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Devil's Hopyard State Park

East Haddam, CT

Chapman Falls tumbles over bedrock pocked with near-cylindrical holes. Early folklore claimed the Devil made those holes with his burning hooves after getting his tail wet, while geology explains them as potholes ground out by stones spinning in river eddies. The state park is open daily.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: ctparks.com/parks/devils-hopyard-state-park

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