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Apparitions filed in South Dakota

South Dakota files 19 dossiers under this claim — a visible figure, full or fleeting, reported by a witness. It is the most common shape a report takes in the archive, and the South Dakota shelf runs the same range as the national one: nameless shapes in hallways, figures identified across decades of separate sightings. The dossiers note who reported it and when; what was seen is left where the record leaves it.

19 dossiers0 counties covered89% open to visitorsHotel Alex Johnson — deepest file
Other South Dakota filings:hauntings10named ghost legends9
Hotel
High confidence

Hotel Alex Johnson

Rapid City, South Dakota

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cave
Medium

Wind Cave

Hot Springs, South Dakota

The cave that breathes—barometric winds at the natural entrance.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Museum
Medium

Adams Museum

Deadwood, South Dakota

The 1930 museum—where the town’s dead and artifacts are kept.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Meade

Sturgis, South Dakota

The 1878 cavalry post—where the "Star Spangled Banner" tradition began.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Mount Moriah Cemetery

Deadwood, South Dakota

Cemetery documented in historical or public cultural sources.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Deadwood

Deadwood, South Dakota

The gulch where Wild Bill died—August 2, 1876.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee, South Dakota

December 29, 1890—the massacre that ended the Ghost Dance.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Badlands

Interior, South Dakota

The maze of buttes—where the fossils and the dead are preserved.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Broken Boot Mine

Deadwood, South Dakota

The mine tour under Deadwood—the tunnels the miners dug.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Bear Butte

Sturgis, South Dakota

The sacred mountain—where the vision quests still happen.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Randall

Lake Andes, South Dakota

The fort where Sitting Bull was held—the chapel and the ruins.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Island
High confidence

LaFramboise Island Nature Area

Pierre, South Dakota

Lewis and Clark recorded this Missouri River island in 1804; altered flows later changed its woodland habitat.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Jewel Cave

Custer, South Dakota

The third-longest cave in the world—200+ miles of calcite jewels.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Museum
Low

Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Museum associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Inn
Low

Daneville Inn

Viborg, South Dakota

Inn associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fort
High confidence

Fort Sisseton Historic State Park

Lake City, South Dakota

Established in 1864 as Fort Wadsworth; surviving barracks and officers’ quarters form a historic park.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Mammoth Site

Hot Springs, South Dakota

The sinkhole full of mammoths—where the dig still runs.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Evans Plunge

Hot Springs, South Dakota

The 1890 mineral pool—the oldest tourist attraction in the Black Hills.

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Rockerville

Rockerville, South Dakota

The 1876 gold camp—where the flume and the ruins stand.

1 claim→

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