Feb 16, 2016 | Monsters & Cryptids
MYSTERIOUS CREATURES IN MICHIGAN The Michigan Merman Sighting Written by Mysterious Michigan Yes, it could’ve just been bad eyesight or too much rum, but on May 13, 1782, Vanant St. Germain, a Canadian fur trader, spotted what he believed to be an actual merman...
Feb 16, 2016 | Monsters & Cryptids
LEGENDS OF MICHIGAN Mishipeshu, the Guardian of the Sacred Copper Written by Mysterious Michigan Mishipeshu. Try and say that word fast three times. If this Ojibwe word for “great lynx,” is too hard to pronounce, you can also call it a “water panther.” We all know how...
Feb 16, 2016 | Monsters & Cryptids
The sun has set and the moon is illuminating the night sky. Deep in the woods, a group of hunters are seated around a campfire. The fire light casts shadows on the trees but beyond that, the woods are pitch black. The gang is talking, laughing and having a few beers...
Feb 16, 2009 | Monsters & Cryptids, Mysteries
CRYPTOZOOLOGY Strange Creature Seen Along Lake Michigan in Norton Shores READER SUBMISSION I want to tell you this because it’s been bothering me for years. If you have heard of anyone else seeing this thing, it would take a load off of my mind. Whenever I tell...
Jun 17, 2007 | Monsters & Cryptids
Enjoy this old newspaper article about a “water monster” spotted in the murky waters of Stearns Bayou located in Grand Haven Township, Michigan. Decide for yourself if it was just a blurry vision of some early 20th-century party people, or if there really...
