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| Farmer Watches Object Flying Across Fields (1987) |
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| location: Mount Vernon
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"Kahl described the lights as appearing to be about three feet in diameter, 'and they moved, although (the object) sat right there.'"
– section from UFO Wisconsin 01-07-1987 report
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| Lake Waubesa Sea Monster (1920's) |
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A creature “sixty to seventy feet in length” was spotted sunning in the lake.
"He described this thing as having a body which he estimated to be from sixty to seventy feet in length and of a dark green color. Of its serpent head he could give no clear description. But as this man was given to drink, (he had a quart of "forty rod" in his boat), his eyesight and veracity were questioned by many when he reported the encounter. "
– section from Charles E. Brown, Wisconsin Folklore Society
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| Dragon Sightings in Lake Kegonsa (1920's) |
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An ill-tempered beast causes wreckage.
"He was seen off both the Colladay Point and Williamson Point shores more than once. Existing accounts of him are rather confused. He seems to have been of a more vengeful and destructive nature than those of the other lakes."
– section from Charles E. Brown, Wisconsin Folklore Society
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here)
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The W-Files
www.w-files.com
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book:
"Weird Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey & Richard D. Hendricks
Barnes & Noble Books (2005)
page(s) 117
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book:
"The W-Files"
by Jay Rath
Trails Books (1997)
page(s) 30
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"It then came down very steeply and I though it was going to crash in the woods next to the highway. In!stead (sic) the lights dropped in intensity until it looked about the size of a flashlight. It then winked out and appeared to land on the shoulder of the road directly to our right. When it winked out it was the size of a computer keyboard and appeared to fly into the woods next to the road."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-21-2004 report
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"There were two "headlights" or beams of white light coming from the front of the craft. They were straight out from the craft, not directed at the ground. There was a reddish light on the bottom center of the craft."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 11-27-2002 report
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| Crop Circles in Verona (1999) |
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| location: Verona
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"61' diameter circle with a 101' diameter ring swirled counterclockwise with slightly curved 'spokes'."
– section from Crop Circle News
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Reports of paranormal activity observed at site of an accident, but there are not many details from which to draw a complete story.
"Apparitions seen and strange feelings."
– section from the Shadowlands website
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| Calf Mutilated / Priest Slain (1998) |
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| location: Dane / Middleton
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"Animal mutilations -- sacrifices -- have long been associated with Satanic activity...With its throat slashed and blood drained into a milk pail, the calf also had its hind legs cleanly cut through at the pelvis, Wagner said...On this same date, further north in the village of Dane, the Reverend Alfred Kunz was violently murdered -- his throat slashed -- at St. Michael Catholic Church."
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here)
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Wisconsin State Journal
(article archive on Kunz murder)
m.host.madison.com
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| Devil's Chimney (pillar of rock) |
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| location: Mount Vernon
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The Weird Wisconsin website ponders the multitude of Devil-related place names in Wisconsin.
"Another theory holds that early settlers often named places because of paranormal events. Something odd and beyond understanding was seen, and the newly arrived settlers named these places to commemorate – or to warn of – the event."
– section from Weird Wisconsin website
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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 a playful, rubber-faced being that delighted in surprising the locals.
"The Goblin took great delight in bothering travelers. Anybody on the road at night could expect a visit. The Goblin could bounce up to them like a ball or crackle up like ball lightning or push up right through the road. He seemed to enjoy doing these things to people from Klevenville, Riley, and Pine Bluff."
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 165 – 168
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| Friends Out Walking at Night Encounter Object (1993) |
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| location: Brooklyn
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"What I could see was pretty much an equilateral triangle cruising at what couldn't have been more than 60 mph or so. The lights were nothing outrageous in brightness but I do remember the colors. Red and white."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 07-11-1993 report
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"This object was what creeped me out, I couldn't make out it's shape but I saw some red lights in a perfect row softly blinking from one side to the other over and over."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 06-24-2005 report
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| Semi Driver Has Direct Encounter (2004) |
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"There appeared to be a greeninsh (sic) floodlight of sort shining down on me. It felt mysteriously warm and tingly. The craft although hard to see because of the blinding light but seemed to be atleast (sic) 50 feet across. I blacked out after staring into the light."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 06-15-2004 report
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"The lights stayed in a formation that looked like the five side of a dice . . and turned counter clockwise in a circle."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 12-28-2002 report
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"There were no flashing lights. I am very sure that the back end was straight across--I could not see a 'tail' like you would on a jet. It appeared to be hovering where it was."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 11-27-2002 report
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| Kengosa State Park Encounter (2002) |
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| location: McFarland
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"It was sort of a roundish oval metal object like nothing I've ever seen before. It was so strange. There wasn't really any light coming from it, just the moonlight illuminating the silhouette."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 11-17-2002 report
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| Transparent, Triangular Object (2001) |
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| location: Verona
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"The body of the craft fluctuated, acting as if it were floating atop the waves in the ocean. The lights all appeared to be fixed to the craft, and moved in unison with body. The craft appeared to be bigger than a full moon in size."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 10-22-2001 report
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In the book “Driftless Spirits”, author Dennis Boyer tells of the voice of an Indian which is heard throughout the region surrounding the site of the 1832 Battle of Wisconsin Heights.
"‘You can't understand it. It's not in English. Something in Indian, I would guess. But sometimes you feel in your gut that you know what he's saying. It's something like, “watch out what you're doing” and “slow down.” It's a feeling of warning that we don't need to zip around in powerboats and all-terrain vehicles.’"
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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To see the historical marker for the battlefield, head south on Highway 78 about 2 miles from the intersection with Highway 12 south of Sauk City. The parking lot is on the left.
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Battle Virtual Map
www.geocities.com
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 163 – 165
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book:
"Dennis McCann Takes You For A Ride"
by Dennis McCann
The Guest Cottage Incorporated (1999)
page(s) 89 – 91
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In the book "Driftless Spirits", author Dennis Boyer tells of a ghost seen around the area of old Fort Blue Mounds.
"‘The ghost is a watcher. You probably don't know about that. A watcher stands guard.
Now some would tell you that this is just a ghost who hangs out at one place and plays pocket pool. But there's more to it than that. Watchers have a lot of power over people. They don't have to do anything. They're not in the habit of making people wet their pants. They just get into people's minds.’"
– section from the book "Driftless Spirits"
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book:
"Driftless Spirits"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1996)
page(s) 158 – 163
buy it at
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book:
"Ghosts of Madison, Wisconsin"
by Sherry Strub
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd (2008)
page(s) 45
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The "UFO Capital of the World" has a series of unidentified flying objects visiting over the years.
"From their new vista they watched for approximately 15 minutes before Officer Kazmar contacted the Dane County Sheriff's Department. The object appeared to have a line of ‘bright red, blue, and white lights, with the blue light in the middle shining brighter than the others.’"
– section from the book "UFO Wisconsin"
" The object moved only slightly and we were again looking west to northwest. We did not watch it as much as we had the two previous nights, but tonight everytime we would watch it, it would get larger then smaller with it always being bright in color (red, blue, yellow). There was a halo around it as well. "
– section from UFO Spottings website
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UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com
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UFO Spottings
ufospottings.com
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book:
"Weird Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey & Richard D. Hendricks
Barnes & Noble Books (2005)
page(s) 101 – 103
buy it at
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book:
"UFO Wisconsin: A Progress Report"
by Noah Voss
Unexplained Research Publishing (2008)
page(s) 81 – 97
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“Belleville, WI - UFO Sighting - Interview with Noah Voss”
video by GunterAgency
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"I noticed a strobing light in the South east sky. It sat motionless for about 1 hour flashing Red Green and Blue."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 12-31-2001 report
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| Roommates See Low-Flying Object on Top of Hill (1994) |
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"It was black in color, triangular in shape and had red and white flashing lights on it. What really struck me is the silent hovering."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-1994 report
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"Keene was out walking his dog when he first noticed the ball of light. He recalls it was projecting a beam, which looked like a searchlight, and the beam was moving back and forth, as if scanning. At first it moved to the east, on a constant horizontal plane...then it dropped."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-02-1985 report
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"The large, round, dark-gray object then appeared to drop sparks and flaming debris - a rare but not unknown UFO behavior. The object was about the size of a hot-air balloon, and was about as far away as "the top of a barn" might be when observed from a barnyard."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 01-21-1968 report
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A phantom horseman appeared at the stroke of midnight atop a hill in Burke Township for many years.
"Some witnesses thought the horseman was the angry spirit of an early pioneer who had been robbed and murdered near the hill. The man's ghost was condemned to wander through the night seeking revenge for his brutal death."
– section from the book "Haunted Wisconsin"
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Michael Norman
Trails Books
(Revised Edition, 2001) page(s) 180
Terrace Books
(3rd Ed., 2011) page(s) 204
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A township of Berry family is terrorized by a unknown entity that enters their home each night and digs a hole in the cellar floor. It is said that the foundation of that house is still there today.
"By now, the whole family was very frightened. The two girls started sleeping in the same room with their parents. The noises and disruptions downstairs continued. Furniture was turned over, dishes fell from cupboards, and even the wallpaper was peeled off the walls. And every morning, the hole in the basement would be a little deeper."
– section from the book "The Bookcase Ghost"
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book:
"The Bookcase Ghost"
by Elizabeth Matson & Stuart Stotts
Midwest Traditions (1996)
page(s) 40 – 43
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| “The Phantom Father-in-law” |
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After a woman is married into a family who preferred her husband's first wife to her, the spirit of her disapproving father-in-law makes himself known through poltergeist-like activities in the home.
"While he had been alive, he had been a troublesome, irritating, loudly disapproving in-law. Now that he was dead, he was apparently determined to continue to voice his disapproval...with whatever means he had at his disposal."
– section from the book "The Bookcase Ghost"
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book:
"The Bookcase Ghost"
by Elizabeth Matson & Stuart Stotts
Midwest Traditions (1996)
page(s) 54 – 57
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A librarian becomes aware of the ghost of a young woman who frequents the library for many years.
"She continued to stare at me for some time, and then turned her attention back to the book. After a moment, she looked up again. I felt myself being pulled into her soft green eyes.
I took a step toward her, and then, as if in a faint, I nearly stumbled. When I looked again, she was gone, but the book was still on the table."
– section from the book "The Bookcase Ghost"
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book:
"The Bookcase Ghost"
by Elizabeth Matson & Stuart Stotts
Midwest Traditions (1996)
page(s) 60 – 67
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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.
"The phantom of a youthful gentleman in a winter coat has from time to time been noticed glugging down regular unleaded from a gas pump at a refueling station in Cross Plains. In any case, this is an unsympathetic ghost that you shouldn't go trying to find."
– section from Ghosts of America website
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| Your one-stop/one-shop online resource for all of your paranormal investigative needs. Whether you're a first-time ghost hunter in need of a starter kit or a seasoned spirit seeker looking for a backup EMF Meter (Electromagnetic Field Meter for the newbies), you can depend on Get Ghost Gear to provide you with the required essentials for your next phantom quest. |
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Official Site
www.getghostgear.com
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book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
page(s) 143 – 144
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"Many sightings of a ghostly cat figure is said to be roaming those woods. My boyfriend's cat was killed in the woods mysteriously. There isn't any evidence of the death. it’s unexplained. Some think the creature called "Ames" killed the cat. Also you can hear a man calling for his dog at night and if you look out a window you can see a dog running from his owner. The dog will look at you and rumor has it if you chase the dog, the dog will disappear and reappear behind you and take you down by the neck. No one has been brave enough to do so."
– section from The Shadowlands website
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Take County Road N 4-1/2 miles south of Cottage Grove, then head east on Rinden Road. Church Road is 2 miles down on the right.
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ghost stories from
"Ghosts of Madison, WI" |
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| location: all over Dane County |
These following haunted locations are exclusively from Sherry Strub's book "Ghosts of Madison, Wisconsin". As there are more stories than space on this page, they shall be included together here. You can read the full stories in her book.
| Cave of the Mounds (pages 43 – 44) location: Blue Mounds |
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| "House on Hyslop Road" (pages 46 – 51) location: Dane |
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Running south out of Dane, S Military Road becomes Hyslop Road. |
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| Stoughton Hospital (page 146) location: Stoughton |
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900 Ridge St Stoughton, WI 53589 |
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| Elsing's Second Hand Shop |
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"Our building was built in 1891 as the Hanson House and then became the Grand Hotel, two years after it was built. We have always been told by many people that a little girl cries in the basement. In the 1920's, The Grand Hotel was known as a Brothel and the king-pin of bootlegging in Stoughton. The Chief of Police, they say, committed suicide, jumping out of one of the top windows in the building. We have had things float off our shelves in from of some of our customers and Phil. We have also heard a lot of unexplained sounds like breaking glass, loud crashes, yet nothing is out of place."
– section from Vicky Elsing's "Grand Hotel Legacy" book synopsis
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web links
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books & video
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book:
"The Grand Hotel Legacy"
by Vicky J Elsing
iUniverse, Inc. (2008)
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book:
"Ghosts of Madison, Wisconsin"
by Sherry Strub
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd (2008)
page(s) 129 – 134
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“Elsing's 2nd Hand Shop EVP and Audio Phenomena ”
video by fvshkatie
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In the book "Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin", author Ryan Jacobson shares a disturbing tale of a television set frightening children.....and not because Rosie O'Donnell was on it.
"Scott heard the TV's knob being pulled. He swung around to scold his brother, but Max was still in bed – asleep. Scott could only watch in terror as the screen came to life, illuminating the room. The TV was on, but no one had touched the controls!"
– section from the book "Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
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book:
"Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
by Ryan Jacobson
Adventure Publications, Inc. (2009)
page(s) 24 – 26
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"Several reports of screams and cries being heard from the old bridge. There have been reports of cars seen hanging off of the bridge and then suddenly vanishing. Also, reports of as an old black car that suddenly appears behind your car as you are driving, quickly pulls up close to you, as if it is going to ram you, and then suddenly disappears."
– section from The Shadowlands website
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