Posted in West Virginia
February 17, 2021
Nicknamed “Bloody Mingo,” The Dingess Tunnel In West Virginia Has A Shameful, Tragic History
West Virginia is brimming with goodness and beauty, but she also hides her share of shameful, dark secrets… including the terrible events that took place in decades past near the Dingess Tunnel in Mingo County.
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Check before you enter to make sure you don't see any headlights coming toward you, because you don't want to meet another car somewhere in the middle of that long, narrow stretch of brick!


From 1900 to 1972, at least 17 lawmen were killed in the area's Twelve Pole Creek region - shot to death while attempting to keep order.



Have you driven through the Dingess Tunnel? Did you know the rumors and stories associated with its past? To learn more or get directions to the tunnel, visit the Tug Valley Area Convention & Visitors Bureau website.
Dingess isn’t the only West Virginia tunnel with a less than respectable history. Here’s another: Flinderation Tunnel, a haunted spot with a dark history.
Address: Old N W Railroad Bed Rd, Dingess, WV 25671, USA