Devils On Horseback

Devil’s Gate: A Portal to Hell? The last Friday in April, the LAGP packed up our gear, jumped in the ghost mobile and headed out to La Cañada/Pasadena area to investigate the infamous Devil’s Gate Dam.

Why I’m calling this location infamous is a bit of a history lesson, so read on. Devil's Gate Dam, built in 1. Arroyo Seco. Devil’s Gate is named for the appearance of a horned devil face in a narrow canyon of the Arroyo Seco, a natural riverbed flowing from the San Gabriel Mountains into the Los Angeles basin. Native Americans thought the area near Devil’s Gate to be haunted and they forbade their people from frequenting the spot.

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Centuries later, the Arroyo, a source of devastating floods to the growing downstream communities, was dammed just behind the devilish rock formation in 1. The Devil and the Gate. Enter Jack Parsons and stories of occult Rituals taking place in the Devil’s Gate area in the 1. Parsons, a brilliant Cal Tech rocket scientist, is commonly referred to as one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Labs or JPL.

He was very involved in a secret society, the Ordo Templi Orientis (it is still active in California), which followed teachings by the famed English occultist Aleister Crowley, called by some “the wickedest man alive.” Parsons and, later L. Ron Hubbard (yes, the founder of Scientology), were rumored to have been trying to create a “moonchild” — a sort of anti- Christ they believed would throw over modern society — through magical rituals specifically conducted in the area due to its mystical energy. Crowley supposedly called Devil’s Gate one of the seven portals to hell. Some occultists believe that the rituals actually did open a portal that allows negative energy and non- human entities to pass into this world. Kinda like a real- world hellmouth without Buffy. Whether they succeeded in this moonchild endeavor is unlikely, but Parsons did succeed in having the JPL campus built very close by.

The idea was that the mystical energy in the Devil’s Gate could only help these pioneering engineers’ rockets reach the heavens. The JPL campus was purposefully located near Devil's Gate. The Devil’s Gate’s notoriety continued to build through the mid- twentieth century with the disappearance of at least four children in the area. In August 1. 95. 6, 1. Donald Lee Baker and 1. Brenda Howell went missing while riding their bicycles in the recreation area behind the dam. They were last seen alive on a Sunday evening but never returned home.

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Hundreds of volunteers searched the foothills of the San Gabriels, while Navy divers checked the reservoir. All that was found were their bicycles and Brenda’s jacket.

Less than a year later in March 1. Tommy Bowman vanished while hiking with his family; he simply ran ahead, rounded a bend and disappeared. Again, search parties scoured the area, on foot and horseback as well as in helicopters. Three years later, 6- year old Bruce Kremen also vanished from the nearby YMCA camp. The boy was not feeling well and a camp counselor watched him walk back towards the camp, not more than 3.

He never arrived. Donald and Brenda’s disappearance was solved when serial killer Mack Ray Edwards confessed to abducting and murdering the children thirteen years earlier. A highway department worker who helped build Southern California’s freeways, he buried their bodies underneath the asphalt. Edwards was sentenced to death for the murder of six children and took his own life while in San Quintin prison. There has been some recent interest in linking Tommy’s disappearance to Edwards’ activities as well, but his and Bruce Kremen’s disappearances are still unsolved cold cases. One other thing to note is that the Arroyo Seco passes past both Devil’s Gate and Pasadena’s Suicide Bridge. And just a mile or two to the east is the Cobb Estate with its own local legends of hauntings and occult rituals.

Carol has coined a moniker for the three locations: the Arroyo Triangle. Tyler and I kinda like it.

Now on to our investigation…Turns out the day we visited Devil’s Gate was Good Friday, although we didn’t realize it until after we had made plans. We decided to do a quick scout before dusk to plan the investigation. While we were hiking towards the dam, we met a man out walking his dog who shared a personal experience with us. He said he often took a couple neighborhood kids on adventures in the area, and once they were hiking down the trail near the devil’s face and heard what sounded like faint song. They explored further and realized it was coming from the tunnel carved into the rock beside the devil. This tunnel is a flood control outlet and is normally locked off behind a chained gate.

He said he’d always tell kids the gates were chained not to keep people out, but to keep something in. Now, we don’t know if he was pulling our legs, but he said that day they heard the singing they also saw way back in this tunnel two red eyes staring out. Then they all got the heck out of there! Due to the water level when we visited, we weren’t able to venture down this far.

After scouting the area, we returned a couple hours later after sunset to see if we could make contact with anything. Setting up on the dam itself, we found that there was a slight electrical current running through the walkway on the span’s south side. However it wasn’t enough to cause any interference with our instruments as long as we kept the KII and Mel away from the edge. Since Carol had done most of the research into the missing children, she reached out to them and tried to learn more about their disappearances. No responses on either meter or on the audio recorder. We weren’t really feeling anything out of the ordinary on the bridge either.

We next walked through the tunnel to the area above the actual Devil’s Gate. There was still quite a lot of traffic on the 2. Arroyo and it was going to affect any audio recordings. Tyler wanted us to head down the trail into the arroyo and get as close to the Gate as possible in the dark. There was water being released from the dam, and it is not safe to be directly in the path of the overflow channels — please heed this warning if you plan to visit the area yourself.)Down near the devil’s face we settled in on the dirt trail. There was an animal making an odd tapping sound in a tree on the hillside above us, which only added to the spooky feeling of being so close to a possible portal to hell.

Carol and I both tried to contact the spirit of Tommy Bowman — Carol had read that many people think he was buried in the deep mud that has collected behind the dam. We did have one weird thing happen when something like a rock hit the ground behind me (I jumped!) but we cannot be certain this was paranormal. Next, Tyler also thought he heard something moving on the trail leading away from us toward the Gate.

The video: In conclusion, the history behind Devil’s Gate dam may be more interesting than any present hauntings or paranormal activity. Maybe we were just having an off night (it was after all Good Friday) and should return later in the summer when the water in the arroyo has dried up so we can get right next to the devil’s face and that gate to hell.

Or maybe that’s pushing our luck a bit much. What do you think? Anyone local ever had any experiences out there? Error fetching Flickr photos: A feed could not be found at http: //api. N0. 7& tags=devilsgate. Sources: Forgotten Newsmakers > Jack Parsons.

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Janjaweed - Wikipedia. The Janjaweed (Arabic: جنجويدjanjawīd; also transliterated Janjawid[2]) are a militia that operate in western Sudan and eastern Chad.[3] Using the United Nations definition, the Janjaweed comprised Sudanese Arab tribes, the core of whom are from the Abbala (camel herder) background with significant recruitment from the Baggara (cattle herder) people. This UN definition may not necessarily be accurate, as instances of members from other tribes have been noted.[citation needed]In the past, they were at odds with Darfur's sedentary population over natural grazing grounds and farmland, as rainfall dwindled and water became scarce. They are currently in conflict with Darfur rebel groups—the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and Equality Movement. Since 2. 00. 3 they have been one of the main players in the Darfur conflict, which has pitted the largely nomadic tribes against the sedentary population of the region in a battle over resource and land allocation.[4]Etymology[edit]The origin of the word Janjaweed is unclear. It has been translated into English as "devils on horseback" [5] from the Arabic words جن jinn "demon" and أَجَاوِيد 'ajāwīd "horses".

Other sources suggest its origin comes from the Persian word جنگوی jangawi, meaning "warrior",[6] or a portmanteau of three words: جَن jan, after English "gun"; jinn; and 'ajawīd.[7]History[edit]. A Janjaweed militiaman mounted. In 1. 97. 2, Muammar al- Gaddafi created the Islamic Legion as a tool to unify and Arabize the region. The priority of the Legion was first Chad, and then Sudan.[citation needed]In Darfur, a western province of Sudan, Gaddafi supported the creation of the Arab Gathering (Tajammu al- Arabi), which according to Gérard Prunier was "a militantly racist and pan- Arabist organization which stressed the 'Arab' character of the province."[8] The two organizations shared members and a source of support, and the distinction between the two is often ambiguous[citation needed]. The nearly continuous cross- border raids that resulted greatly contributed to a separate ethnic conflict within Darfur that killed about 9,0. The Janjaweed leadership has some background in Gaddafi's mercenaries.[1.

The Janjaweed first appeared in 1. Chadian President. Hissène Habré, backed by France and the United States, defeated the Libyan army, thereby ending Col. Muammar al- Gaddafi’s territorial designs on Chad.

Gaddafi’s Chadian protégé, Acheickh Ibn Omer Saeed, retreated with his partisan forces to Darfur, where they were hosted by Sheikh Musa Hilal, the newly elevated chief of the Rizeigat Arab tribes of north Darfur.[citation needed] Hilal’s tribesmen had earlier smuggled Libyan weapons to Ibn Omer’s forces.[citation needed] A French- Chadian incursion destroyed Ibn Omer’s camp, but his weapons remained with his Mahamid hosts.[citation needed]Throughout the 1. Janjaweed were Arab partisans, tolerated by the Sudan Government, who pursued local agendas of controlling land. The majority of Darfur’s Arabs, the Baggara confederation, began their presence in the war over grazing territory, and remain involved.[1. In 1. 99. 9- 2. 00.

Western and Northern Darfur, Khartoum’s security armed the Janjaweed forces.[citation needed]. Janjaweed are omnipresent. They are seen in marketplaces and within walking distance of refugee camps.

When the insurgency escalated in February 2. Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, and the Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudanese Government responded by using the Janjaweed as its main counter- insurgency force. Protracting the forces to attack and recover the rebel held areas of Darfur, the Janjaweed conducted a campaign targeting rebels in the region of Darfur. The U. S. State Department and others in 2. Janjaweed commanders, including Musa Hilal as suspected genocide criminals. By early 2. 00. 6, many Janjaweed had been absorbed into the Sudan Armed Forces including the Popular Defense Forces and Border Guards. Meanwhile, the Janjaweed expanded to include some Arab tribes in eastern Darfur, not historically associated with the original Janjaweed.

Chadian Arabs were also increasingly active in seeking to reestablish a political base in Chad, as part of the Unified Forces for a Democratic Change (FUC) coalition. By October 2. 00.

United States' government had declared the Janjaweed killings in Darfur to be genocide, since they had killed an estimated 2. The UN Security Council called for the Janjaweed to be disarmed. On July 1. 4, 2. 00. International Criminal Court filed genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir, accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation using the Janjaweed tribes.[1.

Janjaweed's commanders[edit]. Armed Janjaweed walk freely through the marketplace in Geneina. Musa Hilal, who heads a small but powerful Darfurian Arab tribe,[1. US State Department of being a leader of the Janjaweed.[1. The New Yorker quotes him: "I am a tribal leader.

The government call to arms is carried out through the tribal leaders."[1. He admits recruiting, but denies being in the military chain of command, according to Human Rights Watch.[1. The following is a United States State Department list of Janjaweed Commanders and Coordinators: Sheikh Musa Hilal: Janjaweed coordinator and Buffalo Brigade (Liwa el Jamous) commander. Hamid Dawai: Janjaweed Brigader, Terbeba- Arara- Beida area leader. Emir of the Beni Halba tribe and Janjaweed leader, he was responsible for Janjaweed activities in the Terbeba- Arara- Bayda triangle where 4.

August 2. 00. 3 and April 2. He has residences in Geneina and Bayda, Sudan.

Abdullah hanif Abu Shineibat: Habila and Foro Burunga area. Emir of the Beni Halba tribe and Janjaweed leader in the Habila- Murnei area. Omada Saef: pasiver and Misterei area. Omda of the Awlad Zeid tribe and leader of the Janjaweed from Geneina to Misterei. He has a residence in Geneina.

Omar Babbush: Habila and Fur Burunga area. Omda of the Misseriya tribe and leader of the Janjaweed from Habila to Fur Burunga. He has a residence in Fur Burunga.

Ahmed Dekheir: Murnei area. He is the omda of the Ma’alia tribe and leader of the Janjaweed in Murnei. Ahmed Abu Kamasha: Kailek area.

The following is a United States Congress list of Janjaweed's Coordination and Command Council: [2. Sukeirtalah: Lieutenant Colonel, Leader of Janjaweed——Geneina. Ahmed Mohammed Haroun: Coordinator——State Minister of Interior. Osman Yusif Kibir: State Governor Darfur. El Tahir Hassan Abboud: NCPMohammed Salih Al Sunusi Baraka: Member of the National Assembly. Mohammed Yusif El Tileit: Western Darfur State Minister.

Hussein Abdalla Jibril: Major General, Member of the National Assembly. The following is a United States Congress list of Janjaweed Field Command: Sheikh Musa Hilal: Janjaweed coordinator and Buffalo Brigade (Liwa el Jamous) commander. Mirliton here.

Hamid Dawai: Janjaweed Brigadier, Terbeba- Arara- Beida area leader. Emir of the Beni Halba tribe and Robert Gillis, he was responsible for Janjaweed activities in the Terbeba- Arara- Bayda triangle where 4. August 2. 00. 3 and April 2. He has residences in Geneina and Bayda, Sudan. Abdel Wahid: Janjaweed Brigadier, Kebkabiya area. Mohammed Ibrahim Ginesto: Janjaweed Brigadier.

Hussein Tangos: Janjaweed Major. Omer Baabas: Janjaweed Major[2. International Criminal Court Other members: References[edit]^ ab. Sudan's Janjaweed Militia^Janjawid https: //www. UN Warns Chad Violence Could Replicate Rwanda Genocide - Christian News on Christian Today".

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