| We do not often think of the Midwest as | | | | awakened by an extremely loud sound, followed |
| lighthouse country yet three states have | | | | by heavy footsteps from the spiral staircase |
| lighthouses on Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and | | | | coming from the lamp room. The ghost walked |
| Lake Erie, and all have haunted stories to tell. | | | | through the hallway and living room into the |
| The Gales of November | | | | kitchen and outside, closing the door with an |
| Split Rock Lighthouse - Minnesota | | | | audible click. Skeptical visitors quickly became |
| Minnesota's Split Rock Lighthouse was the | | | | believers when awakened from sound sleep by |
| inspiration for Gordon Lightfoot's song about the | | | | loud, heavy footsteps. |
| sinking of "The Edmund Fitzgerald." The weather is | | | | The spirit, thought to be Lewis Williams, the first |
| so extremely brutal that people who visit after | | | | keeper, was not an angry ghost but enjoyed |
| the month of October are warned to expect a | | | | playing tricks on the caretaker. He loved moving |
| six moth stay, as heavy ice, snow and gale force | | | | tools from where Blahnick and his father were |
| winds make traveling to the light impossible. | | | | working, only to find them later tucked under a |
| Wolves have reportedly been heard howling at | | | | pillow. |
| night. | | | | In 1987, a group of nuns learned of the ghost as |
| In 1910, two first assistant keepers drowned | | | | they toured the lighthouse. One no-nonsense |
| when their boat capsized on the way to the | | | | sister fearlessly placed her hands against the |
| mainland. The boat was eventually found, but their | | | | tower and fervently prayed for the earthbound |
| bodies were not, and consequently many people | | | | spirit's release. There has been no other reported |
| reported supernatural phenomena. | | | | haunting since that time. |
| A visitor who lost his wallet returned to the light | | | | The Ghost on Little Cat Feet |
| and asked an elderly man, dressed in a lighthouse | | | | Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light - Ohio |
| keeper's uniform if he had seen it. The man, | | | | We are accustomed to tales of human spirits, but |
| ignored him and refused to allow him entrance to | | | | the ghost that haunts this lighthouse on Lake Erie |
| the tower to look for his wallet, and walked into | | | | is a lively, playful gray kitten. This light still aids |
| the house. The visitor later saw him looking down | | | | navigation, and its keeper's house is the oldest |
| from the tower window and wondered what he | | | | maritime museum on the lake. |
| saw. The next day the visitor returned and found | | | | According to one legend, Keeper, Captain Joseph |
| his wallet, but never discovered the man's identity. | | | | Babcock's wife, stricken by a serious illness was |
| Another story says the man returned the visitor's | | | | bedridden for several months. She was not alone, |
| wallet, the abruptly vanished. Could this man be | | | | however, for a playful kitten regularly visited her |
| one of those who drowned? | | | | and they spent many happy hours playing "go |
| Released by a Nun | | | | fetch" with a soft ball. |
| Chambers Island Light - Wisconsin | | | | One curator, who saw and play with this kitten |
| Former caretaker Joel Blahnick noticed a | | | | herself, did some research and surmised that the |
| "presence" when he first arrived at this light | | | | living room in her apartment was probably the |
| standing in the middle of Green Bay on Lake | | | | bedroom in the old keeper's house where Mrs. |
| Michigan in 1976. The light was deserted for | | | | Babcock recuperated. |
| twenty years before Blahnick's arrival. | | | | Some people believe that the kitten died before |
| On his first night at this light, Blahnick was | | | | reaching adulthood. |