Skeleton Creek is a 2009 children's horror mystery novel by Patrick Carman, the first of a series. The second is Ghost in the Machine.

Synopsis

The plot of the novel centers around "The Dredge", an abandoned gold dredge that destroys everything in its path to locate gold, in Skeleton Creek, a local town. It is haunted by the ghost of "Old Joe Bush", a man who died in an accident on The Dredge. Two youths in the town, Ryan McCray and Sarah Fincher, attempt to investigate the dredge and its ghost, while being closely watched by their parents and the Forest Ranger, who are trying to keep the two separated after Ryan breaks his leg on the Dredge. A video series, starring Sarah, also goes along with the novel, which show trips to the Dredge and ghost sightings. The books has four sequels, Ghost in the Machine, The Crossbones, The Raven, and The Phantom Room.;)

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Skeleton Creek may refer to:

Skeleton Creek is a stream in Logan, Kingfisher and Garfield counties, Oklahoma, in the United States.

Skeleton Creek was so named in 1867 by pioneers who found at the creek bones of Wichita Indians who had died during an outbreak of cholera.

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Skeleton Waterholes Creek is a waterway in the outer western and outer south-western regions of Melbourne, Victoria. The creek originates near Mount Cottrell, to the south of Rockbank, and passes through rural land until it reaches the suburban areas of Tarneit, Truganina, Hoppers Crossing, Altona Meadows and Point Cook before it flows into Port Phillip Bay after the Cheetham Wetlands. The creek has important local Aboriginal spiritual significance and parts of the creek are popular sites for recreation(various).

Environmental condition

It has been classed as being in "moderate condition" by Melbourne Water, but it is becoming increasingly urbanised as new developments extend across the catchment from Hoppers Crossing and surrounding areas. This new development poses a major risk to the health of the river as does the poor quality of both the creek's water and streamside vegetation along significant parts of the waterway.

The Cheetham Wetlands, a significant site for migratory birds, is located at the mouth of the creek.