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Originally posted by rogergarrison:Ohio has the 'Blue Hole' in north central part of the state. They even have a park around it and you can see it on google maps. Its a perfect round hole like 50 yards wide with very blue water. No ones been able to measure how deep it is. I say its from an alien laser weapon....
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Snipped this from the article. I too remember this attraction when it was open as a young kid. A real shame it closed. Until Roger brought this up, I completely forgot about it. Really fascinating place.The Blue Hole known for its aqua clear blue water was a roadside tourist attraction for close to 60 years. It first opened in the early 30’s, but due to rapidly growing high tech tourist attractions, The Blue Hole could not afford to accommodate for wheelchair accessible people. The family that owned and ran it decided to close the gate in the 1990’s.
The Blue Hole fame came to be, due to its sparkling aqua blue water, which held no oxygen, because of the lack of oxygen there is not any plant or fish life. People have claimed that the Blue Hole is a bottomless hole; numerous efforts over time by divers have failed to find out the depth of the hole. The water is so clear that when you look into the hole you can see 50 to 60 feet down into the hole. The water temperature of the Blue Hole maintains a yearly temperature of 48 degrees, and never freezes over.
The Wyandot Indians once used the Blue Hole as a medicine camp; the Wyandot Indians believed that the Blue Hole held great powers, due to its clear cold water.
As a child growing up in Ohio, my family and I visited the Blue Hole, I was probably close to 10 years old, and the impression that the Blue Hole left on me, is one that is unforgettable. The hole seemed to go on forever and, the beautiful color would mesmerize anyone who looked into it. I remember walking around the Blue Hole on a wooden boardwalk, and enjoying a picnic lunch from a nearby picnic table. The nearby streams were kept stocked with carp, and for some small change you could get fish food out of the machine and feed the carp. There was also a small souvenir shop, where you could purchase postcards, plates, and paperweights with pictures of the Blue Hole on them.
The roadside attractions from our youth brought with them a sense of peace, a kind of meditation that you cannot achieve or get from todays fast-paced amusement parks.
It is a shame that time has changed, and what we once enjoyed with our families we cannot enjoy with our children. I would have loved the chance to take my children to the Blue Hole, and to experience that magical feeling, that you do not get from the theme parks of today.