Yeah, that title grabbed you, huh? After stopping and taking a moment to realize some things about the AZ mountains, the title just rolled from my lips.
Want some examples of what's up with our mountains?
South Mountain: The ancient site of HoHoKam tribes who made glyphs on the rocks often portraying UFOs and strange mutating creatures was also the site of the viewing of the Phoenix Lights UFO event.
Superstition Mountains: In 1845, the first man found gold in this mountain range. Several came out with gold including one called the Dutchman, but many dozens have gone in and never come back out again. The Apache said the gold was protected and to this day locals look up at those mountains with admiration and fear, knowing they contain gold but knowing it also could mean the end of a man.
Estrella Mountains: This mountain range is known for a very large amount of UFO sightings.
Camelback Mountain: An orthodontist taught himself the art of stone cutting just so he could build a castle on the side of Camelback Mountain. It ended up making him lose a wife, 2 girlfriends and all his money. Now, that was a man possessed!
White Mountains: This beautiful mountain range in Arizona is known for its Bigfoot sightings and supposedly the Tribal Police have more official police reports of BF sightings documented than any other US police department.
Grand Canyon: There are a lot of legends here but the most popular one is that an explorer found a cave within that held an Egyptian tomb. It doesn't help that many paths in the Grand Canyon have Egyptian names and there are portions no one is allowed in, raising speculation.
Apache-Sitgreaves Forest: This is the forested mountainside where logger Travis Walton was abducted by a UFO in a famous case with an awesome movie done about it called “Fire in the Sky.”
Sedona: This magical red-rocked land has 4 vortexes or supposed energy areas where leylines meet. These include rock formations within this Valley. It is said they can heal people. I admit to visiting them and they absolutely do have something to them. As well, many believe that there suspicious underground bases in Sedona.
That's just some of it, but most of it revolves around portals and UFOs.