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    Mystery on Blood Mountain
    Mystery on Blood Mountain
    Mystery on Blood Mountain
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    Mystery on Blood Mountain

    By Hubert Crowell

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    Mystery on Blood Mountain is part two of the series 'Drawn to Darkness', a fiction. Drawn from experiences as a child growing up in the 50's and living in the mountains. Forty-five years of caving has given my many experences. The cave in the book is totally fictitious, but so much like the many caves found in the mountains of Tennessee. This book is about exploration and adventure, about young people having fun and getting to know each other.
    I have always heard that true stories are stranger than fiction. The fiction in this book is biased on parts of true stories put together for Matthew, the main character and his friends, John, Clair, and Joann. Teenagers in a small Tennessee mountain town, growing up in an age of uncertainty and threat of nuclear war. But free to explore the world around them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHubert Crowell
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781370057986
    Mystery on Blood Mountain
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    Hubert Crowell

    Hubert Crowell currently writes, explores caves, plays the fiddle and works three days a week. He has in the past panned for gold, served in the army, repaired TV's, microfilm equipment, video projectors, and other electronic devices. He has taught classes at Vocational School, Eastman Kodak and Church. He has worked at Lockheed, Kodak, BARCO, and RCA to mention only a few. Studied at Southeastern University, Kennesaw University, and Chattahoochee Technical College. Hubert's articles, poems, and music can be found at http://hucosystems.com/hubertcrowell/hubertcrowell.html

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      Mystery on Blood Mountain - Hubert Crowell

      Mystery on Blood Mountain

      Volume 2 of the Drawn to Darkness series

      Fiction

      Hubert C. Crowell

      Cover and internal photographs by Hubert C. Crowell

      Copyright 2014-2016 Hubert C. Crowell

      Published by Hubert C. Crowell at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      DEDICATION

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      CHAPTER 1 LIGHTS ON BLOOD MOUNTAIN

      CHAPTER 2 PLOTTING THE LOCATION

      CHAPTER 3 EXPLORING THE MOUNTAIN

      CHAPTER 4 STRANGERS IN TOWN

      CHAPTER 5 SETTING THE TRAP

      CHAPTER 6 THE BIG PUSH

      CHAPTER 7 A NIGHT IN MYSTERY CAVE

      CHAPTER 8 BREAKTHROUGH

      CHAPTER 9 MYSTERY SOLVED

      About Caves

      About Hubert Crowell

      Other books by Hubert Crowell

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      Your only young once, collect memories for the future,

      and as you grow older, they will keep you young.

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to Matthew Philip Barber and all the young explorers in the world

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      Blood Mountain is actually located in North Georgia, but for my story I placed it in East Tennessee.

      CHAPTER 1 LIGHTS ON BLOOD MOUNTAIN

      Clair sat on the porch and watched the sky as the moon slowly rose over the top of Blood Mountain. She had watched it rise many times before, but this time something seemed different. There was a strange glow coming from the top of the mountain. At first Clair thought that she was seeing things or that her eyes were playing tricks on her. The light lasted for only a few minutes, then it disappeared.

      Clair lived with her parents in a modest country home on the edge of Lippersville. She enjoyed exploring the river and the mountains around her Tennessee home. Clair considered herself a tomboy, and she tried to outdo the boys whenever she had the chance. She thought about the fun she had last year exploring the big new cave with Matthew, John and Joann. It was exciting to find the Indian mummy and to see all the reporters coming to town. Things had quieted down since then and were back normal again, but she wouldn’t mind another adventure.

      Blood Mountain was east of town and was one of the taller mountains visible from Lippersville. A long time ago there was a battle on the mountain between two Indian tribes in which so much blood was spilled that the Indians named it Blood Mountain.

      The mountain was nestled among several others that were not as high. They were all steep mountains with no roads, except one old logging road that led to an old rock quarry on the far side of Blood Mountain. The quarry was located on federal land and was posted with No Trespassing signs. Not even hunters were allowed in the area. People said that it was a wildlife reserve.

      All four of the teens were very close after their caving adventure the previous year. Since then they had explored other caves and any other place of interest they could find. They were always looking for another adventure.

      A few days after Clair saw the strange light, everyone was at her house playing cards on the porch when the light appeared again on the mountain.

      Look! Over there on the top of Blood Mountain! she yelled as she jumped up and turned off the porch light so everyone could see better. The glow was dim and seemed to pulse, bright, dim, bright, and dim. It lasted only a few minutes, and then it was gone.

      What in the world was that? asked Matthew.

      I saw the same thing two nights ago, about the same time, Clair said.

      Joann and John sat speechlessly, staring at the mountain off in the distance. Finally John said, It’s probably lost hunters or trespassers on that government property.

      The four of them studied the mountain, watching for more lights; but after a long time, Matthew, John, and Joann headed home. Clair stayed a little while longer, but when her eyelids began to droop, she called it a night.

      Clair noted that both times she had seen the lights, it had occurred just after dark and had only lasted for a

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