The Ghost of Hensel Road, Dresdin, IL

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 folk. Songs that talk about the troubled times people had as they settled in this area. Not only trouble times but good times as well. Nearby is the Old Saint Mary's cemetery, a place where a little girl haunts the area as well as a little boy.

The area is filled with folklore, when people ask was Mr Hansel a good man, everyone said he was awesome kind and generous. Oftentimes people mistake him when they're on the levy, they see a man and they ask questions about the waterway and what direction would be the place for sites that would be of interest and he will direct you to those places.

So as you walk the path on the Illinois Michigan canal if you come across an old man who is kind and generous, you might be in the presence of Mr Hansel the ghost of Dresden Illinois.

Happy haunts!

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