Over at the Mohegan Sun casino, there's an exhibit about Moshup, a giant from Mohegan folklore. Moshup was said to be a friendly giant to the Mohegans, the Wamp

Over at the Mohegan Sun casino, there's an exhibit about Moshup, a giant from Mohegan folklore. Moshup was said to be a friendly giant to the Mohegans, the Wampanoags, and other tribes in the area, protecting them from harm from his home on Martha's Vineyard island. But he could be roused to anger; and his stomping footsteps around the New England countryside were thought to be the cause of Moodus's seismic activity. Certain geological features in Connecticut were of great importance to Mohegans, said to be Moshup's footprints (but called "the devil's footprints" by English colonists because you know, colonialism). Growing up in Connecticut, you think you're relatively safe from earthquakes... until you read about the folklore around Moodus and other seismic hot sites, from Natives and from colonists, and then you get a little bit scared...