Glen Echo Park

The OES visited Glen Echo Park on October 10, 2003. The park is located in one of the three ravines north of the Ohio State University Campus. In particular, the Glen Echo Ravine is in Clintonville. Originally when the ravine was developed, Parkview Drive snaked threw its earthen walls, but the road has since been removed and partly replaced by a bicycle path. But like the better known Walhalla Ravine (see Franklin County Hauntings), the Glen Echo has its fair share of legends. Ghostly figures have been seen in the creek between the Indianola Bridge and the park bridge near the middle of the park. Our Head Paranormal Investigator actually experienced seeing this figure for himself, but unfortunately did not have a camera. He saw a man walking in the creek and decided to run around a bush to get a better view of the person, thinking it may be a vagrant. As he rounded the bush, the man he saw had disappeared. The ghost of a gothic girl is said to hand out on or near the park bridge near the middle of the park and the ghost of a homeless man who froze to death hangs around the drainage tunnel that runs beneath the Indianola Bridge. There is another area in the park known as the "Ten Pin". It is a set of concrete barriers set in the creek bed to disrupt large objects from clogging the nearby tunnel. The spirit of a witch who used to conduct ceremonies at that location supposedly haunts the area. During our visit we did see two dark figures emerging from around a corner while we were checking out the middle park bridge, but it ended up just being some people from the neighborhood using the park as a shortcut, not anything paranormal.

Location Information: Public Park

Glen Echo Park is located at 510 Cliffside Drive in Clintonville, Franklin County.

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