Not everyone knows the story about Big Burley's Curve and I think it was alluded to in the thread about Fish Rocks. As it turns out, there's a few salt cedars about 1.3 miles on the Ridgecrest side of Fish Rocks and just beyond it is Big Burley's Curve. Many old timers have a habit of honking their horn when they go around this curve. According to legend an old Indian is buried near the curve and he wakes up when vehicles pass by. The tradition is to honk when driving around the curve to ask the old Indian for good luck. It seems to me that the Indian would give them bad luck for waking him up, but maybe he's lonely and appreciates the social gesture.
I have lots more info to share about Poison Canyon and I'll post more when I get around to it!