Boggly's Mireworld

On the evening of February 20, 1962, Winston Boggly received a message in a dream. As a result, Boggly spent the next ten years focusing solely on the construction and opening of a theme park.

Funding and building the park completely on his own, Boggly faced numerous hardships, including his wife, MaryAnne Beumant, leaving him in 1967, and facing derision from his local community for purchasing fifteen acres of “useless” swamp.

When asked about the negativity of the community, Boggly responded: “they laughed at Moses [sic] too.”

Boggly’s Mireworld eventually opened on the 30th of July, 1972.

An early park map (above) shows the five original, and only constant, attractions, and paths for the temporary attractions that would appear as the park so willed and desired.

MOUNTAINSIDE DARK RIDE

Not much is known about this ride, beyond the five minutes and twenty three seconds it lasts.

No one has spoken of what they’ve seen inside. Most riders, regardless of mood and demeanor at the start of the ride, exit stone faced and silent.

One particular account speaks of an incident involving David McBanister, a homegrown athlete who played football for the local college. By all accounts, McBanister was quite boisterous and jovial as he took his seat. (Accounts differ on whether or not he was mocking the ride’s reputation) Five minutes, and twenty three seconds later, McBanister exited the ride, weeping, and appearing smaller, and older, than he was upon entry.

KARLAK’S WHIRLIGIG

Appearing as a fairly straightforward flat ride, the circular base rotates clockwise, as the five inner circles rotate counter clockwise. The seats themselves then rotate clockwise, all at different speeds.

Many guests reported visions of a vast desert and watchers on the dunes. Some showed signs of dehydration, sunburn, and found sand in their shoes.

The most common reports were of entering a meditative state, though many felt a strong sense of unease during this time.

DEIGHLOR’S CASTLE

Deighlor’s Castle is made of panels of what appears to be some mixture of glass and crystal, fashioned into strange polygons that hang together. There is no frame holding the panels, and yet not one has fallen, or been damaged, despite experiencing close to a hundred Atlantic tropical cyclones of varying degrees.

In fact, none of the attractions have been affected by severe weather.

The Castle appears transparent, and yet you cannot see in or out through the walls.

Visitors have reported whispers and ethereal humming coming from within the halls. Others have claimed to have seen near eight foot tall, hazy figures moving inside the panels. Many visitors exit Deighlor’s Castle with extreme headaches, nausea, and/or nosebleeds.

HOUSE OF HAUNTS

Reportedly larger on the inside than it appears from the outside, there is some debate on whether or not the house existed on the property prior to the purchase of the land.

Featuring basic decor, and rudimentary animatronics, the main attraction of the House of Haunts are the stairs, and doors within doors, that lead to nowhere and elsewhere.

Visitors have been known to get lost in the house for hours, up to several days.

One visitor, who wished to remain anonymous, alleged that he entered one of the painted mini doors, only to arrive at home three days later. He did admit, however, to being quite drunk on moonshine at the time.

WITCH MOUTH SLIDE

The start of Witch Mouth Slide is a depiction of the head and face of a stereotypical Halloween style witch, hat and all, carved into a particularly large cypress tree. To enter the closed tunnel slide, you must step into the open mouth of the witch and use the handles on the sides to start your propulsion forward. The slide takes you through various portions of the park, and spills you out at another random attraction. Given the ever changing existence of the other attractions, there is no guarantee that you will officially exit the ride.

Most of the missing persons reports from the park originate from Witch Mouth Slide.

TEMPORARY RIDES OF NOTE

Two of the more famous temporary rides were The Wondrous Flowing Log Ride, and The Enchanted Mushroom Forest.

The log ride, despite its popularity, had to be manually shut down due to the water randomly turning into blood, which quickly coagulated, causing many guests to become stuck on the ride.

The Enchanted Mushroom Forest holds the record for shortest amount of time between opening and closing, at one minute and seventeen seconds. It appeared at 2:32pm on a Tuesday in June 1977, disappearing just after 2:33pm that same day, taking Susana Taylor, thirty three, and mother of two, with it.