Case file · Folklore / legend
The Suck, the haunted whirlpool
The dangerous whirlpools at Suck Creek on the Tennessee River below Chattanooga were known to the Cherokee as the home of the gambler Untsaiyi and of beings who dragged canoemen down.
1900 CE · 35.09, -85.39 · status: legend
The account
Mooney's storytellers described the whirlpool as intermittent in the old days, with canoes waiting at the bank until the water calmed.