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  1151 Main St.
Wild Rose, WI  54984

  Wautoma Shell:
W7684 State Road 21/73
Wautoma, WI  54982

Read the comments on attraction #3 above.

  W7015 Highway 21 East
Wautoma, WI  54982

Ed Gein's Property
private property

In 1957, bachelor farmer Ed Gein was arrested for murdering a local Plainfield woman.  When his old farmhouse was being searched, a macabre discovery was made: the body of Gein's victim was hanging upside down, nude, beheaded and gutted like a deer.  It wasn't the only disturbing sight in the home.  As it turned out, Ed was robbing graves in the area and amassing a collection of body parts.  He used human skin to fashion lampshades and other items.  The home was burned to the ground not long after his arrest.

Clark's True Value Hardware Store
where Ed Gein Claimed His Last Victim

It was here that Ed Gein killed Mary Worden, who worked behind the counter.  If you visit the store, be respectful.  The story of Ed Gein inspired the films "Psycho", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Silence of the Lambs".

Ed Gein's Grave

Gein died in prison in 1984, but his foul deeds were not forgotten.  His gravesite west of Plainfield was soon being visited by vandals, who stole his headstone in 2000.  He remains buried in an unmarked grave between the plots of his brother, who is rumored to have been killed by Ed when they were young, and his mother, who was so adored by Ed that her room was kept in pristine condition after her death despite the horrifically unkempt state in the rest of the house.

Strange Lights Over a Summer Camp  (1979)

"As I started looking up I saw three round and big points of light hovering up in the sky, maybe 700 feet to a 1,000 feet."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

"Plainfield's Chopper"

In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of an axe-bearing spirit that may have affected Ed Gein.

Haunted Stahl Hunting Cabin

Odd Light Over Fish Lake  (2003)

"At about the 12 o'clock point, there appeared a second object that approached the path of the satellite from behind at a much faster pace."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

"UFO Sighted Over Pine River?"  (1976)

"As the UFO came down lower, Heide threw herself on the ground. She heard no sound from the UFO as it headed towards Jewells again."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Weird Lights Near Tustin  (2004)

"When I looked up I saw about six to ten lights that were white and were a little larger than the stars, but were blinking and random speeds."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFOs Seen Over Multiple Cities  (1981)

"A Wautoma woman who saw the UFO Saturday night said it seemed to be circling over the Redgranite area. She said it continued moving around and never remained in one place. She said there were two things in the air but the second object never moved and she had no idea what either object was."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Cursed Camp Napawon

"Winter Solstice Nederman"

In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of a spirit of the winter solstice which takes away souls.

UFO or Planet?  (2002)

"It is a small source of alternating light of red, white, and green (or blue)."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

"The Christmas Quilt"

A harrowing experience follows the removal of an old quilt from its place in the closet.

"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.

Tuttle Lake*

"It has been told that before the property became a campsite for children and teenagers for summer vacations, the lot was owned by a farmer and his wife. It is known that the farmer went crazy when he found out that the wife was pregnant, so he drowned her in the lake, and the farmer was never seen again. Recently, two counselors from the campsite went to check on a missing camper out in the woods at night, and ran into what was an extremely bright light where they describe that they "couldn't see a thing." They said they had no choice, but to turn around because the light was blinding, and as they turned around they saw a woman run away from them. The counselors start running in a different direction...a direction that lead to the only tent on the campsite, but when they started running for the tent, they realized they couldn't find it. So, they both turned around to look and see where exactly they were when they noticed that the tent was in fact right behind them...the weird thing about this is, is that in order to end up in front of the tent, you have to cross a road, which the counselors themselves told me they "Never, ever crossed." One counselor said "We were running and running as fast as we could, and then we found ourselves in front of the tent which is impossible unless you cross the road...which we did not." Strange indeed, and it has been told that investigators had found the pregnant farmer's wife in the lake, and buried her underneath the campground. Still today, the lady remains underneath the site in body, but in soul she remains on earth. Watch out carefully for her as you visit this site."
- section from The Shadowlands website

"The Pioneer Museum of Wild Rose, WI offers guided tours of the eight-building complex...1884 Elisha Stewart House...Barn and Blackmith Shop...Carriage House...Country School...The Gift Shop...Pioneer Hall...The Smoke House."
- section from the Wild Rose Official Site

  (on State Highway 22)
920 Mount Morse Rd.
Wild Rose, WI  54984

hours:
mid-June thru Labor Day  (Wed & Sat)  1pm – 4pm

"Housed in the old County Jail, the Museum's collections include antique furniture, clothing, artifacts, memorabilia, documents and more. The old sheriff's living quarters, consisting of nine rooms and hallways, are now complete with various exhibits such as a school room, bedroom, war room, country store, kitchen, parlor, jail office and more. The cell section, which consists of eight rooms and a hallway also has a number of exhibits, including old tools, office equipment and railroad relics. The jail cells in this two-story section remain, as they were at the turn of the twentieth century, complete with steel bars and cell doors."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website

  221 S. Ste. Marie St.
Wautoma, WI  54982

hours:
(Wed & Sat)  1pm – 3pm