I can see some rubbed off on you.
LOL, well, I think it is the air and the water that are strange!!
Some kind of leftover smog like air left from the ice age! Couple that with the fact that many Kettle Bogs have been found around the area, it is indeed a mysterious place.
Have you ever been to a Kettle Bog? Mysterious and wonderful! Mastodon bones have been found.Kettle Bogs are found around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_(geology)