Editing Moodus, Connecticut (section)

==Noises==
Moodus is infamous in Connecticut for strange noises coming from the woods which have been termed "Moodus noises",<ref>Gates, Alexander E. And Ritchie, David (2007) "acoustics" ''Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes'' Facts on File, New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC&pg=PA1 page 1], {{ISBN|978-0-8160-6302-4}}</ref> and are attributed to shallow micro-earthquakes.<ref>"Seismic Detective Solves 'Moodus Noises' Mystery" ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' October 19, 1981</ref><ref>Ebel, John E. (1989) "A Comparison of the 1981, 1982, 1986, and 1987–1988 Microearthquake Swarms at Moodus, Connecticut" ''Seismological Research Letters'' 60:&nbsp;pp.&nbsp;177–184</ref>  The noises can be heard most strongly from Cave Hill,<ref>{{GNIS|206070|Cave Hill}}</ref> located next to [[Mount Tom, East Haddam|Mt. Tom]]<ref>There are three Mt. Toms in Connecticut and two in Middlesex County.  This is the one at {{coord|41|29|45|N|72|28|40|W|display=inline}}, {{GNIS|211499|Mount Tom}}</ref> and owned by the Cave Hill Resort.<ref name="Boudillion">Boudillion, Daniel V. (2009) [http://www.boudillion.com/nashobahill/moodusnoises.htm "The Moodus Noises & Moodus Noise Cave"]</ref>

In the book ''Legendary Connecticut'', author David Philips asserts that the Moodus noises were the source of an indigenous religious cult important to local Native Americans. Local Algonquin chiefs would gather around Mt. Tom in order to experience the living presence of the god [[Hobomok (god)|Hobomok]]. [[Pequot]], [[Mohegan]] and [[Narragansett people|Narragansett]] tribes participated with this cult, and according to local Alison Guinness, the Wongums were involved as well.<ref name="Boudillion" />  Hobomok was considered the spirit of the dead and worshipped by the tribe that inhabited the area. The [[Puritan]]s that came to inhabit the area considered him evil.  However, to the native people he was more like a Zeus or a Hades, a god that can do good or bad, depending on what mood he was in.<ref>Philips, David E. (1992) ''Legendary Connecticut: Traditional Tales from the Nutmeg State'' (2nd edition) Curbstone Books, Willimantic, Connecticut, page ?, {{ISBN|1-880684-05-5}}</ref>

The Moodus noises were the basis for the otherworldly noises in [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s “[[The Dunwich Horror]]”.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lovecraft|first=Howard Phillips|title=The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Stories|year=2001|publisher=Penguin Books|editor=S. T. Joshi|isbn=0-14-218003-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/thingondoorstep00love/page/411 411 – footnote 16]|url=https://archive.org/details/thingondoorstep00love/page/411}}</ref> The local high school's athletic teams are dubbed the "Noises".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.edline.net/pages/Nathan_Hale-Ray_High_School/Activities/Athletics | title=School Website, CMS & Communications Platform &#124; Finalsite }}</ref>