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Edna Collins Covered Bridge Haunting
Putnam County lore says a girl who played with her dog in the creek under the Edna Collins Covered Bridge in the 1920s drowned there and answers three honks.
Edna Collins Covered Bridge, Greencastle, Indiana, USAGreen-Clawed Beast of Evansville
In August 1955, a swimmer in the Ohio River near Evansville, Indiana, said a creature with a green scaled body and clawed hands attacked her.
Ohio River, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USAThe Hugag: A Fearsome Critter of Western Wisconsin
A logger myth from western Wisconsin and northern Minnesota: a moose-sized critter with joint-less legs and an upper lip too long to let it graze.
Western Wisconsin Lumber Country, Wisconsin, USAJesse James's Hideout at Meramec Caverns
Lester Dill bought Saltpeter Cave in 1933, renamed it Meramec Caverns and named a section the Jesse James Hideout, a claim still debated.
Meramec Caverns, Stanton, Missouri, USAOttawa County Spook Lights
Unexplained glowing orbs reported near old bridges around Elmore, Ohio, for more than a century alongside the legend of a headless motorcycle rider.
Elmore, Ottawa County, Ohio, USAPaulding Light (Lights of Paulding)
A light appears nearly every night in a valley outside Paulding, Michigan. Michigan Tech students traced it to cars on US 45, yet the legends persist.
Robbins Pond Road, Paulding, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USAThunderbird at Writing Rock
Ancient thunderbird petroglyphs on two granite boulders near Grenora, North Dakota, revered by Sioux and Assiniboine peoples for generations.
Writing Rock State Historic Site, Grenora, Divide County, North Dakota, USAWaconda Spring (Great Spirit Spring)
A sacred Native American spring in Mitchell County, Kansas, revered for healing powers until it was submerged beneath Waconda Reservoir in 1968.
Waconda Spring, Mitchell County, Kansas, USAWeeping Water Place-Name Legend
A Nebraska town's name traces back to an Oto-Omaha word for "rustling water," misheard by French speakers and later attached to a tragic war legend.
Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska, USA