Minots Ledge

Hobomock, the Evil One according to the local rock Indians, lives under the ledges off the shores of Cohasset and the area north of Scituate, Massachusetts. In his fury, he creates the wild northeast gales that churn the seas into a dreaded maelstrom. To placate him, Indians left gifts on the rocks. The tidal currents in the area cause the rocks to seemingly reach out and grab passing vessels, dragging them to their doom. In the past 350 years, at least a thousand ships, often with entire crews and their cargos, have been lost here. To the settlers of the Bay Colony these ledges soon acquired a reputation equal to that of Cape Hatteras or the back (east) side of Cape Cod.