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One of the most well known, and most celebrated ghost legends in Indiana is that of Diana of the Dunes. [6] [7] Near Chesterton, Indiana, in the Indiana Dunes, there is a legend that fishermen around Lake Michigan would occasionally catch sight of a naked woman swimming in the lake. The legend dates back to at least 1915, and goes on to say ...
Alkali Lake Monster. 40-foot-long (12 m) alligator-like creature with rough, grayish-brown skin and a horn-like appendage located between its eyes and nostrils. Altamaha River. Georgia (U.S. state) USA. North America. Altamaha-ha. 30-foot (9 m) long with a snake-like head and flippers like a seal [ 1 ] Memaloose Lake.
California. California is the location of many supposedly haunted locations. Notable locations with reputations for being haunted include Alcatraz, the former ocean liner RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, El Adobe de Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, and the Winchester Mystery House.
A Pukwudgie, also spelled Puk-Wudjie (another spelling, Puck-wudj-ininee, is translated by Henry Schoolcraft as "little wild man of the woods that vanishes"), [1] is a human-like creature of Wampanoag folklore, found in Delaware, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Indiana and Massachusetts, sometimes said to be two to three feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) tall.
United States. Region. Maumee Valley, Northern Indiana. Details. Found in water. In Indiana folklore, the Beast of Busco is an enormous snapping turtle which citizens claimed to have seen in 1949. Despite a month-long hunt that briefly gained national attention, the "Beast of Busco" was never found. [1]
Here be dragons. " Here be dragons " (Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist. [1][2]
Overview. Indiana is bordered on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan; on the east by Ohio; on the south by Kentucky, with which it shares the Ohio River as a border; and on the west by Illinois. Indiana is one of the Great Lakes states. The northern boundary of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois was originally defined to ...
Indiana. Indiana (/ ˌɪndiˈænə / ⓘ IN-dee-AN-ə) [15] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.