Miracle Cures and Terrible Curses: What is Going on at Vermont’s Brunswick Springs?
Deep in the woods of Vermont, near the town of Brunswick, there are six small springs known, perhaps a little prosaically, as the Brunswick Springs. These springs aren’t really anything special to look at and amount to little more than a tiny waterfall, running into the Connecticut River in six different spots.
Each of these spots supposedly contains a different mineral: iron, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, bromide, and arsenic. So why did Ripley’s Believe it or Not call the springs their eighth wonder of the world in 1984?
Well, for centuries the local Abenaki population has believed the land surrounding the springs is sacred, and it’s said that the springs themselves have special healing properties. There are also rumors that the area is cursed and anyone who tries to build there is doomed. What torrid history has led to such claims and blames to what should rationally amount to nothing more than a natural phenomenon?
