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Anecdotal reports in Michigan

Michigan keeps 31 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

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Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24 California23

Other Michigan shelves:documented legends52 local folklore42 investigation claims13

The Whitney

Detroit, Michigan

The 1894 lumber baron mansion—now a restaurant where the family reportedly stays.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Elmwood Cemetery

Detroit, Michigan

The 1846 cemetery—where the city’s founders rest.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)

Mackinac Island, Michigan

The porch that charges admission—and the ghosts of the island’s great hotel.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whitefish Point Lighthouse

Paradise, Michigan

The "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" light—and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Big Bay Point Lighthouse

Big Bay, Michigan

The Lake Superior light where a keeper’s son was murdered in 1951.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Point Iroquois Lighthouse

Brimley, Michigan

The 1871 tower at the mouth of the St. Marys—the site’s 1662 battle.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse

Presque Isle, Michigan

The 1840 tower where the keeper’s wife still lights the lamp.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bath School site

May 18, 1927—the school board member who bombed the school.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Packard Plant

Detroit, Michigan

The 1903 factory—the abandoned ruin where the workers died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Belle Isle

Detroit, Michigan

The island park—where the "Lady in White" reportedly walks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ford Rouge Factory

Dearborn, Michigan

The 1928 plant—where the River Rouge still runs.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Highland Park Plant

Highland Park, Michigan

The 1910 plant—where the Model T line ran.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pewabic Pottery

Detroit, Michigan

The 1907 pottery—where the Stratton ghosts reportedly stay.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

The 1929 Cotswold—where the Ford family stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fair Lane

Dearborn, Michigan

The 1915 estate—where Henry Ford’s ghost reportedly walks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Carl D. Bradley

Rogers City, Michigan

November 18, 1958—the freighter that broke in half.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Daniel J. Morrell

Harbor Beach, Michigan

November 29, 1966—the ship that split in the storm.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cedarville

Mackinaw City, Michigan

May 7, 1965—the collision in the straits.

2 claims · 1 legend→

SS Valley Camp

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

The 1917 freighter—the museum ship where the Edmund Fitzgerald’s lifeboat rests.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kamloops

Isle Royale, Michigan

December 1927—the freighter that froze in Superior.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Armistice Day Blizzard

Lake Michigan, Michigan

November 11, 1940—the storm that killed 66 sailors.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Great Storm of 1913

Lake Huron, Michigan

November 7-10, 1913—the "White Hurricane" that killed 250.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mission Point Resort

Mackinac Island, Michigan

The island’s other haunted resort—Harvey the jilted bridegroom.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cliff Mine

Ahmeek, Michigan

The first profitable Keweenaw copper mine—the ruins in the woods.

Stannard Rock Light

Marquette, Michigan

The "loneliest place on the continent"—24 miles from land.

Ontonagon

Ontonagon, Michigan

The copper town at the river mouth—where the boulder came first.

Gay

The stamp-sand town—the bar that outlived the mill.

Alabaster

Tawas City, Michigan

The gypsum town—the company houses on the bay.

Porcupine Mountains

Ontonagon, Michigan

The Porkies—the largest old-growth left in the Midwest.

Eagle Harbor

Eagle Harbor, Michigan

The harbor town where the lighthouse watches the wrecks.

Joe Louis Arena site

Detroit, Michigan

The 1980 arena—where the Wings played and the octopus flew.

Full Michigan record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive