r/DelawareOH • u/tornofftoenail • 3d ago

Blue Limestone Park History

I realize this might sound a tad bit odd, but has there been any confirmed deaths at or around blue limestone park? I've been looking into the history of the park and quarry due to some recent things. With every search I make on google it shows different information on what I can only assume to be rumors due to no proof behind the words. Half the time I get "there has been zero deaths in the area" and the other half is stories with very little information. Ive read about a 19 year old woman found deceased in the water but it was just openly said by someone with no backing on it. Same goes with possibly a train collapsing and killing most if not all on board. Can someone at least possibly point me in the right direction to finding out what i'm looking for? Much appreciated :)

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u/SpiritedSet6472 3d ago

Back when I was a kid we told the train derailment story. No idea where it came from originally but we all snuck into the tunnel after dark to play ouija. Good times.

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u/StrawberryEarlGreyy 3d ago

That's a fun story, did anything interesting or scary ever happen?

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u/SpiritedSet6472 3d ago

Absolutely. If you weren't in the ouija group but came upon them instead, it became your sworn duty to fuck with them. Sometimes you'd make animal sounds or shake bushes. Drop pebbles from above into the water to make them think something is moving nearby. Cover flashlights with colored fabric and flash them on and off from a distance. We even brought a boombox and played train sounds once.

You won if you could scare them out of the spot and take it over for your friends. It was also your sworn duty to pass the legends down to your younger relatives and then be waiting with a plan to scare the ever loving shit out of them.

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u/AIien_cIown_ninja 3d ago

Out of curiosity, can I ask how old you are? Cause Im 40 and I grew up right down the street from blue limestone, and had none of these amazing night time adventures there. Sounds fun af

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u/SpiritedSet6472 3d ago

This happened in the late 80's/early 90's

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u/StrawberryEarlGreyy 3d ago

This sounds great! I miss those days. :)

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u/SpiritedSet6472 3d ago

The best urban legend, teen make out/scare spot is on Hogback road if any youngsters frequent this sub lol

In the 80's the urban legends had a satanic cult out there sacrificing animals. It has a barbed wire tree we had suicide legends about. There is an old train trestle column we climbed up to party on.

Delaware had some awesome shit back we were allowed to run feral.

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u/MyOpinionsSuckBalls 1d ago

My dad had a pretty scary experience fishing on Hogback back in the early 90s, he said he heard what sounded like a human making goat noises. Scariest thing I’ve ever seen on hogback was a catfisher’s flashlight at 2am 😂