Mystery Location No. 62: July 30, 2017

This is the old Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, 470 Matoaka Road, Rock, West Virginia. In the 1700's, the Clay family settled near the Bluestone River and in 1783, Shawnee Indians killed two of the children and scalped them, and kidnapped Ezekial Clay, who was age 16, and burned him alive. The three children, who were all in their teenage years, are buried in a cemetery on the hill above the abandoned amusement park. The amusement park was built in the 1920's and a little girl was killed on the swings when a truck backed up too close and her swing hit the truck. A little boy drowned in the pool. The park was abandoned in 1966 and it's said to be both cursed and haunted. A lot of Indian bones have been dug up on the land and people say that it was once an Indian burying ground. It’s about 120 miles from where I live and I’ve been there. The old rusting Ferris wheel and swings covered with vines and bushes are very spooky. There are ghost tours around Halloween and you can arrange for tours at other times.