  Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 2138 Registered: 10-2003 |
I know we've done some of this before, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of news, and Jjaba and Rock have already told us the complete history of Detroit. Here's some of my favorites: The Michigan airship sightings of 1887! http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/o ddities/page3.html "Battle Creek, April 13 — Twenty reputable citizens claim to have seen the mysterious airship last night, hovering above the sanitarium. Some claim it was a hot air balloon, but others insist it was an airship, because they heard voices. L.E. Clawson, a prominent attorney, and Mr. Dixon, a leading clothier, claim the ship was all one blaze of lights, as if covered with electric lights. Says Mr. Dixon: “The upper part was in the form of a cone, from which was suspended a large object, cylindrical in form. At the rear end of the lower object was some kind of wheel, which made a buzzing sound that was distinctly heard.” When first observed it was almost a mile high." http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/airs hip.htm The Farmington Hills cemetary. This one was told to me many times because I lived out there.: Farmington Hills-Farmington Cemetery- On Grand River just past Farmington road there is a cemetery that is haunted. If you are leaving through the west gate, which is on a hill, and you put your car in neutral, your car is mysteriously "pushed" up the hill and out of the gate of the Cemetery. In the Botsford Inn on Grand River near 8 and Grand River, Clara Ford is said to haunt the place. I've heard she was especially fond of the young bus boys. Of course there's the Whitney, they report all sorts of activity. Tables moving, elevators changing floors, chandaliers swinging... The Majestic Theater, haunted by Harry Houdini. | ||
Mcp001 Member Username: Mcp001 Post Number: 2941 Registered: 11-2003 |
Wait until October. You'll see more posts then (or you can do a search of past topics...this has been done before). | ||
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln Post Number: 126 Registered: 06-2007 |
Someone told me they have lots of experiences with the paranormal. They said that only certain people can see/sense things. Its a gift or sense that not everyone possesses.I've never seen a ghost, and I scare easily, so apparently I don't have that sense and thats fine by me.I love the stories but ultimately they frighten the crap out me. Apparently a lot of stuff is out there, a lot of us just don't know it. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 342 Registered: 02-2007 |
Like those shows on TV, everyone running around with the Hi8 on nightvision. What a waste of airtime. Just for yucks, have they ever actually recorded anything paranormal on those shows? Every time I flip past, it's someone saying "Yeah I can feel it too" | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 2140 Registered: 10-2003 |
TAPS catches some good stuff now and then. If you ever see their episode where they stay at the hotel The Shining is based on, you'll see some pretty spooky happenings caught very clearly on tape. | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 176 Registered: 02-2007 |
In October the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition will be sponsoring "Ghost Night" events at Fort Wayne, in the Barracks and other buildings. There will be paranormal tours by lantern and according to the ghostbusters that have been there researching these phenomenon, the place is crawling with "spirits". Since this is still in the planning stages, I will be updating the forum as more info becomes available with dates, times and cost for the events. | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1118 Registered: 12-2005 |
Some haunting tales from Detroit's past | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 2149 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ah yes, the knock-knock streets. My dad told me Haggerty Road was haunted by a mysterious knocking ghost when he was young. Those stories usually involve a construction worker who was killed in an accident (or not!) while building the road, and to hide the evidence from public eyes, they simply paved over his body. | ||
Craig Member Username: Craig Post Number: 312 Registered: 02-2007 |
My father told me of "knock knock street" which was somewhere in the City (?). Evidently some kid was run over and he was pounding on the bottom of the car that went on to drag him... Once, after dark, I was chased in the Grand Lawn Cemetary by some evil-appearing apparitions: it was the Big Four coming after me & my buddies while we were drinking under a tree. One of the scariest experiences of my life. | ||
Goldensunshine Member Username: Goldensunshine Post Number: 39 Registered: 11-2005 |
I know you all have probably discussed that Nain Rouge here before ...I am about to look in the archives . . . | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 626 Registered: 05-2007 |
Craig, LOL on the big 4 comment. | ||
Monahan568 Member Username: Monahan568 Post Number: 181 Registered: 04-2004 |
isn't there some local group around here that goes out and investigates haunted houses etc.? I thought i saw an ad for something like that once in the paper... | ||
Daf Member Username: Daf Post Number: 19 Registered: 02-2007 |
A friend told me a story about a young boy who supposedly haunted the Sara Fisher home - I think. Long time since I heard it, but the boy is dressed in 19th-century clothing, and often seen running from a garage. He said research revealed a boy of a similar age who died in an accident in that area in the 1800's. | ||
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln Post Number: 130 Registered: 06-2007 |
Knock Knock street is Supposedly Jefferson, In front of the enterance to the det/Win tunnel. reportedly, you can hear the knocking under your car on rainy evenings. Probably the same spirit whos burning things underground, letting out the smoke from the manholes  | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 573 Registered: 08-2006 |
Me and my dad were talking about ghosts one night and he asked me a real good question about ghosts he said " Why would a ghost have clothes on?" I believe in ghosts to a point but damn, that got me. ALso I thought before that if a ghost is "trapped" in an area wouldnt that place be floating in outer space. Aftera ll wherever that ghost is "trapped" would be a point somewhere where the earth used to be as it flies through space? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 2197 Registered: 10-2003 |
"Me and my dad were talking about ghosts one night and he asked me a real good question about ghosts he said " Why would a ghost have clothes on?" I like your dad. | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 2483 Registered: 11-2005 |
"Why would a ghost have clothes on?" Ghosts can't be modest? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3103 Registered: 12-2005 |
Fareastsider, those were interesting questions. I have never heard them asked before. There is a theory that ghosts are actually in the observer's mind. That's not to say they're unreal in the sense that they can't affect the observer's reactions. I think this would mean that, since the observer is most likely to envision the ghost clothed and on the planet in its current position, that's how they appear. (Message edited by Jimaz on August 31, 2007) | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 3146 Registered: 10-2003 |
"Why would a ghost have clothes on?" To see naked ghosts I hear ya hafta go to BOOgarts in Inkster. |
