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"It came from the west and was hovering way above my home. It was black triangular shape with 3 white lights, one in each corner."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 10-14-03 report
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| 'Girl Sees Three UFOS at Sunset Beach' (1999) |
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"...Jessica, was walking along Sunset Beach on the shore of Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior, when she noticed something odd in the sky."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 10-25-1999 report
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"‘I had one hand on the doorknob and I said, ‘Come on,’ recalled Mrs. Windt. ‘Let's get in the house, so they don't grab us.’ But he just laughed and said, ‘Mom, if they're going to get us, they'll get us in the house as well as here.’"
– section from UFO Wisconsin 02-14-81 report
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| 'Wisconsin Officers Report Multiple Sightings of UFOs' (1975) |
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"At the time of the sightings, officials said, police radios were garbled or went out of service and witnesses said they saw the objects moving, changing colors, and heading toward a common position in the sky."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 03-13-1975 report
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| Fish Falling From Sky in 1972 |
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| As told in the book "Weird Wisconsin", fish were found laying on the ground outside of a barn after a storm, similar perhaps to the simulated image at the right. |
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book:
"Weird Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey & Richard D. Hendricks
Barnes & Noble Books (2005)
page(s) 93
buy it at
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| “Peeksville's Naked Ghosts” |
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"In the old days the ladies didn't like to talk about it because, you see, the ghosts were naked. Yah, naked as newborn babes. People started seeing those naked ghosts right around World War One. They saw them from on the train."
– section from the book "Northern Frights"
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In the elder days, a footrace involving three Indians between Bad River and Superior Falls (Iron County) ends in the participants' deaths. Their spirits have now learned to cooperate so that they may continue their eternal chase.
"And they can be running to tell us about evil spirits. About a growing evil and growing danger. This is all within our traditions even though we do not usually speak of ghosts. It is said that Bad River is noted on early maps as a place of active spirits."
– section from the book "Northern Frights"
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book:
"Northern Frights"
by Dennis Boyer
Badger Books (2nd ed., 2005)
page(s) 41 – 46
buy it at
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| Devil's Cauldron (a bay in Ashland) |
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| Devils Creek (east of Mellen) |
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| Devil's Gate (in Copper Falls State Park) |
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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 "Giants in the Land", author Dennis Boyer tells of a 7-foot-tall, hairy man-like creature that was a menace to lumbermen, rail men, settlers, tanners and the like.
"He scared the lumberjacks out of the woods and wrecked their camps. He harassed the crews laying the tracks and burned railroad stockpiles of ties. Big Harry pulled these tricks all over Ashland, Bayfield, and Iron counties, but he did have favorite territories."
– section from the book "Giants in the Land"
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book:
"Giants in the Land"
by Dennis Boyer
Prairie Oak Press (1997)
page(s) 105 – 108
buy it at
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In the book "Spooky Wisconsin", tragedy strikes a hunting party in the form of a Wendigo (a dark spirit of the Northwoods).
"We lay awake a long time, pretending to sleep. I imagined Jean-Claude and Hawk lying awake in the next tent, listening...listening. Finally Jonathan started to snore, and Father after him. The familiar sound relaxed me, and I was nearly asleep when my nose was assailed by a sickeningly sweet scent. I sat bolt upright in terror. Wendigo! I wanted to shout for Hawk. But in that moment, a violent movement shook the tent. Father woke with a startled shout, and Jonathan rolled over, trembling with shock. From somewhere outside came a thunderous voice. It was close to the tent, but came from overhead rather than beside us. The volume of sound was immense and wild, full of an abominable power that was as sickly sweet as the smell of the demon. It called a man's name.
‘Jon-a-thannnnnn.’"
– section from the book "Spooky Wisconsin"
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book:
"Spooky Wisconsin"
by S. E. Schlosser
Globe Pequot Press (2008)
page(s) 173 – 178
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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 ghost of an elderly woman hauling a revolver is now and then observed floating down Bear Creek before dawn."
– section from Ghosts of America website
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In the book "Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin", author Ryan Jacobson shares the tale of a college student's frightening paranormal experiences in her dorm room.
"It was a simple solution to the problem, but there was little Katelyn could do when mysterious handprints began appearing in her room."
– section from the book "Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
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 Memorial Hall at Northland College
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Northland College Official Site
(scroll down for Memorial Hall)
(no mention of ghosts on this website)
www.northland.edu
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Stackpole Books (2010)
page(s) 23
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book:
"Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
by Ryan Jacobson
Adventure Publications, Inc. (2009)
page(s) 33 – 35
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