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![]() Santa Cruz is really a hotbed for paranormal activity while you have bigfoot which is prevalent in the rainforest of the Santa Cruz Mountains their are numerous UFO sightings in Monterey Bay surrounding one of the deepest oceanic trenches in the world. Not to far away from the beach is the Court Of Mysteries where two brothers built a strange temple which aligned with our solar system to for tale the apocalypse and during WWII one of the brothers built an anti submarine stopping device which would interfere with communication when German or Japanese Subs were quietly submerged just off the coast of Santa Cruz. Then of course not far away you have two really well known ghost stories which are told surrounding The Pioneer Evergreen and Santa Cruz Memorial Park Cemeteries. One of those stories is about the ghost of a young woman all dressed in white. Then you have The Mystery Spot which is simply an optical illusion yet it also boasts some strange facts. ![]() While their is so much mystery and strangeness surrounding this beach side town Master of Horror Alfred Hitchcock also had ties to the area. He actually had a ranch in the Mountains above town where he had modeled Bates Mansion and Motel in Psycho after the local McCray Hotel a Victorian mansion on Santa Cruz's Beach Hill. One must wonder about how many natives were killed when the Spanish had arrived due to disease being spread nearly wiping out various tribes who fished for thousands of years on this beach. Lets not forget that in the 1970's Santa Cruz was known as the murder capital of the country and had quite a few serial killers living here. One of them killed for boys in the redwood grove just a few miles away that were camping. Today life has calmed down enough that Santa Cruz is a tourist destination for those who want to surf, boat, swim, explore, hike and fish. But over the years it also had developed a very colorful history one filled with legends of Sea Monsters, Murder, Visitors from other worlds and tragedy. No less Santa Cruz is a colorful beautiful little place sitting on the edge of Monterey Bay and I am so glad we can bring these types of locations to our viewers to enjoy. ![]() The first European land exploration took place around 1602 just north of Santa Cruz led by Gaspar de Portola not far from Purissima California where the men were in search of ![]() A short time later in 1797 Governor Diego de Borica by order of the Viceroy of New Spain had established the Villa de Branciforte a town named in honor of the Viceroy. This would be one of only three civilian towns established in California during Spanish Colonial Rule. In simple terms Santa Cruz was a town in the 1700's and the mission was only about a mile if that away so its civilians could attend mass. Very few folks know it but the City of Santa Cruz had the Villa De Branciforte annexed in 1905 and revoked its civic status. But nearly a century this Spanish town thrived right off the coast meanwhile many Ohlone were absorbed into the church while some were laborers others were servants and were forced into slavery. By then most were wiped out due to catching diseases from the Spanish and the tribes no longer had villages in the Santa Cruz area. ![]() In the 1820's Mexico became independent which means they also had control of nearly all of California. The government did try to rename the community that had grown all around the Mission to Pueblo de Figueroa a former governor but the name never stuck and this area continued to keep its name by the Spanish "Santa Cruz". Most of Santa Cruz in the 1820's was just farming and grazing lands one ranch extended from the San Lorenzo River north along the coast near today's county border. Those ranches would be eventually broken up into smaller land grants by several different governors between 1834 and 1845. The ranches were imperative in the fact that cattle, sheep and other livestock could be grazed on the land which would supply dairy, meat and crops to the people of Santa Cruz before California became a state and was free of Mexican control. As a matter in fact when immigrants began to arrive here in the 1840's when overland routes like the California Trail were opened it led to the Mexican - American War because after secularization most of California's lands were divided into private lands and many of them were owned by pioneers who came to California seeking new lives. After 1848 Mexico ceded the territory of California to the U.S and Alta California was the first portion of the territory to become a state in 1850. Santa Cruz County was established that same year and Santa Cruz was incorporated as a town in 1866 or should I say today a bustling port city. By this time there were very few Ohlone Tribal People left as a matter in fact many of the Franciscan Missions were secularized around this time period of 1834. The Holy Cross Mission in Santa Cruz suffered when the adobe buildings begin to fall apart due to the heavy storms that came through the area year after year. The Chapel tower fell in 1840 and an entire wall collapsed in the 1857 Fort Telon earthquake. Thus in 1858 a newer more modern church was built next door to the remaining rear portion of the chapel and that remainder was demolished in 1889 when today's Holy Cross Church was built on that site and is a gothic marvel. The view from the top of the hill of the Santa Cruz area is quite amazing and that view has never changed not when the Ohlone hunted game on it or the first explorers came here to build a mission which later became a settlement right on the pristine sands of Monterey Bay. I made sure that I had visited the Mission because in the 1700's it was about all that stood in the region overshadowing the ocean and led to the development of the Santa Cruz you see today. Sadly the Ohlone had nowhere to go because when lands became secularized they were often given to friends and relatives of the Alta California government and some were given to foreigners who had married into the Californio families. Sadly the language, culture and traditions have disappeared the tribe was said to be under a 1000 and today while some ancestors do remain much has been lost due to the Spaniards reign. ![]() ![]() During the Civil War a Gun Powder Mill was built right on the San Lorenzo River using charcoal and powder kegs manufactured from local forest. Later that mill produced smokeless powered used by the US Army in the Krag-Jergensen rifles and guns of the US Navy. Some of the blasting powder was often sold to mine owners to be used in mining operations. Sadly the mill was heavily damaged by a series of explosions on a warm April night in 1898 nearly burning down the entire city due to flaming debris being blasted across Mission Hill. Back then before they closed in 1914 nearly 300 local men worked here. I just want our viewers to understand that Santa Cruz is very rich in history and where their is history their are also ghosts. Over the years tragedy has hit the area time and time again whether it was fires, serial killers taking the lives of innocents, tsunamis, earthquakes, disease or some other tragic accident over the years many people came to Santa Cruz and simply never left it. While today life has slowed down a little we must never forget the historical tidbits which led to Santa Cruz being the great city it is today. But no great city starts great it was those who made history here who had made sacrifices and contributed to the cities growth making it what it is today. ![]() The park was named after its three wave and wind carved sea arches. The natural bridges were formed as powerful waves eroded the mudstone deepening a depression in the cliff until natural caves were formed. Sadly today only one remains as in the early 1900's one arch collapsed and the inner arch was destroyed during a storm in 1980 leaving only one behind. If you visit the tidal pools and cave in the park it resides directly below the Seymore Marine Center which also houses NOAA aka National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. More then often visitors can watch the whales out in the bay from this state park or even above on the cliffs behind the Seymour Marine Exploration Center. ![]() After further testing it was revealed that this was more then likely a Northern Pacific Beaked Whale aka Beradius Bairdi which are very rare and unknown outside the British Columbian Seawaters. Today people still debate exactly what this was not everyone agrees with the scientific analysis done back in the 1920's. With that being said the sea monster of 1925 is still very well talked about today. Years later many locals also experienced a wave of sea monster sightings just off the Santa Cruz Beach in the 1940's. Being that Monterey Bay is one of the deepest in the world its hard to know what undiscovered creatures lurk in the depths below but sightings of many strange things still persist today including strange glowing and flickering objects often seen at night. Which is why I love hiking along this short stretch of shoreline because over the years its a focal point for those seeing things they cannot explain. Not just unexplained but very fascinating aquatic life such as the massive Blue Whale skeleton that washed up not to far from the Seymour Marine Center which today the massive skeleton can be seen at the entrance of this educational facility. I truly wish that they existed when the 1925 sea monsters washed up at Natural Arches perhaps they would have drawn an entirely different conclusion as to what really washed up on Santa Cruz's shoreline. Throughout the 1940's all the way up till around today sightings of a similar creature called BoBo have surfaced particularly around the wharf where I enjoyed a wonderful seafood dinner during my first adventure up in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is a fun place but it also has a dark history and the kings of this beach have changed times many hands including even gangsters. While this is a bustling city still so very little is known about the bay which contains one of the deepest trenches and canyons in the oceanic world. The area offers so much to the explorer ranging from redwood groves to haunting cemeteries and jagged cliffs where ships have met their demise. It is a place of paradise, love and loss but also legendary sea monsters, UFOs and even Bigfoot which roams the mountains which backdrop the city and the ocean below. We may never have all the answers to this areas dark history nor the mystery but you have to wonder which this very beach is the focal point for life, death and the unknown for the past three hundred years. So next time you decide you want to brave Santa Cruz just remember there might be a sea monster lurking in the depths or little green men living in a biosphere 11,800' below the surface or you might be enjoying an amusement park ride someone had tragically died on. I also highly recommend you visit the Seymour Marine Exploration Center and the Santa Cruz Discovery Museum. I did not visit Santa Cruz for the surf but rather I wanted to visit here so I could experience all this bay has to offer whether that was a haunted cemetery or merely standing on the same beach a sea monster was found. Their truly is no place like Santa Cruz in the world I LOVE IT here and were so excited to share a small part of our journeys to one of the most colorful coastal towns in all of California. Copyright By Lord Rick aka AngelOfThyNight PGS Founder Author, Urban Explorer, Paranormal Adventure, Talk Show Host and Producer ![]() |
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