Skull Rock at Yellow Springs, Ohio

Skull Rock at Yellow Springs, Ohio

Skull Rock is located at the Hopewell necropolis at Yellow Springs, Ohio. It is situated about 50 below street level in cavern that includes two natural springs.

Photographic Tour of Ohio's Hopewell Sioux's Blood Spring Necropolis.

Ohio's Blood Spring Necropolis.

    The mound builders constructed hundreds of burial mounds at this site.  Tales of disembodied voices on this site are notorious. Blood Spring was a place where the living could commune with dead. 

A literal river of blood runs from this natural spring.  This would have been the Holy of Holies to the Mound Builders who interpreted Iron Oxides as the blood of the Earth Mother.

It is not known if the steps were constructed by the park employees or by the ancients.  A burial mound is located just beyond the top of the steps.

Springs were interrupted as a portal to the underworld.  The serpent was the consort of the Earth Mother in the underworld who acted as a protector of the dead.

Drinking from Blood Spring.  1000s of the ancients may have come to this site to drink and be cleansed by these waters.

Chunks of Red Ocher are found in great abundance around Blood Spring. It is very likely that much of the red ocher found in the Hopewell Sioux, burial mounds in the Ohio Valley came from this Holy site.

Behind Blood Spring is this Hopewell Sioux, burial mound.  It is left overgrown in the summer months and hard to see.  Park employees are clueless to the spiritual importance of this site.

Hundreds of small mounds once dotted the landscape around Blood Spring.  Antioch College destroyed many of the burial mounds.

A few yards from Blood Spring is this natural rock formation I've dubbed, "Skull Rock."

This is the spring that gives "Yellow Springs" its name.  This spring is high limonite that that leaves a yellowish cast to the adjoining rocks.

Necropolis at Haunted Yellow Springs-Glen Helen Park

  Necropolis at Haunted Yellow Springs-Glen Helen Park

While there are many reports of paranormal activity at Yellow Springs, Ohio and the adjacent Glen Helen Park, few are aware that they are in an ancient necropolis of the mound builders.  There were once hundreds of burial mounds at this site that were destroyed by the town and university.
   Burial mounds were constructed to act as portals to connect the living with the dead.  The burial mound represented the impregnated nave of Mother Earth. Most burials contained red ochre that symbolized the female menses and "regeneration."

"Blood Spring" was one of the Holy of Hollies of the ancient mound builders. Red ochre can be found in abundance around this spring.

Burial Mound located within the Glen Helen Park.  It is left overgrown during the summer months and is hardly visible. The State employees who work and give tours of the Park are clueless to its ancient importance.

Three burial mounds located on the university campus.  One of the burial mounds has been desecrated by a statue.

Skull Rock is a short distance from "Blood Spring."

   Glen Helen Park is filled with spirits of the ancient dead.  Knowing the past and that you are walking on the ancient holy ground will enhance your visit. These portals are the reasons why unexplained noises and apparitions are seen in this area. This is of far more importance to witness than the oak tree that will be pointed out by your Glen Helen Nature Guide.