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Wilbert Behn, the 80-something-year-old Lion Tamer of the Northwoods, still has a menagerie of animals at his farm, where for years he held shows for whoever happened to stop by.  Although retired, he has held onto one lion and one tiger to keep as pets.

2008 UPDATE:  Wilbur and his wife no longer live on the game farm.  The whereabouts of the big cats are unknown.  Hopefully Wilbur didn't just set them free along the Plover River.

The badger now has a protective wood fence between it and the roadway.  Once it loomed over a building on the property, but it has since been partially buried at the edge of the parking lot. The log is used as a garage, and it's a good guess that the broken branch is actually a chimney.

  Chet & Emil's Broasted Chicken
388 Main St.
Birnamwood, WI  54414

"I passed a huge collection of rusting old cars (at least dozens--if not hundreds). In the collection I was able to identify a 1961 Chevrolet Corvair (I had one) and a 1948 Buick (my mother had one that I learned to drive with). It was truly amazing. I asked a person getting mail from the mailbox whether this was a personal collection of cars. They responded in the affirmative."
- section from the Tail Winds website

  was at:  N4410 US Highway 45
Tigerton, WI  54486

  (north of town across from Fairview Motel)
N4410 US Highway 45
Tigerton, WI  54486

"Bigfoot in the Pickle Patch"
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recommended prescription:
take with 1 grain of salt

Shawano UFO Sightings

"As it grew closer I realized the object was too large to be a plane. In addition it had no flashing lights or landing lights. It was very long in length, possibly 200' to 500' feet. It had a row of what appeared to be windows yellow orange in color, with several lights in the front and rear the same color."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 11-16-99 report

Chicken Alley

A short road with ghostly chickens, unexplained voices, haunted trees & phantom snowmobiles.

Gresham UFO Sightings

"...you can clearly see flashing red, green, white lights, flashing very quickly, like a cop car."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 02-20-00 report

Two Couples Shine a Bigfoot  (1981)

Stranded Motorists Spot UFO  (2001)

"As her and her sister got out a second one came from nowhere. They had to be only a hundred ft above our heads. Not to mention they must have been 150-200ft each."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Bright Rays Coming out of Triangular Object  (1976)

"They reported that at one point the object was pointed up and at another time pointed down."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Old Sacred Heart Rectory
now called Sacred Heart Center

"Ghosts of America" Haunted Location Reports
(take with a grain of salt)

The reports on this site are presumably fiction, using random Wisconsin place names in the stories listed there.  Even so, you might get a kick out of reading them.

Bowler High School and Middle School

"The museum part has a collection of cultural and historical artifacts from pre-contact to the Mission school eras.  We also have the Tribes' Bible on display."
- section from the Mohican Nation Official Site

  N8510 Moh-He-Con-Nuck Rd.
Bowler, WI  54416

hours:
(Mon - Fri)  8am – 4:30pm

"The museum complex includes the John Kast house, built 1871; one-room schoolhouse, log cabin, cheese exhibit building, a natural limestone building and reception building. Exhibits center on area history. The buildings are located on the channel between the Wolf River and beautiful Shawano Lake. A footbridge leads to Sunset Island, a beautiful spot for picnics and fishing."
- section from Travel Wisconsin website

  524 N. Franklin St.
Shawano, WI  54166
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hours:
June thru September  (Wed, Sat & Sun)  1:30pm – 4:30pm

"View an unique collection of railroad memorabilia at this former railroad depot including telegrapher's equipment, pictures and timetables, old fashioned railroad lanterns, freight wagons and variety of other railway equipment."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website

  1311 North Main Street
Gresham, WI  54128
or

hours:
Summer:  (Saturday afternoons)  1:30pm – 4pm