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"The ghost of a prostitute known as "Blue Moon" haunts this bar and can be heard walking up and down the stairs on nights when business is slow. "
– section from the Shadowlands website
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Ferryville, WI 54628
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In the book "Driftless Spirits", author Dennis Boyer tells of the benign ghosts observed in this rural area.
"“I've seen the Chinese Spooks. They're not really spooky. They're sad. They trudge along like Moses' people building the pyramids before they were free. Makes you wonder how long they have to wander up on Shanghai Ridge.”"
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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east of Eastman on Shanghai Ridge Road
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 92 – 94
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In the book “Driftless Spirits”, author Dennis Boyer tells of a mysterious family of oft-reviled witches that plagued the region.
"“Once a mob from Lansing, Iowa, came over to hunt her down. They said she was behind some drownings over there. They didn't find her because she hid out on one of the islands. But a bunch of government men, engineers and such, planning roads and dams, heard the fuss. They told newspapers. We got bad write-ups out of that. We were compared to hillbillies and hottentots.”"
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 84 – 89
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"The front light on the object became extremely bright and the lights disappeared at an unbelievable rate of speed, in different directions!?"
– section from UFO Wisconsin 01-19-2004 report
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In the book "“Driftless Spirits”, author Dennis Boyer tells of a band of Civil War-era soldiers seen marching and camping outside of town.
"The first time I stumbled into their camp I thought it was a bunch of Gays Mills hippies throwing a party. You know, beards and long hair and all. But they all kind of faded in and out like Iowa TV stations. When one of them drifted away like steam I hightailed out of there."
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 76 – 78
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A hooded figure wanders the building, oblivious to others.
"On at least five occasions between the middle of January and February 5, there have been reports of flickering lights, food disappearing, and a mysterious figure in a dark cloak that doesn't acknowledge those who see him."
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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1600 S Wacouta Ave.
Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here)
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In the book “Driftless Spirits”, author Dennis Boyer tells of woodlands that are home to a nuisance-causing specter.
"There's also disagreement about what the Vinegar Ridge Hunter does when he shows up. Some have him wearing a sword and trotting around on horseback behind a pack of hounds. Others, and I'm in this bunch, experience weird deals where a man is there one minute and an animal is there the next."
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 94 – 97
buy it at
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"The first "craft" appeared right where the iridium flash disappeared. It looked like a disc with flashing lights of blue, violet, red, green white. All of these light colors were on each of these ships."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-19-2001 report
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In the book “Driftless Spirits”, author Dennis Boyer tells of a pack of dog-like monsters that are released into the countryside from their cellar home.
"Now these weren't your standard lab pups or coon dogs. They were a vicious lot. Wild looking. Not like wolves or coyotes. No, more like monsters."
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 79 – 84
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A woman's ghostly ancestor becomes a frequent companion as they are able to converse and share information about the family tree. Wouldn't that be handy?
"Arriving home after midnight, B.T. felt somebody right behind her. “I was scared to death,” she recalled. “I wanted to leave all the lights on. And I got going on this red circle thing, but I knew I wasn't keeping anybody out because they were already in – and sure enough, she was standing in the hallway. She looked exactly like she had looked on the wall, just like a real person except that I could see right through her. And she said, ‘Why are you so afraid of me?’ ” "
– section from the book "Haunted Wisconsin"
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Michael Norman
Trails Books
(Revised Edition, 2001) page(s) 202 – 204
Terrace Books
(3rd Ed., 2011) page(s) 233 – 235
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"Ghosts of America" Haunted Location Reports
(take with a grain of salt)
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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.
"A drifting spirit is from time to time seen trying to exclaim something in Adiantum Woods State Natural Area on a dark night. Residents who have witnessed this spirit assert this spirit may perhaps be a famous old days inhabitant of Wauzeka. Regardless of what people state, it in all certainty is a bloodcurdling ghost that any normal person wouldn't want to run into."
– section from Ghosts of America website
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In the book “Driftless Spirits”, author Dennis Boyer tells of the spirits of American Indians that harass the corrupt.
"Initially, the army garrison commander and the federal Indian agent, bore the brunt of the hauntings. Faces of the old chiefs and medicine men were seen at night outside the windows of the quarters and offices of these officials."
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 89 – 92
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| “Whiskey Jack and the Haunted Island” |
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In the book “Spooky Wisconsin”, there is a story told of the 7-foot-tall lumberjack's bizarre encounter on a sacred island in the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chein. Whiskey Jack is also mentioned on the Sauk County page.
"The phantoms gave a war shout, and the first warrior swept toward Whiskey Jack, brandishing his tomahawk. Whiskey Jack gave a terrible scream and leapt off the mossy slope and ran down the incline toward the raft. The phantom's war-whoop had wakened the other raftsmen."
– section from "Spooky Wisconsin"
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book:
"Spooky Wisconsin"
by S. E. Schlosser
Globe Pequot Press (2008)
page(s) 40 – 46
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Bookmark the Wisconsinosity home page! wisconsinosity.com
717 S. Beaumont Road
(15 miles southeast of Prairie du Chien off Highway 60)
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