Rural Mysteries of the North Fork Polygon

Green Valley Vortex

A favorite book of the Rural Mysteries Book Club is Thirteen Moons: A Year In The Wilderness, by Robert P. Johnson. The author spent the year of 1984 in the North Fork American River wilderness known as Green Valley, located about 13 miles upstream from Colfax, CA. His June 13th journal entry describes his search for an ancient pyramid.

This serves as a reminder that this "hot-spot-o-mystery" continues to emit "vortex energy", which then flows down canyon into the North Fork Polygon, increasing the MQ (mystery quotient), twisting trees, and attracting robots and UULiOs.

Mysterious Features of the Green Valley Vortex

• The Legend of the Green Valley Pyramid: Did space aliens help humans build a powerful pyramid in Green Valley thousands of years ago? Is the pyramid still there and does it contain treasure? Will you get dizzy if you try to climb it? Were dozens of Chinese miners buried alive when they attempted to dig under it? Some say, "Yes!"
  
  Note: Also known as "The Pyramid of Gold Run".
  
  
• Giant Gap/Lovers Leap: As if being deep and steep isn't cool enough, this 2200 foot deep earth-gash is also the site of at least one archaeologic aircraft wreck.
  
  
• Weird Geology: Russell Towel's Web site documents the strange and shattered rocks that make up Green Valley. His North Fork History page even contains a summary of the legend of the Green Valley Pyramid.
  
  
• Humongous Oak Tree: The self proclaimed fattest, gnarliest, and/or oldest black oak tree in California is located very near the Lovers Leap trail head and close to the world's most dangerous picnic area.
  
  
• The Search for Animal Irving: A 1984 expedition to Green Valley by Henrie Dereface comic book fans was plagued by minor setbacks.
  
  
• Moody Ridge: Just an odd place that seems to attract pyramid hunters, leap-lovers, and gap-giants. Nevertheless, the Placer Land Trust recently acquired 135 acres of wild and scenic property in this area to preserve historic trailheads, protect the watershed, and "permanently restrict harmful activities".
  
  
• Bogus Thunder: In 1976, Gene Markley wrote of Green Valley history in his collection of essays title "Bogus Thunder". More...

Rural Mysteries of the North Fork Polygon