Saturday, October 21, 2017
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Laurel Caverns
Who We Are: We are open every day until Monday, October 30, 2017 when we will close for bat hibernation season. No reservations are needed for families or groups having less than 15 people. A 55 minute long traditional tour departs every 20 minutes beginning at 9:00 am every day, 7 days a week – even holidays, with the last tour entering the cave at 4:30 pm. (Those entering on the last tour will exit the cave at 5:30 pm.) Laurel Caverns is 8 miles from Hopwood, PA 15445 and 11 miles from Farmington, PA 15437, surrounded by the Forbes State Forest. For purposes of GPS, put in 1065 Skyline Drive, Farmington, Pennsylvania. Please read our directions. Laurel Caverns is a large natural calcareous sandstone cave located 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. Most of the passage ceilings in its three mile labyrinth are between ten and twenty feet high (many as high as 50 feet) with an average width of over twelve feet. This makes it the largest cave in Pennsylvania. The cave itself is situated beneath a 435 acre privately owned geological preserve. Because this property is at the top of Chestnut Ridge, all of the water that enters the cave is pristine. The cost of maintaining this preserve is only funded by cave admissions, program admissions, and our gift shop. No local, state or federal tax dollars are used for either the support of this private preservation initiative or for the support of its educational programs. For this reason your patronage is greatly appreciated. Because of its size, Laurel Caverns is also the largest natural bat hibernaculum in Pennsylvania. In commitment to its preservation mission, the cave is closed during the primary months of the bat hibernation season, November through April. The cave is essentially empty of bats from May through October.
the only reason this took so long to make the bucket list is I just found out about it tonight on one of those Bigfoot/Alien/Paranormal documentaries on amazonprime I am bound to watch...THE LITTLE GREEN MEN FESTIVAL in Kelly, KY!
Earth-bound fun for the whole family! Kelly "Little Green Men" Days festival is all about family fun! Arts & craft booths, good food, and great live music! And where else will you find a 38' flying saucer?
Okay, so why aliens? On the evening of August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children arrived at the Hopkinsville police station claiming that small alien creatures from a spaceship were attacking their Kelly, KY farmhouse and they had been holding them off with gunfire "for nearly four hours". Two of the adults claimed they had been shooting at "twelve to fifteen" short, dark figures who repeatedly popped up at the doorway or peered into the windows. For decades "The Kelly Incident" as it has become known has captured the popular imagination and in ways big and small has changed the world. The community of Kelly, Ky now celebrates the anniversary of the event every August with our very own Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival. Picture
Experience the invasion See the history of Kelly, KY brought to life on the big screen! The world premiere of the movie will be in Hopkinsville KY at WK Cinemas on Friday, August 18. Join us at the Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival on Saturday, August 19, where you can get autographs from the actors and actresses in the movie. A special viewing of the movie will be at the festival on Saturday night after the final concert.
movie The Invasion of Kelly
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