Haunted Petroglyphs That Portray Decapitation 

Desert Drifter makes videos for You Tube in the southwest. In one of his posts, he visits a graphic panel of petroglyphs found in Utah on private land. The rock art shows large figures ornately drawn with impressive detail portraying their clothing and ornaments. That isn’t all it shows. 

In several of the panels the figures are holding severed heads. Some look like they are clutching the hair or dangling it from ropes. It looks like they are displaying the heads as trophies. One panel even shows severed legs. 

What People Drew the Petroglyphs? 

Experts who have studied the panels say they are the work of the Fremont people. This group inhabited the central part of Utah and were known to farm and hunt. At one point they disappeared, and it is not clear why. They may have left the area or been absorbed by other groups. 

There are scholars who have found possible cannibalism at sites of early peoples who lived in Utah. These petroglyphs with all the severed heads might be related to what these scholars have found. Others disagree with these findings. 

Ad this Site to Your List of Haunted Places 

If you are looking for haunted places in Utah, this panel would certainly fit the bill. I know some people who have visited similar sites and describe a dark feeling when they were there.  

Read More: Is Our History of the Anasazi Wrong? Navajo Teacher Explains

Maybe skip the haunted houses and scary corn mazes this year and go looking for the haunted places left from former civilizations. Just keep your wits about you and your head attached. 

LOOK: How Halloween has changed in the past 100 years

Stacker compiled a list of ways that Halloween has changed over the last 100 years, from how we celebrate it on the day to the costumes we wear trick-or-treating. We’ve included events, inventions, and trends that changed the ways that Halloween was celebrated over time. Many of these traditions were phased out over time. But just like fake blood in a carpet, every bit of Halloween’s history left an impression we can see traces of today.

Gallery Credit: Brit McGinnis

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