For decades, the jagged, swerving, one-lane country lane known as Lottsford Road was the scene of one of the most popular urban legends that Prince George's County, Maryland has ever known. Surviving for years in a spooky, surreal section of Mitchellville, Maryland, just east of the Capitol Beltway, Lottsford Road played host to a tale of terror straight from your worst Halloween nightmare -- a tale that balanced precariously between shocking fact and twisted fiction. Once up

In the 1950s, an actual psychomanteum was excavated at Ephyra in the western Greek province of Epiros. Within the ruins of a subterranean complex, fragments of a giant bronze cauldron were found; possibly both its polished exterior and liquid it contained were used as reflective surfaces.

At first the apparition was a mere mass of light. Then it grew into a personal form, about as tall as myself…and the glow from the apparition had a constant tremulous motion. At last, the personal form became shapeless, expanded every way, and then vanished in a moment.”

They claim that there does exist a “forbidden zone” within Grand Canyon National Park which completely forbids anyone to hike, camp, or explore there. They also point to the curious names of the landmarks in this allegedly off-limits area, and they even go so far as to suggest that shadowy branches of the Federal Government secretly monitor the entire area.