Being born and raised in Michigan (still here) the great lakes are no joke. Don't know about monsters but I've heard stories from recovery divers up near the mighty mac(mackinac bridge) that while looking for cars that had been blown off said bridges they've seen catfish down there the size of small cars. Now that i can believe
My grandpa used to run a crane up by the lakes and he said the same thing about catfish. He said he saw something, didn't know what it was, but its fin was as big across as the back end of a car he was hauling up out of the water.
@@OhioWolf94 my grandfather was a huge fisherman! And, he had one story about a catfish that was bigger than their fishing boat (small two man boat). I think he said it was dead and floating in the water.... Scary to think about
No joke. Even in lake eufaula I've heard the stories from the natives. If it's any consolation, the 9.4 foot catfish caught is mostly length and not width so I don't think it's capable of swallowing a person but it's still unnerving to think about.
Grew up on the Ohio river. Always respect the water for it has no respect for you. People who didn't grow up around the lakes or big rivers have no idea about what can go wrong. Even lake Erie will get you if you don't pay attention all the time. The wind will blow it into an ugly chop that comes from more than one direction.
31:45 I'm just beginning to take diving lessons, I feel comfortable in warm clear water, but no way will I ever go near a cave.same with cliffs on land. BTW, read Ed abbey story about the 'Dead man at Grandview point' People seem to have a weird attraction to dangerous places.
i hope you get to meet up with some of the peaceful myrrh people... They and dolphins used to cooperatively fish with people all over the coasts of Europe and Africa... There are thousands of Cave Wall Paintings... NG & SmithS. are Rockefeller Stooges and Bury all of TRUE History... They are the Originators of the Word Fallacy, and their Directed Actions Pursue Deceit as Their Highest Virtue... Want a Dive Location ? Set Up with extended Gear: Military Grade Re-breathers... The Special Ops units use a ZPE power module... They Can run for unlimited duration / until material failure occurs... The Best Units can also take water and use resonance to create Browns Gas... Very practical for LONG LONG Dives... I have no idea what clearance you have, but Kudos to you for Speaking Up...
I have watched many videos of cave diving rescues, and recoveries, some with actual pictures, a lot with just stories, stock footage, and drawings. For the life of me, while I understand the draw to diving, something I wanted to do when I was a lot younger (life got in the way), too old and too many cigarettes now, I cannot understand why a person dives into deep, dark, claustrophobic passages (I did do some technical climbing back then, I have a fear of heights now; I went into a cave with a friend once, something happened, now I get nervous in an elevator), where even having planned for extra air just in case, the margin for error is slim, so slim… anyway, I’ve talked too long already, just some thoughts. Take care.
Sometimes, I find myself wondering why there are so many creepypastas set in Minnesota. Then I remember what it was like growing up there. Good thing they never tell the real stories or no one would want to visit.
While a lot of folks think the “never gives up her dead” phrase applies to all the Great Lakes, it was really coined for and meant to represent just Lake Superior. The reason for the saying is that Superior Lake Superior is unique to the other lakes in that when ships are lost, it is statistically proven that it’s far more rare to have any bodies wash ashore or be found afloat there than it is in the other lakes. It’s really interesting how thermodynamics, geography, and weather patterns. They all play into making bodies that accidentally end up in her heading to the bottom and staying there rather than washing ashore. There are some fascinating videos and articles online about this and you can get lost for hours reading and watching material about the Great Lakes.
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Grew up on the North shore of Lake Superior...... Incredibly scary , like a literal ocean-- we may never know what a body of water like an ocean hides .. I believe the same of Lake Superior ❤
Great story. Born and raised next to lake Michigan. I’m 62 now and I can’t put my finger on it but the lake gives me the creeps, always has. My family even had lake homes ( more than one) in Ludington Michigan and I never liked the area. There’s something not right about those waters as well as the region.
@@freeclimb5487 well “ Hmmmmm” I never said it wasn’t beautiful. It definitely is. I listen to my feelings and I never felt good there. Maybe it has something to do with a cousin drowning off our dock. My Mother found him ( CPR) in vain. Soon after our whole family sold homes , never the same. Hummm “ something wrong with me”?
Oh my, how scary. My husband was a diver for the rescue squad and he dove in lakes and a river input town that is supposed to be one of the deepest around, he told me he saw catfish bigger than me
I was on a houseboat trip with family on my Namakan and Kabetogama chain along the Canadian border. My grandfather put the boat we were towing in reverse and the sheer pin let loose and it shot off in shallow water. Being a good swimmer I tossed on my goggles on and searched the bottom for it. I was looking around pushing forward the bottom with my fingers, scanning for a prop. In about 15 ft of water. There was a big log in front of me. I went to push off of it and it took off. Was a huge friggin sturgeon. About 8 ft long. Scared the crap out of me. 😂 I pushed up to the surface and started swearing. Took me a second to catch my breath, but I kept looking for the prop. Never found it. Made for a fun story though.
Superior is at least 500 feet or deeper in some spots and so cold that anything that goes to the bottom is usually preserved. They say the late fall storms on Superior are worse than a hurricane on the Atlantic ocean.
Well I'm glad the storm I hiked through a few weeks ago wasn't as bad as a hurricane! I did a through hike along superior for 3 days. There was definitely a lot of wind and rain, but not enough to knock the birch trees on to me or my tent.
As someone who goes to a university in the UP, I know the tale of the Edmund Fitz very well; and also have seen the fall storms for myself. (Heck there was one raging last night that whipped the wind and rain around something fierce) They are indeed not something to mess with.
I recommend listening to Gordon Lightfoot's, The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. "Lake Superior never gives up the dead, in the rooms of her ice water mansion."
I was on vacation for over a week in the U.P. And I heard that song so many times I couldn’t believe it. The locals have to hate that song hahaha. I even went to Munising where a guy was playing solo acoustic show under a pavilion and guess what song he was playing when I walked up. 😂
@@johnwatts8758 what about fish? I've heard some anglers talk about the Lake, and how they believe fresh-water fish get bigger than most people assume! In WV, in the 70's, a bridge collapsed, and rescue divers refused to finish their duties because of man-eating catfish the size of Volkswagens. I'm sure they travel thru the proverbial, "Lakes"!
I am a PADI certified Advanced Open Water Diver who volunteered with San Diego County as a search & rescue diver for 7 years in the 1990's. We did grid pattern bottom searches in
I grew up part fish, living a quarter of a mile from Lake Michigan, I’ve swam in all the Great Lakes and Superior is the only one that gives me the creeps, thanks Steven
“The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big Lake they call Gitchigumi. The Lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn Gloomy.” - A Gordon Lightfoot quote from A friendly Minnesotan
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Most definitely I was up there. When I went to prison in Baraga. We stopped at Marquette prison. An soon as we got by the water by there. I had an uneasy feeling. Where my body was vibrating. I thought I was the only one. So I never told anyone. Until I was talking about it with a few of my homeboys in Detroit. That went to the Up by lake Superior. An they said the same thing. An they thought it was just them to. Its been a lot of people that died on that lake. I did research when I got out. An sure enough other people have encountered stuff up there. Even premonitions of ghost ships. An it is a eerie feeling up there.
Thank you Stephen for making my night with the awesome pasta. Top notch work as always. I definitely loved this one, and it was well written. Gotta say though that the rule about the water circling is actually something to be aware of in real life. It doesn't matter if it's algae, leaves, or just the water itself. Anyway circling on the surface is evidence of an undertow and or strong underwater currents. This is a real life danger that can kill even the best of swimmers. I often swim in rivers and the Atlantic Ocean, and have come face to face with these hazards. A nasty undertow can not only pull you down and spin you around, but a strong enough one can actually suck the air out of your lungs. An undertow is basically like an underwater tornado. Water is much more dense than air. How I survived was by swimming down to the bottom and grabbing on to tree roots. I actually grabbed a dead water moccasin that died from drowning in the same undertow that I was caught in. I'm a very strong swimmer and was about to reach the bottom and crawl my way out under 18 feet of water. It's a lot less strong if you can reach the bottom and belly crawl out of it. If I didn't swim down, I probably wouldn't be here typing this right now. It's can be very difficult to know orientation when you're spinning and getting churned around under water, but letting a little bit of air out of your mouth or nose and swimming in the opposite direction is how I did it. You'll die if you panic. You have to focus and swim in the direction that makes the air bubbles good to your feet. The air bubbles rise, so if they're going towards your feet, you're swimming down. That's where you want to go, as it's how you can swim away from the undertow. The best way to avoid being caught in an undertow though, is to stay away from anything you see spinning or circling on the surface. It's a clear sign of dangerous underwater currents. If you're in a river, it's a good idea to stay away from the legs of a bridge and things like that. I live in South Carolina, and strong currents are often more of a threat than snakes and gators. Anyway, I definitely loved the story, and this definitely made my night. Thank you so much Stephen.🖤🖤🖤🖤
As a surfer, who's traveled the globe, I concur that we are no more than a shitstain in the face of an angry, violent, chaotic mother nature. I never dove the great lakes, mostly oceans & a few quarries, but you're right about the bubbles and currents. I never saw algae or kelp circling at the surface, but I've noticed plenty of boils. I've also been trapped inside among the rocks when surfing breaks where there is no beach, you enter/exit off the rocks and cliffs. As you stated: 1 - stay relaxed 2 - protect your head with one arm 3 - open your eyes underwater 4 - bubbles go up, or in a surf break the order you see is : a - surface, b - whitewater, c - green or blue until the bottom I would suggest a little stronger than you, if you are unsure about your ability, to get yourself out of trouble, alone and without help.......do not even enter the water, no matter how inviting it may seem. 911 doesn't work out there. Most people can't hold their breath 60 seconds under ideal conditions. Do you think 911 can get there that fast ?? Do everyone a favor & stay out of the water.
I grew up on the eastern shores of Lake Ontario. In winter, we get some of the most extreme snow squalls in the US. In summer 1989, the family went out on my bfriend's Dad's twenty four -foot fishing boat. We nearly capsized, in a sudden storm . it really was terrifying. Thankfully, the Dad was a boating instructor with merchant Marine background . He was shouting instructions over the roar , as we took water on the decks . I was in tears . it was years before I got on a boat again. ....The Great Lakes are glacier made, deep, and very rough ---and they change in a second .
My Unc had a BA gas station Pancake Bay....Lake Superior...1968.grew up there...was around when the Edmund Fitzgearald sank...that storm came across the highway and completely changed the beach......even in July water was brrrr cold..
I will relate a story that I swear is true. I am from Northern Manitoba, Thompson to be exact. There is a lake a short distance to the South of town by the name of Paint Lake. It was a popular recreational lake, for boating and fishing, and swimming in the warmer months. One time when I was around five years old, my dad, brother and I went to Paint Lake. They went to fish and I went to give my mother a break from me, and to play, as I as a five year old was not interested in fishing. I would play on the rocky shore in the tiny rock puddles that were always there. I remember that this time I kept myself busy by putting little ants in discarded sunflower seed shells, and floating them like tiny little rowboats upon the surface of these small rock puddles. I dont really remember what happened next, whether i had failed to pay adequate attention to my surroundings while by brother, who was a few years older than me, and my father busied themselves fishing close by; but anyways, I found myself in the water, having slipped or stumbled into the chilly lake. I let out a yelp, as i found myself waist-deep in the water and i was scared because the wet rocks of the shoreline were very slippery beneath the waters surface. My dad heard my yelp, and was over to me in just a mere moment or so. He was close enough that he could have grabbed my hand, without having to get his boots wet. I was on my knees, up to my waist in the water with one hand touching the rock just below water-line and one hand extended toward my father reaching for his hand for the save. Just as he was inches away from grasping my outstretched hand, i suddenly felt something like two hands grab me by each of my ankles, and begin pulling me away from shore. I started to shreek and i remember the look of surprise on my dad's face as i quickly was pulled beyond his reach! He seeing me move further from shore, made him have to step into the water almost to his waist in order to retrieve me from the waters. It wasnt until years later when i began to hear stories of the Natives about the 'Manitou'; a race of mermaid-like water spirits or entities that are well-known to inhabit many, if not most of the lakes in Manitoba: of which there are tens of thousands of them. To this day, I have no doubt in my mind that, that was what I encountered that Spring day, in about 1971, at Paint Lake, Manitoba. I might add that, I was so shaken by this experience, that i remember crying, soaking wet, all the entire way back home. There is a photo that was taken of me holding a Northern Pike, while i stand in the light of the setting Sun taken On Westwood Drive, the evening that this incident happened. To this day, my dad lies that this photo was taken of 'the first fish I ever caught', but I never caught that fish. They staged the photo to create a false memory for me, to get me to shut up and stop crying. I never fished that day.
I love stories like yours. I almost always believe they are true. Sure people lie a lot but not when the result of telling the story is ridicule, shame, shunning and cancelation. Why would anyone put themself in that situation?
I'm a shrink your story is credible and it does not sound "crazy".....Traumatic for sure, but that's normal people in abnormal situations. Talk about this with people you trust and who respect you, Therapists have important rules about all of this so you can dive deep with them.
My husband was in college the day the Edmund Fitzgerald went down. He was in downtown Duluth and it was sunny and warm. As he started his walk up to college, the weather started getting bad. By the time he got to his dorm, it was a full blown blizzard. The first time he took me to Lake Superior I was blown away. From the shore line, looking out towards the lake, it reminded me of my childhood looking out onto the ocean in Hawaii. The view is jaw dropping.
Interesting it reminds you of Hawaii bc I met a guy at one of my husband's gig he's a musician and this guy said he was from Hawaii but his wife was from Michigan Detroit area he was here to see a dying friend from the navy. But one of the things he said was how he loved Michigan and he wasn't really sure what it was but he said maybe its the water bc Hawaii is surrounded by water like Michigan is. And the weird thing is I feel a strong connection to Hawaii or Polynesian, I've never been to either but I'm called to these places. I live in mid Michigan and I've hardly seen the great lakes in my 50 yrs of life. I do believe there us something bigger about the great lakes.
Lifetime Michigander here. The greatlakes are very ominous and humbling when you see them. Even after many years of being on or around them. I cant put my finger on it.. Its just an energy or aura that you feel.
Grew up on the shores of the Gitche Gumee (Lake Superior), lots of fun horror stories. An old tale I like is about Mishipeshu, the water panther. It's the spirit of Lake Superior's wrath and wild nature
I grew up on lake superior in a bay.Being on a bay the water was always a bit warmer, winds were calm, and the water calm as well. We could go out so far because there were so many sandbars. you could walk out a fair distance and then hit a shallow sand bar. then continue and the water would get fairly deep and then u would hit another sand bar. We could go as far as the edge of the bay. One day my brother and his friend were swimming on a cheap old styrofoam surf board on the furthest sandbar when all of a sudden a gust of wind just took them in a sec. His friend just jumped off the board right away and swam to shore my brother on the other hand hung on for dear life. My parents grabbed their row boat thinking they would have no problem getting to him but they were wrong. Once he was past the bay the wind just would not stop and was taking him further and further. This happened so quickly its so frightening. The wind took him so far where now the water's color is almost black because of how deep it is.The water is not just getting colder by the sec ,it is also getting rougher by the sec.. We were all in a complete panic. Thank god there was a gentleman who witnessed the ordeal and he had some sort of motor boat and went and rescued my brother. It was a good lesson for all of us even my parents. not realizing how dangerous the lake can be when u chart into unfamiliar areas. I
Wow. I had no idea the Great Lakes could be so dangerous like that. Growing up I lived in Hawaii and Va Beach for a combined 7 years and went to Florida every summer for decades after that. With the ocean the biggest threat are rip tides but those are easy to spot if you know what to look for. I actually got caught in one yrs ago when I was body boarding during a Hurricane (yeah I know, what was I thinking). I knew where the rip currents were and was about to head in because I was getting too close to one, but I didn't want to give up what was the best wave of the day coming in. I thought I could catch it but ended up short and got sucked up into the curl, then launched in the air like a stone out of a catapult LOL. After free falling I took a deep breath before I hit the water and then got rag dolled - couldn't tell which end was up for what seemed like an eternity. When I broke the surface my board was gone - the force of the wave snapped my leash. By now I was in the rip and other than a surfer 300 yards down the beach I was all alone. So what I did to get out of it was every time a wave came I blew air out and sank to the bottom. When the wave passed over stood up and took one step; i.e. I was close enough to shore where I could eventually make it in. It was the only way I could keep from getting taken out. After one agonizing hour I finally got to where I could walk the rest of the way in. When I hit the shore my calves cramped up. That was a close one...
My Dad and I were Salmon fishing out of Roger's City. We were in a small 16 foot fishing boat. We kept the breakwalls within sight never going out beyond about a mile. When I saw the black clouds in the distance we immediately turned toward the breakwalls. Before we could get the lines out of the water we were hit with 8 footers. My Dad turned the boat straight toward the beach at WOT. Meanwhile I was cranking up downriggers with lines still attached. I knew that once we hit the shallows those wave were gonna beat the hell out of us on the rocks. The waves were breaking into the boat and we began to think we might not even make it to shore. My Dad was trying to ride the waves like a surfboard, but it was too choppy. Without speaking, we both knew we were in serious trouble and I began gathering life preserves. All this happened inside of 5 minutes, may be less. We never saw it coming. A 40 foot boat whooshed in 10 feet front of us and sharply turned into our path. We found ourselves in the wake of a boat that looked for a moment like it had a 20 foot transom. In reality it was more like 8 feet. We followed in its wake as it turned toward the safety of the breakwalls. Never underestimate the great lakes.
@@bvannortwick7238 Man, what a story. Storms can come up really quick on the ocean but you don't typically get swells that big that fast near shore. With the Great Lakes I think its because they go from very deep to shallow over a short distance so when storms kick up, the displacement of the water causes those huge swells.
@@timothygibney159 I went and looked up the water temp for Lake Superior and was shocked to see how cold it is even in the summer. 55 degrees! I had no idea. Bays and shorelines are a bit warmer but still that is COLD. I'm used to water temp close to around 80. It's why I don't even bother going to Va Beach until July-Aug when the water temp is absolutely perfect (I live in Maryland).
Your talent for narration as well as the author’s abilities in writing, made this a gripping story. Thank you so much Stephen for all your work putting together your stories on your channel.
I'm a writer, and I usually listen to one of your stories before starting up Word. I find your voice enchanting, and the way you tell stories is just really really wonderful. Thank you so much for the work that you do.
I have been on Lake St Clair all my life and sure we catch big Pike, Musky and even caught a 76 inch sturgeon. But the only thing that creeps me out is while in the bay on our boat near Selfridge with the sun shining directly into the waves down into the weed beds only about 8 to 13 feet deep with polarized glasses on you will see literally hundreds of giant cat fish each the size of a medium to large dog swimming in a school. When you see it from the boat the weeds are just all going in a giant circle or whatever direction the school is moving in and it's truly massive in scale and happens only in the spring time I would never go for a swim here and recently a guy literally jump in because he dropped his phone and never came back up the currents from the rivers flowing in and out constantly cause certain areas of the lake to just suck you under and all my life they almost never find a body because if you are stupid enough to jump in the bottom is thick muck that your body will just get sucked into and why you don't find anything.
Man, I wouldn't be creeped out, I'd grab a heavy duty rod and reel with some really strong braided Kevlar line and a big ol' hook. I'd throw on a big hunk of stink-bait ( chicken that's almost spoiled that's been "marinated" in cherry or strawberry Kool-Aid works wonders). I would then be in for a hell of a thrill bringing in one of those Monster Catfish. UUUMMM-YEAH Cajun style blackened Catfish, sweet "tater" fries and Hushpuppies . That be some GOOOOOD EATIN'!
Another great story! Have Native friends from the Great Lakes and have heard stories about the various creatures living in the waters. This was right along those lines.
@@allisonshaw9341 0 chance some redneck fisherman hadn't snagged a dead one atleast and took a pic. Unless they got agents patrolling the lakes day and night I don't buy it. Also why wouldn't they tell us? If all that superstitious crap was real the gov would twist it to it's advantage. Wed be spending billions to "protect" the creatures from humans or for some new shady gov program.
Stalagmites are arent what comes down, but goes up. They ‘might’ go up. Stalactites are what come down. They hold on ‘tight’ to the ceiling. Other than that good story
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Quite an exciting story, J Campbell! It's scary as hell, but it's too bad that I cannot believe much of it! "Halfway People"? I'm sorry, but having spent 8 years in the U.S. Navy and a few of those years as an E-6 Radioman attached to UDT TEAM 22 back in the 1960s, being an old man now, I cannot believe in the Halfway People. However, something inside me wants to go along with a terrifying story like this. At least it kept me watching through the entirety of your video. I, too, was raised within five miles of one of the Great Lakes, Erie, but only a couple of times did I ever dive into Erie; after spending so much time in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in the Caribbean area, I always thought it would turn into a big letdown! I will give you this much. However, there are some "life sources" in most of the waters on our planet, enough to continue to provide me with bad dreams long after I retired! Thank you!
Thank you Stephen for this tale. This absolutely reinforces my terror of swimming in bodies of water. I have had a phobia of water all my life. I once tried to conquer my fear by swimming across a lake in New England when I was 18. I got half way when I had the most intense feeling that something was below me in the water waiting to grab me. I panicked a little and swam back the way I had come as fast as possible. I have never been swimming in a body of water since. I’m 53 now. I now live in Minnesota. I want to see Superior but you can bet your sweet bottom I won’t be setting a toe into that lake. This was an amazing video! Thanks again for a terrifying experience.😊
When I was young teen my best friend and I were out water skiing on the great lakes. After taking a spill I sat floating like A bobber , waiting for the boat to circle back. I got that same intense feeling of something terrible beneath me in those depths. I got on the boat and never took part in water skiing again. I would swim in the shallows but never in the open waters of the Great Lakes. BTW, I grew up swimming all summer with my friends with the lake at the end of our street and hadn't ever had fear of anything .
Brettdelaurelle7385. I am so happy that I’m not the only person who has experienced that. I have never told anyone about my experience. The fear was too intense to share. The lake was Walden Pond. It has since been closed to swimming due to pollution.
I just recently went to jellystone in java NY they have a small pond there with inflatables to climb on like slides and things. I went in to help my son and my phobia went wild I couldn’t breath lol dark deep water . Nope .now this story!
Nice bit there. I've forgotten the algae rule, until I remembered years ago when some local divers did a search and rescue. I believed some locals talk to the divers and they had the same rules about algae.
We're always overconfident about "knowing everything" and not believing in folklore and superstition; but there's so much we don't know or understand, so much that defies explanations.
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This is a story, a bit of fiction but there are real stories about Lake Superior. I grew up in Duluth and every once in a while swimmers will disappear never to be seen again. Supposedly there is a Loch Ness monster type creature around Duluth. There have been stories of ghost ships, thunderbirds, UFO bases, maybe even a Godzilla type creature. I think it was in "The Great Lakes Triangle" a ship ran into something in the middle of the lake doing a lot of damage. In dry dock they found the whole bottom had been smashed like something huge tried to surface under it. The weather can "attack" you as well. Dangerous storms and high waves can come up out of nowhere. It is the superior lake, the French called it Superior because it is the highest in elevation, making it the source for the other great lakes. Of the Great Lakes it is the furthest North, furthest West, biggest, deepest, coldest, most mysterious, most beautiful and -- most dangerous, of the Great Lakes!
My mother had the gift of discernment and said she felt something was wrong with Lake Erie when we were swimming there as children. She was with us and told us to get out of the water. She grew up around lakes and fished too, but didn’t like Lake Erie. She said she felt danger or something was close by watching us. I have never been impressed by Lake Michigan either. The Pacific is something to see.
I've been swimming in Erie for 40 years😂 I find it so regenerative and peaceful, but obviously do not swim in dangerous conditions and beware the undertow 😊
@@treystephens6166I live 2 miles from Lake Michigan. I’ve seen the Atlantic and the Pacific, been to Lake Placid and Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Tahoe and many other smaller lakes but I always love coming back to Lake Michigan.
Born and raised in Wisconsin, a few hours south of Superior. We would take yearly trips up north to Superior/Duluth. Ive never been to an ocean but water stretching as far as the eye can see and knowing its just a lake is weird. We swam in it a couple times but even in the blazing heat of summer the water is uncomfortably frigid. Im use to nasty winters but being next the lake in the dead of winter is wild. The wind off the river is enough to bite straight through anything you're wearing. Ive always been afraid of the deep water. Its a beautiful place but Lake Superior always gave me an eerie feeling.
I'm a block away as well. I've never heard of Halfway People, but we sure have seen many UFO's. Bright red one, with fire coming out of the bottom of it, silent and low, heading towards Wakeman. Also have seen bright silver ones with the red one at different times. My husband's ex fatherinlaw said he saw a red one come straight up out of the lake forty years ago, off mainstreet beach. They live in this lake in underwater caverns or something.
I see a lot of people commenting on the depth of the Great Lakes here. I think it is more of a raw size issue than a depth issue. Grand Lake in Newfoundland for example is 475 metres deep, despite the fact you can see across most of it. Even Gander Lake, a lake you can easily see across, is approaching a thousand feet deep. Lakes going for a thousand feet deep aren't super rare in NL... but obviously we have nothing with the sheer volume of the Great Lakes. Grand Lake is huge in that people go on five day canoe trips along it and it is over 250 kilometres of shoreline, but it is not a Great Lake . It's about 100 kilometers long. It is crazy deep though, going for 1600 feet deep.
Pausing this at 14:54 to write this because I don’t want to be influenced if he describes what he saw. I grew up spending each summer in the woods of northern Wisconsin fishing, taking a John boat with a trolling motor into superior hundreds of times. I lived right near the ocean in Tx and then Nc. Mom was huge into diving so I had done that, snorkeling, fishing around the world you name it. So I spent just a bit of time on the water. In 2018 in June during a walleye fishing tournament, I was coming into the east entrance of the bay near the Minnesota point lighthouse. A head that was humanlike came out of the water just far enough so that the nose was still under the surface. Its skin was black or nearly black and its eyes were huge and forward facing like sea lions or seals. I locked eyes with it. It was a human like face but the eyes were huge. The hair was black and dropped to either side of the head. The hair was at least shoulder length. I looked and yelled “wtf is that?” My daughter and father in law both turned and saw it dart back into the water to its right. Its body was large and looked about as wide as my shoulders(gym bro). I didn’t see the arms or anything and they didn’t see the face, just it rushing into the water. Immediately a fear came over me that was unnatural, like nothing I had felt before and I was a medically retired infantryman… My father in law said I turned white and looked like I was found to pass out shaking. It was like some kind of beyond fight or flight thing, like it got inside my head for a moment or something. I am fine in the water but honestly have to admit that thing is in my mind every time I am swimming with the kids somewhere… I’ve even fished superior since without seeing anything weird again.. 🤷♂️
That's amazing, 100% believe you, how wild, I grew up, first 12 years on lake Erie, been in Colorado since 1972, riding my horses into the rockies back country, rock hound, love to camp with my horses and dogs, it's doing this that I verified Bigfoot is very real however I experience some real high strangeness in Ohio, in the woods and cliffs around the lake and tributaries
Another masterpiece. Your horror story telling skills are unmatched!!!! This was a great story! This is making me want to write something and submit it!
I also have live in ludington for almost 30 yrs. And spent my first 30 yrs living in south haven, also on Lake Michigan. I wouldn’t say I fear the Great Lakes, but I have great respect for them. They can change from flat calm to 8ft waves in amazing short amount of time. When I was young, I sat by the beach drinking beer with a good friend and seen this happen in about 30 minutes. Also, the Great Lakes can have dangerous currents, and riptides that can drag you out into deep water with a little or no warning. You have to respect these bodies of water and err on the side of caution. Every year, a number of people drowned here within 10 miles of Luddington Beach, usually to the north at State Park. Most of them could have been prevented if people were aware of the dangers and paid attention to their surroundings.
@saltykraken9471 I live in the Great Lakes region, and there's a reason I said that. People go out to the Great Lakes, expecting it to be like a lake, but the reality is it's more like the ocean, and people die every year because of it.
Was fishing on Lake Erie (had been there all summer) when I peered into the water and saw a shadowy fish I’m guessing? We were in a 20’ boat and in dwarfed us😳 my boyfriend’s dad started telling me that their were giant sturgeon that lived in the lake…last big one he knew of was 30’ long! No swimming in that water for me!
I was a teen and walking the pier at Grand Haven with my friends and at the very end I was chatting with an old grandpa fishing and both looked at just the right time to see a big sturgeon jet right out of the water about 500 yards out from the end of the pier. Only a couple people saw but geez it was huge and all I could think was it was suck if it jumped in your boat when out there fishing. Years later it was like watching the great whites breaching after seals on TV lol
Sturgeon are bottom feeders. They don’t have teeth like a shark or anything. Lol you’re fine. They’re harmless. I’d be more scared swimming around a 40 inch pike which are predator fish with rows of very sharp teeth.
@@hendu9442 oh yeah! Pike are definitely scary! But while sturgeon may not have teeth like them , I still don’t want to run into one coming up to peak around!😂
As a diver, i find it funny how easy it is to tell that the person writeing this is not a scuba diver. We dive on compressed air, not oxygen, there is a big diffrence. If someone was diveing on pure oxygen, anywhere below 6m, it whould become toxic and you'd pass out quite fast. (in this story they whould probably have to use trimix though, guessing they most likely diving quite deep, so thats a mix with even less oxygen then normal air)
As an author I find it funny how, as a diver, you have a hard time spelling Diving properly. Maybe you have gone "diveing" with oxygen before??? Maybe it's gotten to you??? Edit: and, oh, almost forgot to mention "writeing" and that maybe you should try more of it
@@mertmunson1417 have you ever heard of other languages then english? Did you think about the fact someone may use a diffrent language their whole life? Also you're replying to an 6 month comment mad about grammar, get a life
My friends mother jumped in on a boat off the shore near summerfest and she never came up. Many people jump in even with life jackets and get taken under to never be found. Lake Michigan is no joke. My firends college athlete which she was a professional swimmer she met the undertow of lake superior. The lakes have a energy about them I can't explain. Even just going waist deep isn't safe and it's definitely humbling and terrifying.
My weed dealer back in the day was an underwater welder and his main job was working on dams both public and private! He stated that catfish get the size of a VW bug lol
A maint. workmate in the same trade verified this, except the size he gave was mid70's Cadillac Seville. At Lake Oroville in NorCal, I've seen seriously significant sturgeon & cats while walking with friends along old railway trestles skirting the lake. Some of the locals would refer to the big sturg's as the "ghosts of Bidwell" ...
This sounds TOO fantastic. Although, yes. The lakes are quite creepy. From the air it does not appear as full of water as the Atlantic ocean, but at shore level, it certainly does.
Lived my whole life in Michigan,I'm 40...I've seen some very odd things on the lakes....I saw a guy snag a 15foot gar in the channel in South Haven....seen something 20ft plus swimming in the channel in Frankfort....there is insanely large fish in the lakes...once in awhile they show up in shallow water
Yes!! My favorite water to swim in was Lake Michigan until I saw a guy pull a shark and a half sized hideosity of a Coho Salmon while fishing off a pier in Chicago at Montrose Beach about 1/4 block from the shore. Oh, and my husband told me about Mud Puppies. 😬
I drove from Chicago to Detroit on Interstate whatever. Drove all along the south side of Lake Michigan. Every time I looked out to the North, I got a creepy feeling like...I'm never stepping foot in that water. Even while in Chicago off of those beaches. I wouldn't go in that water either. Especially now after hearing this.
Heard each "Great Lake" has its own magnetic anomolies. That and they can basically each generate their own weather. All of them are unusually large for lakes. Are we sure they were made those geologists said they were?
There’s a beach called Waverly on the reservation on superior. You can find almost perfectly round stones there like marbles. Something weird made those
@@gfhgfghhh waves wind and water as well as whatever mineral constitutes thos rocks made those marbles....I've been miles out in the bush far from anywhere and found what was left of a volcanic vent.....lots of round glass spheres like crystal balls...of course they needed polishing but I never picked one up as I didn't want to have to carry it out and I could never find the place again and I've looked a few times...
Doubtful the scientists have it right. More likely, they were formed during the cataclysmic flood, when the waters inside the earth exploded upward and outward, producing mountain ranges and deep valleys on land and under the oceans, cracks and fissures forming fault lines across the globe.
And people are baptized in waters. I live in mid michigan. The water also gives me the heebie jeebies...i dont go in. Not even dangling feet or hands when on boat rides. I only swim in pools and wade in my own creek. My family owned marine business. So i was on boats all the time growing up. Water just scares me..even at Myrtle beach. I feel it. Lots of evil in the water.
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Great story! It reminded me of the time I almost soiled my wetsuit. Was diving at Mermet Springs. They have the fuselage of an jetliner from the movie US Marshalls sunken there, about 25-30fsw. Was just beeboppin along and I went to stick my head into one of the passenger windows to take a looksee. When I did, I saw this huge flathead catfish mouth gaping open coming toward me coming out of the window at the same instant which engulfed my entire mask and reg. I instantly jerked my head out, but my reg stayed briefly in its mouth. Scared the crap out of myself. I'm sure I scared the fish too. I laughed all the way through the rest of the dive.
Watching Jeremy Wade on River Monsters with some of large catfish he's encountered I'm reminded of stories / legends told in some Utah circles. Divers who check damns, like Flaming Gorge and Lake Powell, have reported spoting catfish large enough to inhale a diver.
You have done such a great job telling the strange but believable story that it just might become a new American legend. Might want to modify a few anomalies like, “the ceiling of the cave seemed a mile over my head with stalactites hanging down like giant teeth,” followed by; “my flashlight gave off a spot of light so dim that I couldn’t see 3 feet in front of me.” But a great story and well presented. Very enjoyable.
Apparently these hideous creatures exist in the Great Lakes. One guy had one of these "halfway people" pull him under the water in Lake Ontario, he described it as it looks in the video. He survived the ordeal and never wants to swim in the outdoors again.
@@jamiparrish8806 There are reports of "mer people" "water demons" or whatever the locals might call them, all over to be honest. Though if they exist, they are usually extremely reclusive, so not many stories other than the few oddball ones that people who have the guts will talk about. Most people just keep quiet and don't say anything, because who would believe them? Especially since the stories are so sparse as is. Whether the Great Lakes have them or not, I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised due to how vast, and deep they are being Inland seas despite being called lakes.
One thing so many people don’t realize take seriously are the strong rip tides and currents of the Great Lakes. Many believe that just because they are lakes that they can’t be that powerful but that’s their first mistake. They are deeper than they look. Storms can start seemingly out of nowhere. I don’t know if this story is true or not. It’s extremely creepy if it is.
Jaws is a happy go lucky fishing tale next to this story! I bet this horror would keep a heck of a lot more people out of the water! Fantastic narration of this very well written horror story. At least we still have pools and hot tubs to swim in safely, lolol! Thank you and the author very much!!
I went there and stopped at a gas station/store. They had all of the walls decorated with giant deadly things caught in the Lake. Terrifying. Lake Michigan near Barefoot Lake area.
Well, since I live on the shores of Lake Michigan, I cannot stress enough that you MUST respect these inland seas. Unfortunately, I have witnessed many tragic drownings and injuries on these Great Lakes. I live in a summer tourist town and I have seen many inlanders and out of state visitors that do not have a clue the dangers of these inland seas. It never fails that someone drowns and/or many in our summers here. 😢
As a PADI diver with wreck, salvage, and hard hat experience, these fairy tale tellers have had some bad gas in their lifetime. Good bedtime and campfire stories without a bit of proof.
Great story 😊 I live right on Lake Ontario. Its beautiful to sit on the shore and look out on it, but getting on the water or in it, is a big hell no 👎
“The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big Lake they call Gitchigumi. The Lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy.”
Im a dokata from the Sisseton and Wahpeton Oyate on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota. We have warnings about not going into certain coolies.
Kind of bittersweet. Losing a friend in order to learn why those particular rules need to be followed. I loved 🥰 the underwater visuals. Thank you for another wonderful story. Keep up the great work. 🙋🏽♀️🌻💜
As an ok swimmer that does not dive I will never swim down more than say 10 to 15 feet at max. Just deep enough that I can safely swim back up in one breath. I will never go inside caves as I am claustrophobic. I don't swim at night nor alone. In the ocean it is not safe to swim at night as that is when many of the sharks feed close to shore.
Dad was a diver in the 1960s and used to recover bodies and other things. I have fished Ohio rivers and lakes all my life. Too bad I can’t think of a single body of water that fits the story, nicely told.
I live where Lake Erie meets the Niagara River and its Ghostly. History is thick here, the families of 100s of years still live their lives in a space just beyond Ur sight.
A life long Duluthian here, great story....I hope its a story *gulp*. Thanks for sharing. Good thing Lake Superior is too cold to swim in most of the time, or we would have more victims.
Being born and raised in Michigan (still here) the great lakes are no joke. Don't know about monsters but I've heard stories from recovery divers up near the mighty mac(mackinac bridge) that while looking for cars that had been blown off said bridges they've seen catfish down there the size of small cars. Now that i can believe
My grandpa used to run a crane up by the lakes and he said the same thing about catfish. He said he saw something, didn't know what it was, but its fin was as big across as the back end of a car he was hauling up out of the water.
@@OhioWolf94 my grandfather was a huge fisherman! And, he had one story about a catfish that was bigger than their fishing boat (small two man boat). I think he said it was dead and floating in the water.... Scary to think about
0:36 😊😊
No joke. Even in lake eufaula I've heard the stories from the natives. If it's any consolation, the 9.4 foot catfish caught is mostly length and not width so I don't think it's capable of swallowing a person but it's still unnerving to think about.
Grew up on the Ohio river. Always respect the water for it has no respect for you.
People who didn't grow up around the lakes or big rivers have no idea about what can go wrong. Even lake Erie will get you if you don't pay attention all the time. The wind will blow it into an ugly chop that comes from more than one direction.
As a PADI certified diver, I enjoyed this tale immensely. Caves have always terrified me, and this story chilled me to the core. Bravo 🙌
31:45 I'm just beginning to take diving lessons, I feel comfortable in warm clear water, but no way will I ever go near a cave.same with cliffs on land. BTW, read Ed abbey story about the 'Dead man at Grandview point' People seem to have a weird attraction to dangerous places.
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I have watched many videos of cave diving rescues, and recoveries, some with actual pictures, a lot with just stories, stock footage, and drawings. For the life of me, while I understand the draw to diving, something I wanted to do when I was a lot younger (life got in the way), too old and too many cigarettes now, I cannot understand why a person dives into deep, dark, claustrophobic passages (I did do some technical climbing back then, I have a fear of heights now; I went into a cave with a friend once, something happened, now I get nervous in an elevator), where even having planned for extra air just in case, the margin for error is slim, so slim… anyway, I’ve talked too long already, just some thoughts. Take care.
@@backpages1 TY for your message; loved to read your story:) Please post more of your experiences for your viewers here🥰
Yes, Because the evil spirits Are Always dwelling in those deep waters and especially in caves or holes.
As a man who can see Lake Superior from out my window, I approve.
Nice! 😊
I understand. I grew up in the Great Lakes area. Odd things happen there, both natural and unnatural.
Sometimes, I find myself wondering why there are so many creepypastas set in Minnesota. Then I remember what it was like growing up there. Good thing they never tell the real stories or no one would want to visit.
Haha, I can see L. Michigan from mine but still, we're totally safe... Right?
@haloedge2829 oh, I don't know. I've seen some strange things on that lake.
While a lot of folks think the “never gives up her dead” phrase applies to all the Great Lakes, it was really coined for and meant to represent just Lake Superior. The reason for the saying is that Superior Lake Superior is unique to the other lakes in that when ships are lost, it is statistically proven that it’s far more rare to have any bodies wash ashore or be found afloat there than it is in the other lakes. It’s really interesting how thermodynamics, geography, and weather patterns. They all play into making bodies that accidentally end up in her heading to the bottom and staying there rather than washing ashore. There are some fascinating videos and articles online about this and you can get lost for hours reading and watching material about the Great Lakes.
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Oh yeah, I've seen this on the History Channel.
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Grew up on the North shore of Lake Superior...... Incredibly scary , like a literal ocean-- we may never know what a body of water like an ocean hides .. I believe the same of Lake Superior ❤
Great story. Born and raised next to lake Michigan. I’m 62 now and I can’t put my finger on it but the lake gives me the creeps, always has. My family even had lake homes ( more than one) in Ludington Michigan and I never liked the area. There’s something not right about those waters as well as the region.
Oooh! Can you give more details ? What have you seen/felt or what have you been told ?
What did you see?
Do tell!
Hmmm.... No offense, but I'm gonna say there is something not right about you. Ludington area is beautiful.
@@freeclimb5487 well “ Hmmmmm” I never said it wasn’t beautiful. It definitely is. I listen to my feelings and I never felt good there. Maybe it has something to do with a cousin drowning off our dock. My Mother found him ( CPR) in vain. Soon after our whole family sold homes , never the same. Hummm “ something wrong with me”?
Oh my, how scary. My husband was a diver for the rescue squad and he dove in lakes and a river input town that is supposed to be one of the deepest around, he told me he saw catfish bigger than me
I was on a houseboat trip with family on my Namakan and Kabetogama chain along the Canadian border.
My grandfather put the boat we were towing in reverse and the sheer pin let loose and it shot off in shallow water.
Being a good swimmer I tossed on my goggles on and searched the bottom for it. I was looking around pushing forward the bottom with my fingers, scanning for a prop.
In about 15 ft of water. There was a big log in front of me. I went to push off of it and it took off.
Was a huge friggin sturgeon. About 8 ft long.
Scared the crap out of me. 😂
I pushed up to the surface and started swearing.
Took me a second to catch my breath, but I kept looking for the prop. Never found it.
Made for a fun story though.
You scared the sturgeon too you know
@@getinthespace7715I know I love it when life happens kind that
Er... I'm not sure I would have used that comparison, personally.
Grew up in St. Louis. There were stories about monstrous catfish there, and in lakes at the bottom near dams.
Never did want to scuba dive. Thanks for telling me why. Great creepy story!
Superior is at least 500 feet or deeper in some spots and so cold that anything that goes to the bottom is usually preserved. They say the late fall storms on Superior are worse than a hurricane on the Atlantic ocean.
Superior is over 1000 ft deep at her deepest point
Well I'm glad the storm I hiked through a few weeks ago wasn't as bad as a hurricane! I did a through hike along superior for 3 days.
There was definitely a lot of wind and rain, but not enough to knock the birch trees on to me or my tent.
I could definitely believe that. I watch some marine disasters and honestly the Great Lakes are some of the scariest
As someone who goes to a university in the UP, I know the tale of the Edmund Fitz very well; and also have seen the fall storms for myself. (Heck there was one raging last night that whipped the wind and rain around something fierce) They are indeed not something to mess with.
@@lavenderotaku2481 big Fitz is sitting under 529 feet of water
I recommend listening to Gordon Lightfoot's, The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. "Lake Superior never gives up the dead, in the rooms of her ice water mansion."
I was on vacation for over a week in the U.P. And I heard that song so many times I couldn’t believe it. The locals have to hate that song hahaha.
I even went to Munising where a guy was playing solo acoustic show under a pavilion and guess what song he was playing when I walked up. 😂
It's a very erie song . You must make a .
trip to Whitefish Point . They have the original bell from Edmund fitzgerald Ship In the museum
@@johnwatts8758 what about fish? I've heard some anglers talk about the Lake, and how they believe fresh-water fish get bigger than most people assume! In WV, in the 70's, a bridge collapsed, and rescue divers refused to finish their duties because of man-eating catfish the size of Volkswagens. I'm sure they travel thru the proverbial, "Lakes"!
I recommend listening to Gordon Lightfoot's other 500 songs. He was a true singer songwriter. A real treasure.
@@ghostwriter1415 were any men eaten by those catfish?
I am a PADI certified Advanced Open Water Diver who volunteered with San Diego County as a search & rescue diver for 7 years in the 1990's. We did grid pattern bottom searches in
Please do if you ever have the time for it! I love water stories myself
For real! Would love to read it!
That’s pretty cool smoking one underwater like that !
One of my highschool boyfriends was spear fishing on acid and got bit on the knee by a shark
Wow you're brave I could never lol. Claustrophobic.
I grew up part fish, living a quarter of a mile from Lake Michigan, I’ve swam in all the Great Lakes and Superior is the only one that gives me the creeps, thanks Steven
“The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big Lake they call Gitchigumi. The Lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn Gloomy.”
- A Gordon Lightfoot quote from A friendly Minnesotan
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I once ripped a fart so obnoxious that it passed out my friend at the surface, when the bubbles erupted in her face👍🏻
Most definitely I was up there. When I went to prison in Baraga. We stopped at Marquette prison. An soon as we got by the water by there. I had an uneasy feeling. Where my body was vibrating. I thought I was the only one. So I never told anyone. Until I was talking about it with a few of my homeboys in Detroit. That went to the Up by lake Superior. An they said the same thing. An they thought it was just them to. Its been a lot of people that died on that lake. I did research when I got out. An sure enough other people have encountered stuff up there. Even premonitions of ghost ships. An it is a eerie feeling up there.
Thank you Stephen for making my night with the awesome pasta. Top notch work as always. I definitely loved this one, and it was well written. Gotta say though that the rule about the water circling is actually something to be aware of in real life. It doesn't matter if it's algae, leaves, or just the water itself. Anyway circling on the surface is evidence of an undertow and or strong underwater currents. This is a real life danger that can kill even the best of swimmers. I often swim in rivers and the Atlantic Ocean, and have come face to face with these hazards. A nasty undertow can not only pull you down and spin you around, but a strong enough one can actually suck the air out of your lungs. An undertow is basically like an underwater tornado. Water is much more dense than air. How I survived was by swimming down to the bottom and grabbing on to tree roots. I actually grabbed a dead water moccasin that died from drowning in the same undertow that I was caught in. I'm a very strong swimmer and was about to reach the bottom and crawl my way out under 18 feet of water. It's a lot less strong if you can reach the bottom and belly crawl out of it. If I didn't swim down, I probably wouldn't be here typing this right now. It's can be very difficult to know orientation when you're spinning and getting churned around under water, but letting a little bit of air out of your mouth or nose and swimming in the opposite direction is how I did it. You'll die if you panic. You have to focus and swim in the direction that makes the air bubbles good to your feet. The air bubbles rise, so if they're going towards your feet, you're swimming down. That's where you want to go, as it's how you can swim away from the undertow. The best way to avoid being caught in an undertow though, is to stay away from anything you see spinning or circling on the surface. It's a clear sign of dangerous underwater currents. If you're in a river, it's a good idea to stay away from the legs of a bridge and things like that. I live in South Carolina, and strong currents are often more of a threat than snakes and gators. Anyway, I definitely loved the story, and this definitely made my night. Thank you so much Stephen.🖤🖤🖤🖤
And thanks for the info. As a weak swimmer, hopefully I'll never need it!
Thanks, too! Hopefully it’s not something I’m ever going to see since I don’t swim anymore except in a pool.
@@rneustel388 Absolutely.
As a surfer, who's traveled the globe, I concur that we are no more than a shitstain in the face of an angry, violent, chaotic mother nature. I never dove the great lakes, mostly oceans & a few quarries, but you're right about the bubbles and currents.
I never saw algae or kelp circling at the surface, but I've noticed plenty of boils. I've also been trapped inside among the rocks when surfing breaks where there is no beach, you enter/exit off the rocks and cliffs.
As you stated:
1 - stay relaxed
2 - protect your head with one arm
3 - open your eyes underwater
4 - bubbles go up, or in a surf break the order you see is : a - surface, b - whitewater, c - green or blue until the bottom
I would suggest a little stronger than you, if you are unsure about your ability, to get yourself out of trouble, alone and without help.......do not even enter the water, no matter how inviting it may seem. 911 doesn't work out there. Most people can't hold their breath 60 seconds under ideal conditions. Do you think 911 can get there that fast ?? Do everyone a favor & stay out of the water.
@@johnspence9718That’s why I swim in a pool only!
I grew up on the eastern shores of Lake Ontario. In winter, we get some of the most extreme snow squalls in the US.
In summer 1989, the family went out on my bfriend's Dad's twenty four -foot fishing boat.
We nearly capsized, in a sudden storm . it really was terrifying.
Thankfully, the Dad was a boating instructor with merchant Marine background . He was shouting instructions over the roar , as we took water on the decks . I was in tears . it was years before I got on a boat again.
....The Great Lakes are glacier made, deep, and very rough ---and they change in a second .
Near Oswego?
Ty for sharing that. That must have been a harrowing ordeal. Glad to hear you conquered your fears and got back on a boat.🎉 mad respect!
My Unc had a BA gas station Pancake Bay....Lake Superior...1968.grew up there...was around when the Edmund Fitzgearald sank...that storm came across the highway and completely changed the beach......even in July water was brrrr cold..
The Great Lakes are inland seas 🌊 I was taught this very early living in Canada. None of the lakes are to be trifled with and all are to be respected.
Sure do!!! Theyre amazing.
Lake Superior is estimated to be around 1,300 feet deep. There are many ancient legends of strange creatures living under those waves.
Really?? I’m a Duluth native and I grew up falling asleep listening to the fog horns at night. I’m going to have to learn of these legends
@@NemesisDawn I’m a Yooper who lives on Lake Superior and I have also heard of the same legends.
@@doreatheaalbin283 Lot of people grew up near mount Vesuvius too.
they all would tell you how stable the region was.
makes me not want to scuba dive there LMFAO but ima do it anyways bc in not a dumb ass and wont push the limits. but the story is obviously fake LOL
@@masonmax1000 They make it clear that it's a story. Well presented, too.
I will relate a story that I swear is true. I am from Northern Manitoba, Thompson to be exact. There is a lake a short distance to the South of town by the name of Paint Lake. It was a popular recreational lake, for boating and fishing, and swimming in the warmer months. One time when I was around five years old, my dad, brother and I went to Paint Lake. They went to fish and I went to give my mother a break from me, and to play, as I as a five year old was not interested in fishing. I would play on the rocky shore in the tiny rock puddles that were always there. I remember that this time I kept myself busy by putting little ants in discarded sunflower seed shells, and floating them like tiny little rowboats upon the surface of these small rock puddles. I dont really remember what happened next, whether i had failed to pay adequate attention to my surroundings while by brother, who was a few years older than me, and my father busied themselves fishing close by; but anyways, I found myself in the water, having slipped or stumbled into the chilly lake. I let out a yelp, as i found myself waist-deep in the water and i was scared because the wet rocks of the shoreline were very slippery beneath the waters surface. My dad heard my yelp, and was over to me in just a mere moment or so. He was close enough that he could have grabbed my hand, without having to get his boots wet. I was on my knees, up to my waist in the water with one hand touching the rock just below water-line and one hand extended toward my father reaching for his hand for the save. Just as he was inches away from grasping my outstretched hand, i suddenly felt something like two hands grab me by each of my ankles, and begin pulling me away from shore. I started to shreek and i remember the look of surprise on my dad's face as i quickly was pulled beyond his reach! He seeing me move further from shore, made him have to step into the water almost to his waist in order to retrieve me from the waters. It wasnt until years later when i began to hear stories of the Natives about the 'Manitou'; a race of mermaid-like water spirits or entities that are well-known to inhabit many, if not most of the lakes in Manitoba: of which there are tens of thousands of them. To this day, I have no doubt in my mind that, that was what I encountered that Spring day, in about 1971, at Paint Lake, Manitoba.
I might add that, I was so shaken by this experience, that i remember crying, soaking wet, all the entire way back home. There is a photo that was taken of me holding a Northern Pike, while i stand in the light of the setting Sun taken On Westwood Drive, the evening that this incident happened. To this day, my dad lies that this photo was taken of 'the first fish I ever caught', but I never caught that fish. They staged the photo to create a false memory for me, to get me to shut up and stop crying. I never fished that day.
That was an engaging story and I thank you for all of your time and the honesty in which you wrote it. 🙏
Wow, scary story. Their is more to this world then meets the eye
I love stories like yours. I almost always believe they are true. Sure people lie a lot but not when the result of telling the story is ridicule, shame, shunning and cancelation. Why would anyone put themself in that situation?
I'm a shrink your story is credible and it does not sound "crazy".....Traumatic for sure, but that's normal people in abnormal situations. Talk about this with people you trust and who respect you, Therapists have important rules about all of this so you can dive deep with them.
Gnarly man
I love water based tales. This was excellent! Great job as always, LH!
Yes. They're a personal favorite of mine.
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I like them way more than the Space ones
My husband was in college the day the Edmund Fitzgerald went down.
He was in downtown Duluth and it was sunny and warm.
As he started his walk up to college, the weather started getting bad. By the time he got to his dorm, it was a full blown blizzard.
The first time he took me to Lake Superior I was blown away. From the shore line, looking out towards the lake, it reminded me of my childhood looking out onto the ocean in Hawaii.
The view is jaw dropping.
Interesting it reminds you of Hawaii bc I met a guy at one of my husband's gig he's a musician and this guy said he was from Hawaii but his wife was from Michigan Detroit area he was here to see a dying friend from the navy. But one of the things he said was how he loved Michigan and he wasn't really sure what it was but he said maybe its the water bc Hawaii is surrounded by water like Michigan is. And the weird thing is I feel a strong connection to Hawaii or Polynesian, I've never been to either but I'm called to these places. I live in mid Michigan and I've hardly seen the great lakes in my 50 yrs of life. I do believe there us something bigger about the great lakes.
Lifetime Michigander here. The greatlakes are very ominous and humbling when you see them. Even after many years of being on or around them. I cant put my finger on it.. Its just an energy or aura that you feel.
I lived in Upstate NY and was 10 when the Fitz went down -I remember it like it was yesterday…the heaviness
Maybe the Lakes are Cursed???
I've always found them humbling, but never really ominous. I've always felt they commanded respect, which I do.
Cause Superioris basically a sea lol
@@SearchIndex What's the "Fitz"?
Grew up on the shores of the Gitche Gumee (Lake Superior), lots of fun horror stories. An old tale I like is about Mishipeshu, the water panther. It's the spirit of Lake Superior's wrath and wild nature
Post some links about Mishipeshu?
@@bettybrooks6585 google Agawa Pictographs ...you'll see 400 year old petroglyphs with an image of Mishipeshu. It's a sacred place.
I grew up on lake superior in a bay.Being on a bay the water was always a bit warmer, winds were calm, and the water calm as well. We could go out so far because there were so many sandbars. you could walk out a fair distance and then hit a shallow sand bar. then continue and the water would get fairly deep and then u would hit another sand bar. We could go as far as the edge of the bay. One day my brother and his friend were swimming on a cheap old styrofoam surf board on the furthest sandbar when all of a sudden a gust of wind just took them in a sec. His friend just jumped off the board right away and swam to shore my brother on the other hand hung on for dear life. My parents grabbed their row boat thinking they would have no problem getting to him but they were wrong. Once he was past the bay the wind just would not stop and was taking him further and further. This happened so quickly its so frightening. The wind took him so far where now the water's color is almost black because of how deep it is.The water is not just getting colder by the sec ,it is also getting rougher by the sec.. We were all in a complete panic. Thank god there was a gentleman who witnessed the ordeal and he had some sort of motor boat and went and rescued my brother. It was a good lesson for all of us even my parents. not realizing how dangerous the lake can be when u chart into unfamiliar areas. I
Wow. I had no idea the Great Lakes could be so dangerous like that. Growing up I lived in Hawaii and Va Beach for a combined 7 years and went to Florida every summer for decades after that. With the ocean the biggest threat are rip tides but those are easy to spot if you know what to look for. I actually got caught in one yrs ago when I was body boarding during a Hurricane (yeah I know, what was I thinking). I knew where the rip currents were and was about to head in because I was getting too close to one, but I didn't want to give up what was the best wave of the day coming in. I thought I could catch it but ended up short and got sucked up into the curl, then launched in the air like a stone out of a catapult LOL. After free falling I took a deep breath before I hit the water and then got rag dolled - couldn't tell which end was up for what seemed like an eternity. When I broke the surface my board was gone - the force of the wave snapped my leash. By now I was in the rip and other than a surfer 300 yards down the beach I was all alone. So what I did to get out of it was every time a wave came I blew air out and sank to the bottom. When the wave passed over stood up and took one step; i.e. I was close enough to shore where I could eventually make it in. It was the only way I could keep from getting taken out. After one agonizing hour I finally got to where I could walk the rest of the way in. When I hit the shore my calves cramped up. That was a close one...
My Dad and I were Salmon fishing out of Roger's City. We were in a small 16 foot fishing boat. We kept the breakwalls within sight never going out beyond about a mile. When I saw the black clouds in the distance we immediately turned toward the breakwalls. Before we could get the lines out of the water we were hit with 8 footers. My Dad turned the boat straight toward the beach at WOT. Meanwhile I was cranking up downriggers with lines still attached. I knew that once we hit the shallows those wave were gonna beat the hell out of us on the rocks. The waves were breaking into the boat and we began to think we might not even make it to shore. My Dad was trying to ride the waves like a surfboard, but it was too choppy. Without speaking, we both knew we were in serious trouble and I began gathering life preserves. All this happened inside of 5 minutes, may be less. We never saw it coming. A 40 foot boat whooshed in 10 feet front of us and sharply turned into our path. We found ourselves in the wake of a boat that looked for a moment like it had a 20 foot transom. In reality it was more like 8 feet. We followed in its wake as it turned toward the safety of the breakwalls. Never underestimate the great lakes.
@@bvannortwick7238 Man, what a story. Storms can come up really quick on the ocean but you don't typically get swells that big that fast near shore. With the Great Lakes I think its because they go from very deep to shallow over a short distance so when storms kick up, the displacement of the water causes those huge swells.
That water is colder than San Francisco even on the hottest August days. I am surprised you didn’t die of hypothermia
@@timothygibney159 I went and looked up the water temp for Lake Superior and was shocked to see how cold it is even in the summer. 55 degrees! I had no idea. Bays and shorelines are a bit warmer but still that is COLD. I'm used to water temp close to around 80. It's why I don't even bother going to Va Beach until July-Aug when the water temp is absolutely perfect (I live in Maryland).
Your talent for narration as well as the author’s abilities in writing, made this a gripping story. Thank you so much Stephen for all your work putting together your stories on your channel.
Fictional???
@@treystephens6166 Yes.
@@Roylamx how can you tell it’s fictional??
@@treystephens6166can't you tell by the acting?
@@jonathanbuckenmyer4888 the acting??
I'm a writer, and I usually listen to one of your stories before starting up Word. I find your voice enchanting, and the way you tell stories is just really really wonderful. Thank you so much for the work that you do.
Wow!! Writers are awesome. What do you typically write about? Thanks 😊
@@quantumpotential7639 A gothic novel set in the late 1800's. It takes place in Ireland and England.
@@heathermauldin4951fire !!!
@@heathermauldin4951link to anything I could read ?
Honestly one of the best if not the Best horror story's channel on the platform keep up the good work LH
As someone from the Great Lakes area... we dont mess with the Great Lakes. Also go visit Smokey's. It really is worth it.
Is there a town associated with Smokies?
@Jaco3688 Oregon Ohio has one that's great
@@alysonjadlocki2626 Thanks!
Wait which one is it Oregon or Ohio lol
@CrazyLocoInsane1 Nah the town is named oregon
I have been on Lake St Clair all my life and sure we catch big Pike, Musky and even caught a 76 inch sturgeon. But the only thing that creeps me out is while in the bay on our boat near Selfridge with the sun shining directly into the waves down into the weed beds only about 8 to 13 feet deep with polarized glasses on you will see literally hundreds of giant cat fish each the size of a medium to large dog swimming in a school. When you see it from the boat the weeds are just all going in a giant circle or whatever direction the school is moving in and it's truly massive in scale and happens only in the spring time I would never go for a swim here and recently a guy literally jump in because he dropped his phone and never came back up the currents from the rivers flowing in and out constantly cause certain areas of the lake to just suck you under and all my life they almost never find a body because if you are stupid enough to jump in the bottom is thick muck that your body will just get sucked into and why you don't find anything.
I grew up in Port Huron. Live in NC now. Used to pull a lot of perch out Lake St. Clair when I was a kid fishing with my dad and uncle.
Man, I wouldn't be creeped out, I'd grab a heavy duty rod and reel with some really strong braided Kevlar line and a big ol' hook. I'd throw on a big hunk of stink-bait ( chicken that's almost spoiled that's been "marinated" in cherry or strawberry Kool-Aid works wonders). I would then be in for a hell of a thrill bringing in one of those Monster Catfish. UUUMMM-YEAH Cajun style blackened Catfish, sweet "tater" fries and Hushpuppies . That be some GOOOOOD EATIN'!
Oh bottom muck. My family's farm ponds on steroids. I always hated walking in the muck.
Another great story! Have Native friends from the Great Lakes and have heard stories about the various creatures living in the waters. This was right along those lines.
You'd think one of these creatures would have turned up by now. Makes for a good story I guess.
@@saltykraken9471 You have to wonder how much gets covered up by the government or those with a vested interest in keeping things hidden.
@@allisonshaw9341 0 chance some redneck fisherman hadn't snagged a dead one atleast and took a pic. Unless they got agents patrolling the lakes day and night I don't buy it. Also why wouldn't they tell us? If all that superstitious crap was real the gov would twist it to it's advantage. Wed be spending billions to "protect" the creatures from humans or for some new shady gov program.
Stalagmites are arent what comes down, but goes up. They ‘might’ go up. Stalactites are what come down. They hold on ‘tight’ to the ceiling. Other than that good story
You sound like a fun person. Holy cripe.
@@user-ch6um1vn8xthere’s nothing wrong with correcting information. It matters because they’re not the same and cannot be used interchangeably. Stop criticizing people who help. It’s immature.
@@literallyjustagirlygirl You sound even more fun. Get bent.
@@user-ch6um1vn8x Maybe…but at least I’m not an illiterate troglodyte like you.
I caught that, too, but decided to stay quiet. One cannot help when one knows the difference. I like facts and truth.
I live in Duluth! I do the polar bear plunge in February in Lake Superior. Lake Superior is well known for not giving up its dead.
Quite an exciting story, J Campbell! It's scary as hell, but it's too bad that I cannot believe much of it! "Halfway People"? I'm sorry, but having spent 8 years in the U.S. Navy and a few of those years as an E-6 Radioman attached to UDT TEAM 22 back in the 1960s, being an old man now, I cannot believe in the Halfway People. However, something inside me wants to go along with a terrifying story like this. At least it kept me watching through the entirety of your video. I, too, was raised within five miles of one of the Great Lakes, Erie, but only a couple of times did I ever dive into Erie; after spending so much time in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in the Caribbean area, I always thought it would turn into a big letdown! I will give you this much. However, there are some "life sources" in most of the waters on our planet, enough to continue to provide me with bad dreams long after I retired!
Thank you!
Thank you Stephen for this tale. This absolutely reinforces my terror of swimming in bodies of water. I have had a phobia of water all my life. I once tried to conquer my fear by swimming across a lake in New England when I was 18. I got half way when I had the most intense feeling that something was below me in the water waiting to grab me. I panicked a little and swam back the way I had come as fast as possible. I have never been swimming in a body of water since. I’m 53 now. I now live in Minnesota. I want to see Superior but you can bet your sweet bottom I won’t be setting a toe into that lake. This was an amazing video! Thanks again for a terrifying experience.😊
When I was young teen my best friend and I were out water skiing on the great lakes. After taking a spill I sat floating like A bobber , waiting for the boat to circle back. I got that same intense feeling of something terrible beneath me in those depths. I got on the boat and never took part in water skiing again. I would swim in the shallows but never in the open waters of the Great Lakes. BTW, I grew up swimming all summer with my friends with the lake at the end of our street and hadn't ever had fear of anything .
Brettdelaurelle7385. I am so happy that I’m not the only person who has experienced that. I have never told anyone about my experience. The fear was too intense to share. The lake was Walden Pond. It has since been closed to swimming due to pollution.
I just recently went to jellystone in java NY they have a small pond there with inflatables to climb on like slides and things. I went in to help my son and my phobia went wild I couldn’t breath lol dark deep water . Nope .now this story!
Your toe would freeze off anyway
@loridavis5699 Right?!🤣🤣
Don't worry about me. You have your rules and I have mine. I can't swim so I keep my chubby butt out the water. The One and Only Rule to live by
Everyone can swim
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@@thelonelywhale219but everyone can't be funny. You're prime proof of that
😂😂😂. This is one of the best comments I've read. Thanks.
Lol. We are over 85% water. Youre swimming in it 24/7 365. Much Love to you and yours
Even if I’m listening to another story, I see Lighthouse pop up and I’m here right away lol 🥃📻
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I’m just grateful for this narration helping me relax on my break at work❤
Nice bit there. I've forgotten the algae rule, until I remembered years ago when some local divers did a search and rescue. I believed some locals talk to the divers and they had the same rules about algae.
We're always overconfident about "knowing everything" and not believing in folklore and superstition; but there's so much we don't know or understand, so much that defies explanations.
Nothing scarier than the unseen under the surface
Godzilla in the Sea 🌊
This is absolutely 💯% the BEST channel on UA-cam!!!! I look so forward to seeing a new story. Thanks a lot for all you do and all the hard work you put in to make it the best.
All the great lakes are big water... deep and cold. They could easily hide monsters.
This is a story, a bit of fiction but there are real stories about Lake Superior. I grew up in Duluth and every once in a while swimmers will disappear never to be seen again. Supposedly there is a Loch Ness monster type creature around Duluth. There have been stories of ghost ships, thunderbirds, UFO bases, maybe even a Godzilla type creature. I think it was in "The Great Lakes Triangle" a ship ran into something in the middle of the lake doing a lot of damage. In dry dock they found the whole bottom had been smashed like something huge tried to surface under it. The weather can "attack" you as well. Dangerous storms and high waves can come up out of nowhere. It is the superior lake, the French called it Superior because it is the highest in elevation, making it the source for the other great lakes. Of the Great Lakes it is the furthest North, furthest West, biggest, deepest, coldest, most mysterious, most beautiful and -- most dangerous, of the Great Lakes!
My mother had the gift of discernment and said she felt something was wrong with Lake Erie when we were swimming there as children. She was with us and told us to get out of the water. She grew up around lakes and fished too, but didn’t like Lake Erie. She said she felt danger or something was close by watching us. I have never been impressed by Lake Michigan either. The Pacific is something to see.
I've been swimming in Erie for 40 years😂
I find it so regenerative and peaceful, but obviously do not swim in dangerous conditions and beware the undertow 😊
What’s wrong with Lake Michigan???
So is the Atlantic
Your mother is emotionally unstable.
@@treystephens6166I live 2 miles from Lake Michigan. I’ve seen the Atlantic and the Pacific, been to Lake Placid and Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Tahoe and many other smaller lakes but I always love coming back to Lake Michigan.
I loved this story-always enjoy underwater and caving stories. Great narration. It is Lighthouse Horror after all!
Born and raised in Wisconsin, a few hours south of Superior. We would take yearly trips up north to Superior/Duluth. Ive never been to an ocean but water stretching as far as the eye can see and knowing its just a lake is weird. We swam in it a couple times but even in the blazing heat of summer the water is uncomfortably frigid. Im use to nasty winters but being next the lake in the dead of winter is wild. The wind off the river is enough to bite straight through anything you're wearing. Ive always been afraid of the deep water. Its a beautiful place but Lake Superior always gave me an eerie feeling.
Soooo... I live less than a block away from Lake Erie... fun time sleeping tonight! Thanks, Stephen!
I live a few blocks, I don't think I will be going swimming anytime soon lol
I'm just waking up on my beach front patio and Erie looks a little uppity this morning😂
I'm a block away as well. I've never heard of Halfway People, but we sure have seen many UFO's. Bright red one, with fire coming out of the bottom of it, silent and low, heading towards Wakeman. Also have seen bright silver ones with the red one at different times. My husband's ex fatherinlaw said he saw a red one come straight up out of the lake forty years ago, off mainstreet beach. They live in this lake in underwater caverns or something.
Looking at the color of Lake Erie's water, I don't think swimming in there is a good idea anyway haha.
I lived on Lake Ontario. The deepest part of that lake is 849 ft. So good luck looking for someone there.
They can send the titanic deep dive , you know, the one with the little video game controller for steering it?
I see a lot of people commenting on the depth of the Great Lakes here.
I think it is more of a raw size issue than a depth issue. Grand Lake in Newfoundland for example is 475 metres deep, despite the fact you can see across most of it. Even Gander Lake, a lake you can easily see across, is approaching a thousand feet deep.
Lakes going for a thousand feet deep aren't super rare in NL... but obviously we have nothing with the sheer volume of the Great Lakes.
Grand Lake is huge in that people go on five day canoe trips along it and it is over 250 kilometres of shoreline, but it is not a Great Lake . It's about 100 kilometers long. It is crazy deep though, going for 1600 feet deep.
Pausing this at 14:54 to write this because I don’t want to be influenced if he describes what he saw.
I grew up spending each summer in the woods of northern Wisconsin fishing, taking a John boat with a trolling motor into superior hundreds of times.
I lived right near the ocean in Tx and then Nc. Mom was huge into diving so I had done that, snorkeling, fishing around the world you name it. So I spent just a bit of time on the water.
In 2018 in June during a walleye fishing tournament, I was coming into the east entrance of the bay near the Minnesota point lighthouse.
A head that was humanlike came out of the water just far enough so that the nose was still under the surface.
Its skin was black or nearly black and its eyes were huge and forward facing like sea lions or seals. I locked eyes with it. It was a human like face but the eyes were huge. The hair was black and dropped to either side of the head. The hair was at least shoulder length.
I looked and yelled “wtf is that?”
My daughter and father in law both turned and saw it dart back into the water to its right.
Its body was large and looked about as wide as my shoulders(gym bro).
I didn’t see the arms or anything and they didn’t see the face, just it rushing into the water.
Immediately a fear came over me that was unnatural, like nothing I had felt before and I was a medically retired infantryman…
My father in law said I turned white and looked like I was found to pass out shaking.
It was like some kind of beyond fight or flight thing, like it got inside my head for a moment or something.
I am fine in the water but honestly have to admit that thing is in my mind every time I am swimming with the kids somewhere…
I’ve even fished superior since without seeing anything weird again.. 🤷♂️
These stories are made up fiction
That's amazing, 100% believe you, how wild, I grew up, first 12 years on lake Erie, been in Colorado since 1972, riding my horses into the rockies back country, rock hound, love to camp with my horses and dogs, it's doing this that I verified Bigfoot is very real however I experience some real high strangeness in Ohio, in the woods and cliffs around the lake and tributaries
Thank you Stephen for another fantastic great story again. GOD BLESS YOU.
Another masterpiece. Your horror story telling skills are unmatched!!!! This was a great story! This is making me want to write something and submit it!
I've seen it. It's called catfish the size of station wagons. Stay away from the front end.
can definitely be catfish
I also have live in ludington for almost 30 yrs. And spent my first 30 yrs living in south haven, also on Lake Michigan. I wouldn’t say I fear the Great Lakes, but I have great respect for them. They can change from flat calm to 8ft waves in amazing short amount of time. When I was young, I sat by the beach drinking beer with a good friend and seen this happen in about 30 minutes. Also, the Great Lakes can have dangerous currents, and riptides that can drag you out into deep water with a little or no warning. You have to respect these bodies of water and err on the side of caution. Every year, a number of people drowned here within 10 miles of Luddington Beach, usually to the north at State Park. Most of them could have been prevented if people were aware of the dangers and paid attention to their surroundings.
The Great Lakes should be called fresh water seas because of their size. They behave more like seas than lakes, too.
A lake is more dangerous than the ocean because you can float on salt but not fresh water
Fresh water seas are called great lakes... problem solved.
@saltykraken9471 I live in the Great Lakes region, and there's a reason I said that. People go out to the Great Lakes, expecting it to be like a lake, but the reality is it's more like the ocean, and people die every year because of it.
@@amandamccallum6796 That's all really cool but again a fresh water inland sea is called a great lake regardless of what people are expecting.
I showed Lake Ontario to a guest we hosted from England. It blew his mind. He said, "That's a lake?"
Aquatic horror is an especially terrifying thing for me
Because your spirit knows it's all mostly true
Thanks LH 💕 3 am and i have a great bedtime story.😅
Was fishing on Lake Erie (had been there all summer) when I peered into the water and saw a shadowy fish I’m guessing? We were in a 20’ boat and in dwarfed us😳 my boyfriend’s dad started telling me that their were giant sturgeon that lived in the lake…last big one he knew of was 30’ long! No swimming in that water for me!
I was a teen and walking the pier at Grand Haven with my friends and at the very end I was chatting with an old grandpa fishing and both looked at just the right time to see a big sturgeon jet right out of the water about 500 yards out from the end of the pier. Only a couple people saw but geez it was huge and all I could think was it was suck if it jumped in your boat when out there fishing.
Years later it was like watching the great whites breaching after seals on TV lol
Sturgeon are bottom feeders. They don’t have teeth like a shark or anything. Lol you’re fine. They’re harmless. I’d be more scared swimming around a 40 inch pike which are predator fish with rows of very sharp teeth.
Giant Sturgeon in the lake can reach 10' and approach 300lbs.
The mussels and goby are other issues. Being invasive species.
@@hendu9442 oh yeah! Pike are definitely scary! But while sturgeon may not have teeth like them , I still don’t want to run into one coming up to peak around!😂
@@lisaaustin8150 They’re basically big aquatic teddy bears 🤣🤣
As a diver, i find it funny how easy it is to tell that the person writeing this is not a scuba diver. We dive on compressed air, not oxygen, there is a big diffrence. If someone was diveing on pure oxygen, anywhere below 6m, it whould become toxic and you'd pass out quite fast. (in this story they whould probably have to use trimix though, guessing they most likely diving quite deep, so thats a mix with even less oxygen then normal air)
PADI Open water here and my dad is an Instructor. I came here looking for this comment lol.
I'm not even a diver and I can tell he's not using the right terminology
You’re a diver who can’t spell diving correctly 😂. Stop putting e’s on words ending in ing. You’re welcome.
As an author I find it funny how, as a diver, you have a hard time spelling Diving properly. Maybe you have gone "diveing" with oxygen before??? Maybe it's gotten to you???
Edit: and, oh, almost forgot to mention "writeing" and that maybe you should try more of it
@@mertmunson1417 have you ever heard of other languages then english? Did you think about the fact someone may use a diffrent language their whole life? Also you're replying to an 6 month comment mad about grammar, get a life
Im a fish that grew up in Lake MI. My dad, a car sized carfish, told me stories of a place called Detroit. Its hell for primates he said.
Woo hoo
Lighthouse Horror is back
One of my all time favorites.
Tytytyty😊
My friends mother jumped in on a boat off the shore near summerfest and she never came up. Many people jump in even with life jackets and get taken under to never be found. Lake Michigan is no joke. My firends college athlete which she was a professional swimmer she met the undertow of lake superior. The lakes have a energy about them I can't explain. Even just going waist deep isn't safe and it's definitely humbling and terrifying.
My weed dealer back in the day was an underwater welder and his main job was working on dams both public and private! He stated that catfish get the size of a VW bug lol
A maint. workmate in the same trade verified this, except the size he gave was mid70's Cadillac Seville. At Lake Oroville in NorCal, I've seen seriously significant sturgeon & cats while walking with friends along old railway trestles skirting the lake.
Some of the locals would refer to the big sturg's as the "ghosts of Bidwell" ...
He's absolutely right, and they get bigger
This sounds TOO fantastic. Although, yes. The lakes are quite creepy. From the air it does not appear as full of water as the Atlantic ocean, but at shore level, it certainly does.
Lived my whole life in Michigan,I'm 40...I've seen some very odd things on the lakes....I saw a guy snag a 15foot gar in the channel in South Haven....seen something 20ft plus swimming in the channel in Frankfort....there is insanely large fish in the lakes...once in awhile they show up in shallow water
Yes!! My favorite water to swim in was Lake Michigan until I saw a guy pull a shark and a half sized hideosity of a Coho Salmon while fishing off a pier in Chicago at Montrose Beach about 1/4 block from the shore.
Oh, and my husband told me about Mud Puppies. 😬
Every night they are in the shallow waters 😂
I drove from Chicago to Detroit on Interstate whatever. Drove all along the south side of Lake Michigan. Every time I looked out to the North, I got a creepy feeling like...I'm never stepping foot in that water. Even while in Chicago off of those beaches. I wouldn't go in that water either. Especially now after hearing this.
@@opitz30 I’ve been living next to lake Michigan all my 62 years and I feel the same way. The water gives me the creeps!
Wait, you actually think this is a true story? I got some business opportunities if you're interested!
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OH, YEA!!! STEPHEN!!! How are you doing my friend?
We are listening & this one sounds like a FANTASTIC one! Thank you, my friend! 🔥👊😄🔥
Heard each "Great Lake" has its own magnetic anomolies. That and they can basically each generate their own weather. All of them are unusually large for lakes. Are we sure they were made those geologists said they were?
There’s a beach called Waverly on the reservation on superior. You can find almost perfectly round stones there like marbles. Something weird made those
@@gfhgfghhh Yeah, the North American Glacier sliding over them and melting into what are known as the great lakes did that.
@@gfhgfghhh waves wind and water as well as whatever mineral constitutes thos rocks made those marbles....I've been miles out in the bush far from anywhere and found what was left of a volcanic vent.....lots of round glass spheres like crystal balls...of course they needed polishing but I never picked one up as I didn't want to have to carry it out and I could never find the place again and I've looked a few times...
Doubtful the scientists have it right. More likely, they were formed during the cataclysmic flood, when the waters inside the earth exploded upward and outward, producing mountain ranges and deep valleys on land and under the oceans, cracks and fissures forming fault lines across the globe.
They are inland seas actually and yes they generate weather, they have tides and many characteristics of seas
Lake Superior doesn't give up it's secrets because it's over 1000ft deep. The only thing sinister is the weather and currents.
I've had it up to here with stuck-up bodies of water. Like, get over yourself Lake "Superior"
@@ryantiller5624 Haha! 😂 Ok trash talking a lake, yeah that’s enough internet for today. Lol
And people are baptized in waters.
I live in mid michigan.
The water also gives me the heebie jeebies...i dont go in. Not even dangling feet or hands when on boat rides. I only swim in pools and wade in my own creek. My family owned marine business. So i was on boats all the time growing up.
Water just scares me..even at Myrtle beach. I feel it.
Lots of evil in the water.
*Aquatic Horror… YES, PLEASE!*
*THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!*
- I am a *H U G E* fan of horror stories that are set in, around, or under water.
- Shipwrecks, Islands, Underwater laboratories, Cave Diving, etc… I LOVE IT ALL!
*“I cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed, worshipping their ancient stone idols and carving their own detestable likenesses on submarine obelisks of water-soaked granite. I dream of a day when they may rise above the billows to drag down in their reeking talons the remnants of puny, war-exhausted mankind-of a day when the land shall sink, and the dark ocean floor shall ascend amidst universal pandemonium.”*
*~ H.P. Lovecraft* 🌊🦑🖤
Love listening to this on my way home from school. Such a nice thing to do
Great story! It reminded me of the time I almost soiled my wetsuit. Was diving at Mermet Springs. They have the fuselage of an jetliner from the movie US Marshalls sunken there, about 25-30fsw. Was just beeboppin along and I went to stick my head into one of the passenger windows to take a looksee. When I did, I saw this huge flathead catfish mouth gaping open coming toward me coming out of the window at the same instant which engulfed my entire mask and reg. I instantly jerked my head out, but my reg stayed briefly in its mouth. Scared the crap out of myself. I'm sure I scared the fish too. I laughed all the way through the rest of the dive.
Watching Jeremy Wade on River Monsters with some of large catfish he's encountered I'm reminded of stories / legends told in some Utah circles. Divers who check damns, like Flaming Gorge and Lake Powell, have reported spoting catfish large enough to inhale a diver.
You have done such a great job telling the strange but believable story that it just might become a new American legend.
Might want to modify a few anomalies like, “the ceiling of the cave seemed a mile over my head with stalactites hanging down like giant teeth,” followed by; “my flashlight gave off a spot of light so dim that I couldn’t see 3 feet in front of me.”
But a great story and well presented. Very enjoyable.
Very cool story. As a lover of H.P.Lovecraft i enjoy fishpeople monster stories. This was fun. And you did a good job with the telling.
Nice to see I'm not the only one to see a connection to Lovecraft.
Apparently these hideous creatures exist in the Great Lakes. One guy had one of these "halfway people" pull him under the water in Lake Ontario, he described it as it looks in the video. He survived the ordeal and never wants to swim in the outdoors again.
For real? I thought this was a fictional tale
Source?
@@jamiparrish8806 There are reports of "mer people" "water demons" or whatever the locals might call them, all over to be honest. Though if they exist, they are usually extremely reclusive, so not many stories other than the few oddball ones that people who have the guts will talk about. Most people just keep quiet and don't say anything, because who would believe them? Especially since the stories are so sparse as is.
Whether the Great Lakes have them or not, I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised due to how vast, and deep they are being Inland seas despite being called lakes.
the world is a dark place filled with the minions of Sauron... aka Satan
Oh well if some random guy with 0 video evidence said it on the internet it must be true. I'll never step foot in another body of water again....
Under water horror is awesome! Thank You! 💙
I live 2km from her shores. She is a beast.
One thing so many people don’t realize take seriously are the strong rip tides and currents of the Great Lakes. Many believe that just because they are lakes that they can’t be that powerful but that’s their first mistake. They are deeper than they look. Storms can start seemingly out of nowhere.
I don’t know if this story is true or not. It’s extremely creepy if it is.
There is something about being in a large body of water that has always made me feel incredibly vulnerable..
Jaws is a happy go lucky fishing tale next to this story! I bet this horror would keep a heck of a lot more people out of the water! Fantastic narration of this very well written horror story. At least we still have pools and hot tubs to swim in safely, lolol! Thank you and the author very much!!
Ooooooo!!!! I’m excited for this one!!! I’m a diver and dive mostly in Lake Superior! Im a certified dive master.
I went there and stopped at a gas station/store. They had all of the walls decorated with giant deadly things caught in the Lake. Terrifying. Lake Michigan near Barefoot Lake area.
I’m sure some depth charges would clear out those fish people pretty fast. Beware the water wendigos
Even scarier is the thought of Lake Inferior sitting deep below Superior.
Shine on you crazy Diamond.
Nice to have a story to hear while drying clothes on vacation.
I love seeing a new narration by Lighthouse Horror pop up in subscription notices 🎉🎉🎉!
Down there in those caves... that's Ol' Greg. On quiet dives, you can hear him howl "I'm Olllllll' Greeeggggggg!"
Well, since I live on the shores of Lake Michigan, I cannot stress enough that you MUST respect these inland seas. Unfortunately, I have witnessed many tragic drownings and injuries on these Great Lakes. I live in a summer tourist town and I have seen many inlanders and out of state visitors that do not have a clue the dangers of these inland seas. It never fails that someone drowns and/or many in our summers here. 😢
As a PADI diver with wreck, salvage, and hard hat experience, these fairy tale tellers have had some bad gas in their lifetime. Good bedtime and campfire stories without a bit of proof.
Great story 😊 I live right on Lake Ontario. Its beautiful to sit on the shore and look out on it, but getting on the water or in it, is a big hell no 👎
Always good to hear michigan horror
“The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big Lake they call Gitchigumi. The Lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy.”
Im a dokata from the Sisseton and Wahpeton Oyate on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota. We have warnings about not going into certain coolies.
Kind of bittersweet. Losing a friend in order to learn why those particular rules need to be followed. I loved 🥰 the underwater visuals. Thank you for another wonderful story. Keep up the great work. 🙋🏽♀️🌻💜
The work is incredible on this channel. Highly recommend.
Here on Lake Erie our number 1 rule is Do Not Swallow the Water! 😂
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As an ok swimmer that does not dive I will never swim down more than say 10 to 15 feet at max. Just deep enough that I can safely swim back up in one breath. I will never go inside caves as I am claustrophobic. I don't swim at night nor alone. In the ocean it is not safe to swim at night as that is when many of the sharks feed close to shore.
Dad was a diver in the 1960s and used to recover bodies and other things. I have fished Ohio rivers and lakes all my life. Too bad I can’t think of a single body of water that fits the story, nicely told.
Great Lakes stories are always good for the local lore
Perfect way to start my 3 day weekend. TY LH
Speaking of late year storms on the Big Lake: “The Gales of November”, a great book about the Edmund Fitzgerald
I live where Lake Erie meets the Niagara River and its Ghostly. History is thick here, the families of 100s of years still live their lives in a space just beyond Ur sight.
A life long Duluthian here, great story....I hope its a story *gulp*. Thanks for sharing. Good thing Lake Superior is too cold to swim in most of the time, or we would have more victims.