According to New Age mystics, there is some sort of supernatural vortex near Sedona Arizona where - geez, I dunno, life forces concentrate and make it a sacred place or something.
During one of the supposedly even more sacred times of the calendar for these folks, I saw a make-shift altar near there, a large rock surrounded by two concentric circles of smaller rocks. On the larger rock was a tiny toy car, about 27 cents in change, and an executive-driven, low-mileage demonstrator Hall's Mentholyptus cough drop.
Oh, and a bunch of ants.
The toy car and the money I could sort-of understand, but I'm not sure what sort of religion worships used cough drops.
The Bermuda Triangle is another supernatural phenomenon, apparently picking ships and airplanes out of the sea and sky respectively, and whisking them off to - again, I dunno; the lost city of Atlantis, maybe?
To these I propose to add "The Mississauga Rectangle", a strip of the 401 highway centred around the Mavis Road interchange.
Whenever there seeems to be a crash on the eastbound 401 at rush hour - i.e. daily - it always seems to be right at Mavis Road.
This morning's was just east of the interchange; usually it is just west.
Why here? The highway is no different here than anywhere else.
That's why I suspect sinister alien forces may be at work.
To what purpose, I cannot imagine.
Maybe those of you who live east of the city (my Dad always said you should live east of your work so you are always commuting with the sun at your back and not in your eyes; among the many things my Dad tried - and failed - to teach me...) have a similar situation on westbound 401.
The Pickering Parallelogram, perhaps?
Again, it makes no sense.
Any clues out there?
hilarious! I think you're onto something, Jim!
Posted by: Timothy Thorson | January 20, 2010 at 12:31 PM
No I don't have any answer to your observation Jim. We have a 401 phenomenon down here - the dreaded Drumbo Curve at Drumbo Road exit area. It seems that hardly anyone can get around this curve without causing a pile-up. You and I are rare exceptions Jim. There's more pileups here than all the other spots on the 401 combined. It must be the mysterious pull of the infamous local Benwell Swamp 5km to the south (Google it!) Yeah that's it.
Posted by: Mike T. | January 21, 2010 at 10:01 AM
The Bermuda triangle includes a lot of undersea limestone left there by the Yucatan meteor impact some 65 million years ago. There is a theory that this limestone contains vast pockets of carbon dioxide which is occasionally released causing airplane engines to stall and boats to lose their buoyancy. Whether we know why certain places are dangerous or not, common sense should lead us to avoid them! Jay walking is risky and should be done with increased awareness. I was called a bad name by two young "ladies" who were crossing against a light. I asked them "What's red mean?". Get eye contact before you step out in front of a vehicle - it's not worth dying for.
Posted by: Glenn Elliott | January 24, 2010 at 10:58 AM