is a place I wanted to visit 3 years ago and never had anybody to venture to it with me.
 
Its a place with stories, myths, lore, energy and even horror stories. We made our way further back down a dark road which led us to a patch of woods. We made our way to the ranger station it was all lit up and their was brochures, historical read ups, maps, etc the station felt eerie with the light on it and the chair with the jacket on the back of it.
 
Andrew told me that maybe I am a schitzo cause whatever we do or where ever we go I tell him scenarios of what can happen and why lol. Trust me on this I see a cop staring at us Ill tell him now here is why he can pull us over etc you do enough adventures you start to know that its obvious a green haired guy does not belong here lol. But Andrew was worried about this place being lit and it was the opposite with me of course I did not tell the guys what laid ahead which would be a descent into complete darkness.
 
We made our way down a trail and to our right was a giant drop off filled with trees growing in the ravine, sounds of water rushing, and pitch darkness. We read a little historical plaque took a photo of a memorial stone then we took the 225 steps to the bottom. We made are way about 120 feet down in a 500 foot bowl across.
 
My main interest remained with the cave which I wanted to find at the bottom of this pit. I seen quite a few rock formations throughout the bottom of the sink hole of course this just shows others that underneath the land we reside on is a whole series of limestone tunnels that are filled with water flowing threw them.
 
I found a cave and climbed over the railings dropping down. I mean this is a place that needs to be enjoyed close up not from a wooden boardwalk. The cave had water rushing in it and I climbed into the hole. It opened up to a cavern not very large but I stood up and in parts of it I did get soaked. Eventually Andrew came to see the cave he says boo I see you cause I was hiding all the way in the back of it looking into another hole which dead ended.
 
The cave was not large but like I said this is the real deal this place is ancient like most places we visit. The guys went to sit up on an observation deck they smoked up I had another little mission in mind. I want to explore other parts of the sink hole which was risky but I wanted to find another cave to explore.
 
I climbed and this time dropped further down losing site of the guys. I found what appeared to be streams at the bottom of the sinkhole I did not walk in them cause they had sandy bottoms which mean soft ground. Of course little did that help me cause I was walking on solid ground until one of my boots went over a foot deep in solid soft ground. I got a little nervous I thought oh boy the sink hole is sinking further lol. I mean what else do you think when all of sudden your legs go down into a deep hole.
 
My boot was covered in mud was not mad just surprised at the terrain in the sink hole. Like the bottom edges all had giant rock formations but then streams flowed around the rocks and on the bottom. One of the streams went into this hole just disappearing into the bowels of the earth. A few trees grew at the bottom of the sink hole but mainly just grass. I did not check it all out but I did see enough to understand how its got its name.
 
I was not also happy with being down at the bottom alone cause something was in the sink hole with me and it was big it was moving around. I honestly am not sure what was down their with me but the movement was something very large so I knew I was not alone maybe something was hiding down in here  on one of the steep walls of the sink hole but it was close.
 
I climbed the rails it was about 7 feet up and found the guys around the corner on a deck we smoked one after that I needed it the place has a dismal feeling around it. I get bad vibes and then I get regular energy vibes. Something bad has happened here and more then on one occasion. The site just allows us to collect data as to what over time so I cannot wait to get this up.
 
We made our way back up the stairs it was a hard climb lets face it we all get old I ran the stairs to the top but I could feel the blood in my legs flowing these stairs go fairly steep to the top 225 to be exact which is about the height of a 10 to 12 story hotel to give some an idea. We made it up and we felt pretty accomplished not an easy place when you put it all together.
 
We left got to the parking lot the other car was gone I thought hmmmm but a place so long talked about at my meet ups has now been conquered and your going to enjoy the history to it to when It comes out on our site. We then moved onto Newnansville Ghosttown Cemetery.

The Descent Into The Millhopper

Devil's Cave

Ascension Out Of The Millhopper

Leaving The Millhopper