Heya Musselwhite and everyone else new to the thread!
Sorry I have not posted in a while but my job has kept me so busy I have been going to bed around 9:00 lol. That's early for someone my age.
Anyway, I have a fer comments and answers for Lalaloo. (BTW I live 6 miles from Ellijay)
Those towers you are talking about are simply cell towers. My neighbor works on them. It was funny that you mentioned them, because he was just
telling me a story about finding a remote controlled airplane stuck on it while he was doing maintenance. lol
Although it is disturbing and can really freak you out at times, many jets fly this area. The airbases use the Cohutta's open area for training
exercises. They fly the ridges for practice.
All day over my house you can watch them. They are usually white jets, not f-16's or any of the big dogs, but small trainer jets. I have also seen a
few black jets, and countless Hewey(SP?) and other helicopters.
This area is surrounded by military bases. You have Dobbins in the south near Atlanta, Arnold AFB near Chattanooga, and Maxwell AFB in Alabama.
Not to mention Lockheed Martin in Atlanta. The open expanses of forest are perfect for the test flights.
One final thing. My cousin who is stationed in Ft. Bragg Tells me many of the armed forces carry out ground recon and training missions in that
forest. It is also not uncommon for a hunter to run into soldiers out there! lol
Wouldn't that scare the pants of of you? Getting ready to nail that five point buck with your bow, a trained green beret slowly rises from the bush
next you and says, " Did you get him?"
So in closing I have done quite a bit of research since i last posed. there IS a lot of activity. I am also not by any means saying there is nothing
going on in Ellijay, in fact with all this activity, I would be surprised if there wasn't.
Sadly i still have not been able to get over to Harpers, I was al ready to go one weekend and something came up. Maybe I can soon
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