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"My son said, 'see I have been telling you the truth'. I don't think we watched for it again. I didn't want to see any ufos, as they scared me prior to this sighting."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 1973 report
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"It would fade out and then fade back in somewhere else in the sky. They also say little blue lights would pop up all around the orange lights."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 06-06-2005 report
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| A farmer observes mysterious lights in his barnyard. More information available on the Unexplained Research website (link at right). |
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Wausau Paranormal Research Society
www.wprs.net
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Unexplained Research
www.unexplainedresearch.com
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| Lights Over Halfmoon Lake (2003) |
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"I did not see these lights come in from anywhere; they were just there when I looked up above the tree line across the lake."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 10-26-2003 report
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"I slowed from 65mph to approximately 30mph and noticed that it had a saucer-like base but it had 2 C shaped pieces sticking out of either side and almost meeting in the center."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 10-01-1998 report
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| Wausau Man Watches UFO Blow Up In Air (1991) |
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"Gohdes said he saw yellow, green, blue and orange in the air, then watched it blow up, leaving only a vapor trail or dust behind."
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here)
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| Marathon County Werewolf (1994) |
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"Upon preparing to exit her vehicle, a large beast appeared in front of her. She described the creature as being about 6.5 feet tall with large pointed ears, very yellow eyes, large curved fangs, very hairy, and walking upright."
– section from The W-Files report
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| Town Line Crop Circles (1997) |
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"A large, triple 'dumbbell'-type formation discovered with the center circle actually a ring. The late Stephen J. Smith, a paranormal investigator and amateur composer, calculated that the formation’s circle sizes corresponded to diatonic ratios which generated a 5-note scale, yielding the notes D, E, F, G, and A."
– section from ICCRA website
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intersection of Town Line Road & N 41st, east of Wausau
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Independent Crop Circle Researchers' Organization
www.iccra.org
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The W-Files
www.w-files.com
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Unexplained Research
www.unexplainedresearch.com
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| Men en Route to Work See UFO (1976) |
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| location: Ringle
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"Wanta told The Daily Herald that the object 'Took off like a shot over the woods.'"
– section from UFO Wisconsin 09-15-1976 report
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| Better See Another Doctor, Pal (1965) |
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| location: Marathon
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"Had no blood on myself when I all the sudden was in the front of the house again but have a transverse cut which took 7 stitches about ten years ago I worked at hughes aircraft, and had hit my head when they took an x ray they really scared me by asking me about that mark seems like they could see some kind of line running to the penal gland never had another one done and didn't even go back to the doctor after that."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 06-01-1965 report
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"...it had a human type of body and no fur, and it was a grayish tan, color and it was very thin with defined muscle outlines and you could see the ribs on it's side and it glistened a little as if wet or oily skin, no tail, hunched over..."
– section from CNB-Scene report
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in the vicinity of Sunset Drive & Lake DuBay area
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The Beast of Bray Road
www.beastofbrayroad.com
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CNB-Scene
article "The Wausau Whatzit" or archived (here)
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book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
page(s) 156 – 158
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| The Haunted Fischer House |
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| location: Rothschild
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This house was the inspiration for the movie "Poltergeist"...or was it? Recent investigations dispute that idea, though the former owners stand by their strange account. (See Wausau Daily Herald links at right.)
"Accompanying the footsteps was a gradual increase in the ghostly activity. A warm bath suddenly turned icy...lights flickered on in the middle of the night...and doors opened and closed of their own will. Like the gradually increasing beat of a tribal drum, the house began to vibrate with the hauntings."
– section from the book "Haunted Heartland"
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"The couple watched the object south of their home as it moved from east to west, sometimes hovering before it disappeared. The farm wife said the object had two bright white lights and red flashing lights."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 01-26-1987 report
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"It seemed they were chasing each other and both flew in a circular pattern over the flowage, I'd say a couple thousand feet up."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-02-2003 report
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| Yellow Light Observed (2001) |
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| location: Elderon
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"A few minutes later, a couple of the boys saw a flash of light over the woods in the area where the object appeared to have fallen/landed."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 09-15-2001 report
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J. I. Case Factory Poltergeist
now called Merrill Iron & Steel
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The workers and night watchman have observed paranormal activities.
"He again checked over the building to make sure it was secure and then left the same way he had entered. Once outside, he again heard the hammering noises and voices of men working within. He went back in a second time and the sounds all stopped, just as before."
– section from Wausau Paranormal Research Society website
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Schofield, WI 54476
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Wausau Paranormal Research Society
www.wprs.net
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book:
"Haunted Wausau"
by Shawn Blaschka, Anji Spialek & Sharon Abitz
The History Press (2011)
page(s) 57 – 58
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".I tried to compare it with other stars,but they never ever moved like that.Doing 360s in the heavens and smaller circular movements where just not what star does!If I was a scientist maybe this would be explainable...but it looked like it was doing Army manuvers (sic)..."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 12-14-2004 report
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| Ghostly Watcher in Mosinee Apartment |
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A woman describes an apparition that she and her boyfriend have witnessed.
"...and it stands to the side of the door and peeks its head around for about 20 minutes to an hour every night then it will walk past my door into the living room but when its entire body is visible in the doorway it stops and looks like its turning its head and looks right at me then continues walking then thats all i see of it for the rest of the night..."
– section from The W-Files report
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"...when we got near our house in Rothschild we looked up and saw four bright lights that resembled stadium lights."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-13-2001 report
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| The Town of Texas Tracks (1947) |
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"The track in the town of Texas was described as a single rut about two inches wide and a half inch deep. It followed a straight line down the road, but cut into two farm yards and out again. None of the residents can find an explanation."
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here)
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"Upon investigating, three deputies reported they, too, could see a bright light in the sky in the area. They said the light appeared stationary and had no red lights."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 12-02-1970 report
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| “The Will o' the Wisp on the Big Eau Pleine” |
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In the late 19th century, an illuminated apparition would appear in the lands near the river.
"Mrs. Cline's father first saw the phenomenon on a homestead near the Big Eau Pleine River in the 1880s. The first encounter took place one night on his way home from a visit to his parents' farm about a mile from his own cabin. The will-o'-the-wisp suddenly appeared beside him and shadowed him nearly to his doorstep.
Mrs. Cline's parents eventually built a barn on the land and surrounded the yard with a timber fence. The will-o'-the-wisp never entered the yard once the fence was erected."
– section from the book "Haunted Wisconsin"
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The Big Eau Pleine River runs from northwestern Marathon County, heading southeast past Stratford before dumping out in the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir south of Mosinee.
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book:
"Wisconsin Lore"
by Robert E. Gard & L.G. Sorden
Heartland Press (1962, 1987)
page(s) 46 – 51
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Michael Norman
Trails Books
(Revised Edition, 2001) page(s) 81 – 85
Terrace Books
(3rd Ed., 2011) page(s) 85 – 89
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| Frankfort Bigfoot (1991 - 1992) |
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| location: Colby
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"The Massman's claim that their children have also seen and been chased by an "8- or 9-foot tall, brown, 400-500 pound" creature having a monkey-like face."
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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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:
"Monsters of Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Stackpole Books (2011)
page(s) 23 – 25
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| Mysterious Light Moving over Bevent |
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| location: Bevent
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"Slowing down looking at the light which was bright in the middle but had a reddish rim to me..."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 09-06-2006 report
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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 awfully mangled hunter pulling a dead deer is regularly seen gobbling an apple in Gooding Park at night. One thing is for guaranteed, it's a terrifying ghost that you don't want to meet on a dark night."
– section from Ghosts of America website
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"As I was pulling out of the only road that leads to the road, to my left I saw something standing on the right side of the road up ahead. I stopped the truck, and sat there for about 10 seconds. Whatever this was looked my direction and took off across the road, towards the river, which was only hundred yards away."
– section from BFRO 06-25-2006 report
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Athens, WI 54411
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Several creature sightings in Marathon County have left the witnesses at a loss to explain what they had seen. The animals were larger than wolves, but could not be dismissed as bears. Some descriptions of the beast suggested features of both animals were present, which could mean a new subspecies of cryptid has come to the fore in Wisconsin�s northwoods: the Bearwolf.
A sighting on Highway 51 between Wausau and Stevens Point as reported in the book “Weird Wisconsin” could very well be this mystery animal, who is akin to the creature seen near Holy Hill in Washington county.
"A very large animal about the size of a black bear crossed between the two separate cars. The speed that this animal had was incredible....I watched a four-legged, very dark creature jump a four-foot fence with ease after clearing the RV. I have lived in the Northwoods for sixteen years and have never seen a bear jump that high a fence."
– section from the book "Weird Wisconsin"
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The Beast of Bray Road
www.beastofbrayroad.com
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book:
"Weird Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey & Richard D. Hendricks
Barnes & Noble Books (2005)
page(s) 114
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book:
"Monsters of Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Stackpole Books (2011)
page(s) 109 – 111
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book:
"Real Wolfmen: True Encounters in Modern America"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Tarcher (2012)
page(s) 175 – 176
buy it at
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book:
"Hunting the American Werewolf"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Media Group (2006)
page(s) 21 – 27
buy it at
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In the book "Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin," author Ryan Jacobson shares a story from a young woman who witnessed a particular apparition in her family's new home.
"“I don’t know how to say this without sounding crazy,” the friend explained. “But, well, never mind.”
“Tell me,” pleaded Anna, suspecting that she knew what her friend was unwilling to share.
“Something woke me up last night. A noise. And I think I saw a ghost: a woman dressed in white.” Anna’s friend also went on to say that the specter had walked upstairs and disappeared in a fashion similar to what Anna witnessed seven months earlier."
– 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) 27 – 29
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