Hauntings of the Midwest

Last night during the Pink Moon there was partial darkness with glimpses of heaven clouds full of moisture that was covering the lagoon on Theodore Street near Essington road in the city of Crest Hill just outside of Joliet illinois. A figure of a large man walked out of the lagoon, his skin was rough and scaly. I was walking on the trail and he stopped and stared at me, and I stared right back in untter disbalief at him I was filled with fright, I couldn't move I felt like I was in another dimension.  I said to myself could this possibly be Bigfoot? He was just as startled as I and then he began to run from me.  Maybe this whole thing about Bigfoot is truly a possibility. Next time you're in that area keep your eyes open for a large person, skin scaly very hairy, and appears to be frightened of us, then we are of it.

There is a legend about a man who lived on Hansel Road. Hansel road is located near the Illinois River in Channahon Illinois or Dresden Illinois. The man who we are actually writing about is in fact, Mr Hansel himself. He was in charge of the Mule Barn that is located near the Dollinger farm, an awesome place especially popular during the Autumn season, with their pumpkin patche, and tours of the farm as well as a corn maze. Mr Hansel cared for the mules that would take barges up and down the Illinois Michigan canal from the Mississippi River to the Great lakes. Mr Hansel also was a good friend of Chief shabbona, a friendly and kind man who is buried in the Morris cemetery and who is revered for his kindness towards early American settlers. The story of Mr Hansel is this, he's often seen walking the levee with a lantern and singing songs that causes people to stop and to pause and to listen to the very words that he's singing. The popular songs that he sings are early American

Let’s be honest – forests have a tendency to be quite creepy, especially after dark, so imagine just how spooky a bona fide haunted forest must be like! Rumor has it on the night of the full Pink Moon, the shadow that the moon casts in the woods curses that area that the land was acquired by a Mr. Clare, back in 1857. Following a treaty with three local Native American tribes, the Illini the Ottawa and the Potawatomi. At first, Cark seemed to have some decent luck on his side, but it wasn’t long before his luck seemed to run out leaving him plagued by misfortune.  His home was destroyed by fire which stood near the present day boat launch on the Illinois River, which his family’s claim to the property meaning that it reverted to being park district property. That’s when things got weird! Three people were strangled and left lying in a ditch on the property. The crime remained unsolved until 1984.  Around the same time, visitors to the area began to report various strange oc

Deep in the wooded hills of unincorporated LaSalle County lives a very poorly kept secret... That of the man-beast which has been known to guard the area formerly known as DuPont ... Driving slowly among the giant aging oak trees you are seemingly transported back in time when forests were virgin and undisturbed . Navigating the twisting blacktop which winds it's way through the trees many have no idea of the many reports which have emanated from this area. One in particular regarding the smelly sasquatch that terrorized two hikers in the early morning hours of June 16th 1979 causing them to flee for in terror and leaving them with a memory which would haunt them for the rest of their lives... The many stories of the LaSalle County sasquatch remain today one of the most unexplained mysteries of the Illinois valley....