According to Getbustours.com, one famous story about Dead Man’s Point was about back in the days when it used to be a junction for a vital trade route; a prominent place that was tough to ignore.
As the lore goes, an Indian tribe had chosen this place for massacring Catholic Missionaries that had come to them for preaching. Even more intriguing is the story that later on some tribesmen of the Indian ethnicity were brutally killed at the same point –possibly as revenge for the past atrocity.
Though a little desolate and sinister in the story telling, the place is worth all the excitement. The sinister looking place is mainly a rock formation that prominently stands out from the low lying desert-like surroundings. Defaced with graffiti on numerous places, the formation is towering granite rocks that stand pointed towards the sky.
Some suggest it got is name from the shape of the rock formations - resembling a dead man with hands folded across his chest.
Dessert racing was also huge in this area from 1965 through 1973, usually attracting some 300-400 riders every weekend.
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