Before the Devil went down to Georgia, a rural legend has him pacing in a circle, full of menace & mischief, trampling all the plants to create a barren plot of North Carolina land. Scientists have yet to determine exactly why nothing grows in Chatham County's Devil's Tramping Ground, but N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources soil scientist Rich Hayes isn't giving up. Can modern science solve this centuries-old mystery? Find this and other fascinating NC science stories at science.unct

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