MATAAFA STORM
Site — Duluth, Minnesota
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/mataafa-storm-duluth-minnesota/

November 28, 1905—the storm that wrecked 29 ships.

Mataafa Storm is a site in Duluth, Minnesota. November 28, 1905—the storm that wrecked 29 ships. Its accounts name only a collective — the storm dead. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.

Mataafa is the '05 — the November 28 that's the wreck, the '9 drowned' that's the dead. The 'broke in two' is the ship — the '150 yards' that's the shore, the 'engine crew' that's the all lost. The 'ignored warning' is the captains — the 'week of calm' that's the experience, the '70 mph' that's the wind.
The storm is the named — the 'Mataafa Storm' that's the after, the '29 ships' that's the damaged. The 'Split Rock' is the lighthouse — the 'Madeira' that's the wreck, the 'built '10' that's the response. Mataafa is the watched — the 'whole city' that's the witness, the 'next morning' that's the rescue.
The file keeps Mataafa: the 1905 storm, the broken ship, the 9 dead, and the Split Rock lighthouse.
Mataafa Storm is the archive's Duluth file — the watched wreck.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Mataafa Storm is the archive's Duluth file — the city's witness.
A storm keeps its name — the file's suggestion being that Mataafa's hold is the watched: the 'whole city' that's the shore, the 'broke in two' that's the ship, and the '9 drowned' that's the engine crew.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The dead are reportedly seen. The presences go by the storm dead in the file. Mataafa Storm in Duluth, Minnesota carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'Mataafa Storm'. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
  source: Mataafa Storm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mataafa_Storm)
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported a presence on the lake. The reports at Mataafa Storm are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The report is preserved in sources like 'Mataafa Storm'. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.
  source: Mataafa Storm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mataafa_Storm)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The November 28, 1905 storm is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Mataafa Storm'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest. The report keeps its place in the record.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Mataafa Storm — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mataafa_Storm

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