Hummel Park is named after the long-time superintendent of Ohama’s parks, Joseph B. Hummel. It was in the 1930s that these 200 acres of land were donated to the Ohama city to become a park. To this day, Joseph remains one of the most influential park advocates in Ohama. The park is beautiful and covered in riparian woodlands. Every year, it is enjoyed by thousands of people. However, there are several sinister stories connected to the park. To start, as with many secluded areas, the park has hosted many murders and suicides. On the east side of the park, there is a steep drop where all the trees have eroded away. This has been used as a popular jump site for suicide attempts. The cliff has been named ‘Devils Slide’. The murders include that of a radio repair man in 1933, a female prostitute in 1983, a high school student who was kidnapped and murdered in 1992, and in 2006, the body of a missing child was discovered there.
Paranormal Activity
On the road that enters the park, there are strange-looking trees that bow over. As the story goes, this is thought to be the site of the racist lynching of black men and women in the early 1900s. The dip in the trees is due to the bodies hanging from them. (There has never been any evidence of lynching happening in Hummel Park). As you walk through the park late at night, people have reported hearing screams coming from the trees, as the ghosts of the people who died there still dangle from the trees. Another of the park’s well-known mysteries is the ‘Morphing Stairs’. At the top of the park sits a long, stone staircase. But the strange thing about it is when you walk up the stairs and count how many steps there are, you will always get a different number on the way down. The staircase leads to a shelter place where satanic rituals are said to have taken place. The shelter is filled with graffiti, dead animal carcasses, and swastikas.
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