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The Paulding Light
aka The Watersmeet Light
aka The Dog Meadow Light
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Although technically in Michigan, it was impossible to ignore this site of mystery, as too many Wisconsinites have crossed into Yooperland to view it for themselves. The Light is visible from a rural roadway, its source as yet undetermined. Is it merely automobile headlights seen from a distance? Swamp gas? Reflections in the clouds? Many who have gone to see the Light for themselves would insist that it cannot be explained away so easily.
UPDATE: During a visit to see the light, a man standing nearby told of how the "true" Paulding light was not the stationary light seen in the distance at the end of the road, but instead it would rise up and swoop over the trees, sometimes coming closer to those who watched on the road. When seen, the "true" Paulding light could not be misidentified as headlights or reflections, but considered something truly unexplainable. This description has been repeated by other such witnesses.
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 From Eagle River, take Highway 45 northward, crossing the border into Michigan. Continue past Watersmeet for 5 miles.
Turn left on Robbins Pond Road. Follow the road for 1/4 mile until you see a dead end barricade.
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Backwoods Wisconsin
www.backwoodswisconsin.com
Unexplained Research
www.unexplainedresearch.com
Watersmeet Official Site
www.watersmeet.org
Castle of Spirits
www.castleofspirits.com
Prairie Ghosts
www.prairieghosts.com
Ghosts.Org
www.ghosts.org
"The Paulding Light"
(an independent film)
www.pauldinglight.com
Roadside America
www.roadsideamerica.com
book
"The Haunted Northwoods"
by Tom Hollatz & Seal Dwyer
North Star Press (2000)
pages 37 - 52, 107
buy it at
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Michael Norman & Best Scott
Trails Books (revised 2001)
pages 35 - 42
buy it at
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book:
"Weird U.S."
by Mark Sceurman & Mark Moran
Barnes & Noble Books (2004)
page 104 buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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Summerwind Mansion
wisconsin's most haunted house
(burned ruins on private property)
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| location: Land o' Lakes |
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| Summerwind as it looked before 1988. |
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"Shadows moved through the house, mumbling voices were heard, and the apparition of a woman was frequently seen floating through the French doors into the parlor. Other strange things went on in the house. Windows raised by themselves, appliances failed for no reason, and eerie noises echoed through the house at night. Then, while remodeling a closet, the couple found the mummified remains of a human corpse."
- section from The W-Files report |
located on West Bay Lake, which is on County Road B (12 miles west of Land o' Lakes, 14 miles northeast of Boulder Junction). There are two accesses to Helen Creek Road from Hwy B. Take the westernmost one. Turn left at the first legitimate intersection (it has two street signs for Helen Creek Road). Continue until you see a sign for the addresses "7112 to 7146". Turn left on that road. When you reach the addresses "7112 7116 7120", look for a small driveway to your right. If you reach 7124, you went too far. The ruins are not clearly visible from the road if the leaves are still on the trees.
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Official Site(s)
1. summerwindmansion.com
2. www.summerwindmansion.net
Prairie Ghosts
www.prairieghosts.com
The W-Files
www.w-files.com
Wausau Paranormal Research Society
www.pat-wausau.org
Wisconsin Ghostboard
wiscghostboard.proboards45.com
"A Haunting" DVD
shopping.discovery.com
book:
"The Carver Effect"
by Wolffgang von Bober
(2nd edition pub. 2005 by Raymond H. von Bober)
buy it only here!
book
"The Haunted Northwoods"
by Tom Hollatz & Seal Dwyer
North Star Press (2000)
pages 4 - 35
buy it at
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book:
"The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations"
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk
Research Publishing Co. (2004)
pages 160 - 168
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
book:
"Haunted Heartland"
by Beth Scott & Michael Norman
Warner Books (1985)
buy it at
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book:
"Ghost Stories of Wisconsin"
by A.S. Mott
Lone Pine Publishing International (2006)
page 172 - 190
buy it at
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book:
"Weird Hauntings"
compiled by Joanne Austin
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. (2006)
pages 44 - 47
buy it at
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book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
pages 59 - 60
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book:
"Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
by Ryan Jacobson
Adventure Publications, Inc. (2009)
pages 8 - 17
buy it at
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Unexplained Object in Sky (2003)
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| location: Winchester |
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"It traveled at a relatively constant speed, but it jumped, hesitated and weaved as it traveled eastward. It was not a meteor, no trail or pieces breaking off."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report
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UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com |
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"Bingo Hall - This one likes to push people. My mom works there, a couple of times when she was there alone with one other person she would all of a sudden be pushed by an unseen force and was also witnessed by the other person. Another time a surveillance man was in to change tapes and heard screaming and a kid talking, he was the only one there."
- section from The Shadowlands website |
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"No, it wasn't me that pushed you. It was...an unseen force. Yeah, that's it."
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510 Old Abe Road
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
(800) 25-TORCH
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Official Site:
www.lakeofthetorches.com
The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net
Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com
book:
"The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations"
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk
Research Publishing Co. (2004)
pages 158 - 159
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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"There we saw two (or possibly three close together) bright green circular lights. They appeared to be joined, and the rings, I figured, were due to the brightness of the light."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 05-28-04 report
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UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com |
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Pancakes From Outer Space (1961)
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A silver spacecraft lands south of town.
Aliens offer pancakes to a plumber in exchange for water.
As bizarre as it sounds, this story has stirred up some serious debate.
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UFO Wisconsin
1. www.ufowisconsin.com
2. www.ufowisconsin.com
Weird Wisconsin
1. www.weird-wi.com
2. www.weird-wi.com
3. www.weird-wi.com
The Anomalist
www.anomalist.com
Superior Broadcast
www.superiorbroadcast.org
book:
"The W-Files"
by Jay Rath
Trails Books (1997)
pages 1 - 6
buy it at
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book:
"Oddball Wisconsin"
by Jerome Pohlen
Chicago Review Press, Inc. (2001)
page 7
buy it at buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
pages 19 - 20
buy it at
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book:
"Wisconsin Curiosities"
by Michael Feldman and Diana Cook
Globe Pequot Press
(2nd ed., 2004) page 109
(3rd ed., 2009) page 111
buy it at
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"The Stevenson Creek Chimney Mystery"
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Once there stood a three-story home in the woods. It was built in 1905 by a man who wanted to harvest cranberries, but things did not go as planned. The magnificent home was abandoned and eventually dismantled by the state for its log walls. All that remains today is the massive three-story stone chimney, standing in the forest alone.
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"People who have paid a visit to this place have said that you can still see people walking into the basement, kids playing by the creek, sometimes running in the tall grass, and windy spots around people when everything else is calm."
- section from The Shadowlands website |
From Boulder Junction, head south on County Road K for 2 miles. Do not turn east as K veers off in that direction. Instead, continue south on County Road M. After driving 1 mile on M, park at the State Forest Campground parking lot at Trout Lake. Walk 1/3 mile north to the first hiking trail crossing the highway. Go east for 1/2 mile until you come to a convergence of 4 trails. Here stands the chimney.
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Vilas County Tourism Site
Boulder Junction Hiking Trails
www.vilas.org
Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com
The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net
book
"The Haunted Northwoods"
by Tom Hollatz & Seal Dwyer
North Star Press (2000)
pages 118 - 128
buy it at
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"It went on then faded in to nothing again. It was such a large light, I knew it could not be human."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report
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UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com |
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A treasured painting is found in various places around the owner's house, having been moved by mysterious means.
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book
"The Haunted Northwoods"
by Tom Hollatz & Seal Dwyer
North Star Press (2000)
pages 58 - 59
buy it at
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"The Sioux Warriors of Strawberry Island"
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| location: Lac du Flambeau |
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In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of dead Indians left on an island which add up to no good.
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The W-Files
www.w-files.com
book:
"Northern Frights"
by Dennis Boyer
Badger Books (second ed., 2005)
pages 72 - 75
buy it at
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Hiker Finds Huge Footprints (1991)
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| location: Arbor Vitae |
"...there were huge footprints in the bog that looked almost human, but were probable twice the size of my own (I wear size 12). I don't think they were large bear tracks, as there were no claw marks, nor did it look like the tracks of a four-legged animal. They looked like huge human footprints, with really big toes."
- section from BFRO incident report |
North of Highway 51 within the southern portion of the Northern Highlands State Forest
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BFRO (Bigfoot Field
Researchers Organization)
www.bfro.net |
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"It would be constantly blinking colors, then moving up a bit, then over to the left, blink some more, move around, then move to the right to it's original position. And it would start all over again."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report
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UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com |
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"But then i Heard a loud groooooo groooooo grooooo. I just froze."
- section from BFRO incident report |
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BFRO (Bigfoot Field
Researchers Organization)
www.bfro.net |
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The Weird Wisconsin website ponders the multitude of Devil-related place names in Wisconsin.
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here) |
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In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of spectral canoe riders seen gliding over the lake's surface.
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book:
"Northern Frights"
by Dennis Boyer
Badger Books (second ed., 2005)
pages 61 - 65
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com |
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"We had seen many meteorites that night, but this was definitely different. It did not leave a streak, and it was much brighter than the meteors. It also paused, and moved in a different direction, unlike the meteorites."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report
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UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com |
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In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of a parka-wearing specter which is seen on several lakes in the area, including Circle Lily Lake, Dead Pike Lake, Birch Lake and Big Crooked Lake.
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The W-Files
www.w-files.com
book:
"Northern Frights"
by Dennis Boyer
Badger Books (second ed., 2005)
pages 57 - 61
buy it at
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Headwaters Restaurant and Tavern
formerly the Old Tavern
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"Old Tavern - is said to be haunted by a "red lady." Employees won't talk about the subject and no one goes into the basement. The building is one of the oldest in town."
- section from The Shadowlands website
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5675 County Road M
Boulder Junction, WI 54512
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Official Site
www.headwatersrestaurant-tavern.com
The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net
Strange USA
www.strangeusa.com
Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com
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Horse Rider Spots Bigfoot (1993)
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| location: northern vilas county |
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"It was about thirdy (sic) yards away and i could only see it from the waist up to the shoulders, and it looked like it had like a beer belly. Star was 17 1/2 hands tall and this thing looked like it would have been close to a foot taller...We also found a partial foot print. He had his tape measure with and the print was 19 1/2" long x 7 1/2" wide."
- section from Wisconsin Bigfoot report
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Wisconsin Bigfoot
www.wisconsinbigfoot.com |
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"Ghosts of America" Haunted Location Reports
(take with a grain of salt)
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| location: statewide |
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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.
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"The phantom of a down-and-out gentleman was made out howling at the onlooker to go away in a rubber boat on Plum Lake. Other stories of this spirit have been conveyed. In any case, it's a scary ghost that any sane person wouldn't want to encounter."
- section from Ghosts of America website
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Ghosts of America
www.ghostsofamerica.com |
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