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The Laurentide Ice Sheet left behind a scarred lan

The Laurentide Ice Sheet left behind a scarred land in Wisconsin when it receded 10,000 years ago. At the heart of that area, known as the Kettle Moraine, is the small town of Dundee, Wisconsin. For decades, maybe even longer, Dundee has been the nexus of strange happenings in the area. Native Americans called the massive glacial deposit that looms high over the treeline outside of town "Spirit Hill" because of the mysterious things they experienced there. Today, Dundee Mountain is believed by some locals to be the source of the UFO phenomena they've witnessed over the years. Nearby, on the shore of Long Lake, is Benson's Hide-a-Way, where the annual UFO Daze festival has been attracting crowds for over 30 years. Proprietor Bill Benson started the gathering in the 1980s as a means for area residents to share and investigate their experiences, from lights beneath the water and crop circles in the reeds, to flying saucers startling the cows and high speed glowing orbs pursued by military helicopters. It's hard to deny there's something going on in Dundee, whatever it may be.#cultofweird #ufo #ufosighting #ufos #ufosightings #paranormal #occult #fortean #ufodaze #billbenson #bensonshideaway #wisconsin #weirdwisconsin #wisconsinlore #dundee #dundeemountain #kettlemoraine #kettlemorainestateforest #oddities #onlyinwisconsin #travel #explore #exploremore #paranormalinvestigation #paranormalresearch #extraterrestrial #aliens #dundeewi #destinationfear

Which is your favorite X-Files episode? I just rew

Which is your favorite X-Files episode? I just rewatched "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster," which is easily one of the best.#cultofweird #xfiles #iwanttobelieve #fortean #occult #paranormal #paranormalresearch #paranormalinvestigation #haunted #foxmulder #danascully #cryptozoology #oddities #curiosities #weird #lizardpeople #guymann #werelizard #thexfiles #ufos #ufosighting #ufosightings #extraterrestrial #alien #alienabduction #thetruthisoutthere

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Here’s another haunted house story, this one from the small town of Horicon, Wisconsin: The Tallmann House. Horror or hoax?In 1987, the Tallmann family purchased a bunk bed from a second hand store, and with it a demonic presence that terrorized the family in their home for the next 9 months. After a series of harrowing events in January 1988, they fled in the middle of the night and refused to return.Rumors quietly spread around town over the next couple weeks, and soon the story was making international headlines. Hordes of curious visitors descended on Horicon to see the house where alleged witnesses claimed the walls dripped blood, a portal to Hell opened in the basement, and the snowblower came to life to clear the driveway on its own.That’s when Horicon chief of police Doug Glamann called in Dr. Don Mueller, a professor at UW-Milwaukee and paranormal enthusiast, to investigate the abandoned house.In October of 1988, the story of the Tallmann house was featured in an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. The segment was filmed inside the actual house with permission by the new owners, but the haunted bunk bed had long since been disposed of.These photos from inside the Tallmann House were discovered a few years ago in Dr. Mueller’s files by researcher Allison Jornlin. They are the only known photos of the actual bed. Read more about the Tallmann case now on cultofweird.com - LINK IN BIO.#cultofweird #haunted #hauntedhouse #hauntedobjects #cursedobjects #paranormal #paranormalresearch #paranormalinvestigation #hauntedplaces #wisconsin #weirdwisconsin #wisconsinlore #unsolvedmysteries #haunting #ghostly #ghoststories #realghoststories #horicon #horiconwi

Amityville haunting - horror or hoax? What do you

Amityville haunting - horror or hoax? What do you think?#cultofweird #amityville #amityvillehorror #amityvillehorrorhouse #haunted #hauntedplaces #paranormal #paranormalresearch #paranormalinvestigation #edandlorrainewarren #travel #darktourism #horror #explore #creepy #truecrime #believeitornot #hauntedhouse #lorrainewarren #occult #highhopes #112oceanavenue #ronalddefeo

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