Strange Things You DIDN'T Know About Michigan!

[@LivingInMichigan]

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[@renedeepwater7209]

Would be nice if the shots of triangle areas didnt flash so fast one can barely catch a glance

[@gdent58]

Hey I just come across your video I really like and I like your channel I made sure to subscribe and like it to try to boost your ratings I got to ask you though you said the town of Singapore was built so when you think of a town a town is was fully established by that point so I got to ask was there a cemetery that was and is now buried under all this dune it's one thing you didn't mention and I just thought wow what about the the dead of 1830s and before there has to be a cemetery there did you find anything out about that and you research when I doing Google map search you can kind of see where the land was cleared and then where they stopped they were greedy and took too many trees for sure otherwise we'd have the town ship of Singapore right about now but if you know anything about a cemetery and the town of Singapore I would really appreciate any info when I did a Wikipedia for nothing came up that told me what I wanted it know also hope you had a happy holidays

[@susanremer3990]

Closed captions aren't working

[@marylivingston2173]

It’s pronounced Man/ it/towalk Wi 😊

[@gdent58]

@@marylivingston2173 Yes Manitowoc Wisconsin home of Steven Avery the innocent!

[@Rico-n5p3l]

The cost of auto insurance is pretty scary.

[@buster2268]

Lived in Mi 72 years. Insurance is much higher here in New Mexico. Some of your assumptions are wrong.

[@detroitgator1]

Not as scary as our Governor

[@up-uw4op]

yes my car insurance quadrupled when i moved to mi. i never been in an accident. just a few speeding tickets years ago

[@sharrons2716]

Highest in the U.S., I'm told.

[@detroitgator1]

@@Rico-n5p3l have to pay for that 8 foot electric fence around Gretchen's properties somehow.

[@DouglasWoodruff-d9s]

One of the things I love about living here is that, no matter where in the world you are you can never truly get lost. Because every Michigander is born with a map of home that we carry with us all the time.

[@greerstirling9665]

fk yeah we do, I'd call for a "Show of maps" but we dont want to be mistaken for them german folks in the hugo boss outfits.

[@jaytoochill_]

What does this mean? I’m from MI and I still get lost in some areas in my home city lol. Do I have a hidden map I never unlocked?

[@greerstirling9665]

@@jaytoochill_ baby it's your left hand. The mitten shaped state.

[@jaytoochill_]

@@greerstirling9665 ohhhhhh wow 😂 got it

[@ronsamborski6230]

@@jaytoochill_ No, actually it’s your right hand. When held up with the palm facing you it’s the shape of the lower peninsula of Michigan. ✋🏽

[@ronsamborski6230]

In Michigan you can go from Hell to Paradise (or Paradise to Hell) in a day’s drive.

[@michaelraines93]

you can take big beaver rd and go all the way to climax too!

[@williambozynski1176]

And pass through Nirvana Mi.

[@jasonhagerman4708]

I went to paradise once.. they had a restaurant called antlers that had really good food. Haven't been to hell yet. But there's still time. Lol

[@ronsamborski6230]

@@jasonhagerman4708 For those who are curious, Hell, Michigan is northwest of Ann Arbor. And yes, it does freeze over occasionally. 🥶 Cold enough to go ice fishing in the nearby lakes.

[@bvannortwick7238]

@@ronsamborski6230 True. But in this case, Paradise is much colder than hell.

[@Stan4535814]

Whenever I spot a "Lake Michigan Triangle" story, I have to share that my Dad was a pilot & flight instructor, 1st based in Florida training WW2 soldiers and frequently passing over Bermuda Triangle territory. THEN he relocated to West Michigan & worked both as an instructor and also flew a puddle-jumper to/from Chicago and Milwaukee from Ludington and GR. His comparison of both Triangles? Bermuda was a cakewalk next to Lake Michigan; his stories continue to raise the hackles of myself AND my grandkids...and hopefully future generations. There's some serious weirdness down in those depths.

[@ProphecyBeliever]

You should write a book! I'd buy it!

[@Tracy-b9u]

@@ProphecyBeliever I would buy it too!!!! I live in a neighboring state and am fascinated with the Lake Michigan Triangle and all the hauntings!

[@RandizzleRandy]

@@Tracy-b9utheres more than whats in this video

[@indigocrystalknight8864]

QUANTUM PHYSICS EXPLANATION (with KEY WORDS emphasized, like in SPEED READING): Long ago in ancient MICHIGAN'S history, Michigan was covered in a huge lake of hot, bubbly lava!!! Over much time, this lava cooled and created huge deposits of BASALT ROCKS, which were so dense and heavy that they sunk into the softer earth and created huge depressions, which filled with melting glacial waters and created our GREAT LAKES. Massive IRON DEPOSITS and HUGE pure COPPER deposits (with some copper deposits as big as boulders) were created from cooled lava. Copper, from Michigan was used for the BRONZE AGE in ancient Europe. The question is: How did they know about, mine and transport Michigan's copper to ancient Europe??? Huge deposits of heavy basalt, iron and possibly even copper deposits, have created GRAVITY ANOMALIES in LAKE MICHIGAN and LAKE SUPERIOR, which can, therefore, create MAGNETIC TORSION FIELDS, which, then, can create and open-up PORTALS (WORMHOLES) providing passages into higher dimensions of higher vibrational frequencies, which are out of range of our limited human perceptions. It just way too fast, for our eyes to perceive of. The speed of seeing objects is called: THE FLICKER RATE and can very a lot. NEO (from THE MATRIX MOVIE) could speed up his flicker rate, so that bullets are viewed in SLOW MOTION!!! He could control it!!! EINSTEIN'S "Theory OF Relativity" discusses TIME DILATION and speeds relative to another. Flies have a very fast flicker rate, so that they see humans moving in slow motion and are, thus, hard to swat. Cats are probably the same way, as their reflexes are incredibly fast. Our human brains have a set FLICKER RATE (perception of TIME SPEED), as proved by a motion picture projector (which is an illusion of STILL PICTURES, presented in a timed sequence of ON and OFF flashes, which is really binary and digital, in nature, not analog), when if it goes too slow, you just see a slide show of still pictures, but when the movie film strip is going too fast, past the projector lens, it becomes very blurry , but when it matches and synchronizes with our human brain (correct FLICKER RATE), we view the illusion of a MOVIE. By the way, your computer monitor, television and cellphone screens are nothing but flashing on and off (binary-digital) PIXELS of light. There is no picture and words there, on your screens, as your brain (mind) is just a PATTERN RECOGNITION DEVICE, which just connects the dots on your screens and creates pictures in your head!!! MATTER (E=MC-2) is nothing more than CONDENSED ENERGY (LIGHT) PIXELS, spaced far apart and is 99.9999% VACUUM!!!, connected through ENTANGLEMENT THEORY, by QUANTUM FOAM (quantum level of wormholes, condensing energy (light) into atoms)!!! The entire universe is just like a giant hyper-dimensional computer monitor screen of flashing on and off (binary) COSMIC PIXELS (of light, controlled by sound and programmed by consciousness), so it operates DIGITALLY (not analog). ANALOG = HIGH SPEED DIGITAL. Like a television tuner, (frequency resonator) which selects a specific frequency CHANNEL out of 1000's of channels to view. REALTY is the same way, as there are infinite channels of realities for our consciousness to tune into and experience. When you are viewing one TV channel, there are still 1000's of other TV channels playing and occurring at the same time. TIME works exactly the same way, as the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE are all occurring SIMULTANEOUSLY (at the same time). FOR EXAMPLE: If you're watching CHANNEL 2, you can RE-TUNE (by switching to a higher frequency band) to CHANNEL 4, but CHANNEL 2 still exists, simultaneously. CHANNEL 2 and CHANNEL 4 are separate and don't interfere with each other. REALITIES operate the same way, so when you enter THE GREAT LAKES TRIANGLE and enter a PORTAL, your consciousness just re-tunes to a higher frequency band and you just enter a different CHANNEL OF REALITY!!! It's like being on CHANNEL 2 OF REALITY and just switching to CHANNEL 4 OF REALITY. It's just a shift in frequencies and vibrations.

[@thepickn]

Thank you for sharing your father. It is amazing.

[@CynthiaWingo-k4b]

Been in Michigan my whole life, and I'm so happy to see someone shine a light on some of the beauty and lore here. Michigan has been portrayed in a Horrible light by the media for years, making people afraid of our Beautiful state. So, Thank YOU!!! There is so much to see and do in Michigan. Love it here

[@StizelSwik]

Guess I should get out more. Cuz at almost 73 I've been through a few states (training through the US to CA). Never saw much but corporate bricks and parking lots and no paradise anywhere anymore. Even the farms have disappeared, being bought up by the already millionaires and billionaires for their money making businesses... not for the people.

[@michiganman8383]

@@StizelSwik West Michigan is beautiful,idk wat your talkin about.

[@yvonneollivier7088]

@@michiganman8383 He didn't say it isn't, just that he needs to see more.

[@dawnlucas5074]

Wish you had ventured out. Michigan is a top 5 beautiful state, and you missed it.

[@amandawilliams4002]

How has Michigan been portrayed in a horrible light? I've always been here. What am I missing?

[@nancyulloa7119]

Born and raised in Michigan...love being a Michigander!!!!

[@tdanville1]

Born and raised in Michigan! I'm so glad I found this channel!❤

[@ocko8011]

Can add the following. A proto Lake Superior once drained through Cleveland Cliffs Lake to Gladstone and into Lake Michigan. Half of the lower peninsula of Michigan was once an island as during the logging era, channels were dug between the Maple and tributaries of the Saginaw River. Kalamazoo sets on the largest glacial outwash field in the country. There are numerous abandoned coal mines in Jackson, MI. The Keweenaw Peninsula is an actual island due to a canel dug to Grand Traverse Bay. There is a town in Michigan called Gay, it has a bar, called the Gay Bar, it has excellent food. The Big House has footings large enough to expand the seating capacity to over 200,000 fans, if tOHS ever got cheeky. After Michigan the state with the most Michigan born residents is Colorado. The birth place of professional hockey is Houghton, Michigan. Some of the largest in ground storage fields of natural gas are located in northern lower Michigan. The French founded Detroit. These a just a few lesser known interesting bits about Michigan.

[@andrewyoung2796]

Whale bones found in port Huron

[@LadyYoop]

Well done! Gay is small...but pretty and if you look up Buffalo Reef, what a mess copper mining left us today....There IS so much U.P. here....the START of Michigan. My bro owns the Nahma Inn..on the south shore of the U.P. and it had a lumber company that closed when Chicago was rebuilt....lots of the U.P. in Chicago....he's got the old boarding house as a B&B and it's haunted! There is soooooooooooooo much U.P. here too!

[@robertlivingston1634]

You forgot about the Paulding light

[@d-boyzeighteenhundred]

Just sitting here a few blocks from the north Kalamazoo river branch curious about these abandoned coal mines you speak of 🤔😎

[@PavelDatsyuk-ui4qv]

Grand Travers to calumet ? I don't think there's such a trench. Edit , UP for statehood!!

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

A lot of people don’t realize there are 2 tunnels connecting Detroit to Windsor. One of them is a rail tunnel. Me and a few friends stumbled upon it in the late 90s/early 2000s. Had no idea what it was until we came back out and were surrounded by border patrol. We tried going down into the salt mines once but an old lady in the neighborhood saw us and started screaming that we were gonna die if we went down there. We heeded her advice.

[@christineharrison7815]

Oh…..border patrol isn’t anyone to mess with in this state 😅😂

[@CynthiaWingo-k4b]

We used to travel through this way often

[@Odis-edgar]

I worked at the crystal salt mine#

[@ColdSteel-dz3pf]

@@CynthiaWingo-k4bMDMA tunnels

[@blauer2551]

Port Huron has a train tunnel too

[@yayakelley7771]

Finally someone covered Singapore! I lived in Saugatuck and that story has always fascinated me!

[@DanPlusWater]

During one of my amateur Underwater Archeology adventures, I took a trip out to the Singapore site, and while walking around, actually stepped on a section of uncovered foundation... It was pretty cool... From Lansing, Michigan. Wishing you and your loved ones a great week.

[@yayakelley7771]

@ wow that’s so cool! I lived there for over a decade and walked the beaches many times. Never uncovered anything! You have a great weekend as well! ✌️

[@windfeather.noodiinmiigwan5131]

Was raised is casa Loma in Douglas Happy Christmas Christmas Christmas 🎄

[@mollypostema6866]

Born and raised in West Michigan and never knew this one. I knew if the Silver Lake Sand Dunes swallowing houses.

[@dianeandersen4106]

I am so happy I was born in this wonderful state😊

[@bumpshopdiaries]

100%

[@davidmichaels4285]

@@dianeandersen4106 in what state might that be IS THAT THE STATE WHERE GOVERNMENT LIVES WAY TOO GOOD in the people can't afford groceries because THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT THINK THEY'RE GARBAGE??? AND THEY'RE GETTING PRICED OUT OF FOOD CLOTHING HOUSING THINGS LIKE THAT WHAT STATE IS THAT I'M WONDERING I'D LIKE TO BE BORN IN A GOOD SOLID STATE TOO instead of being screwed over my whole life

[@lhitch2900]

@@davidmichaels4285 Move.

[@tmoney6648]

I live in Michigan

[@danchi5516]

@@davidmichaels4285 Take your meds dude and calm down.

[@jonelfilipek7848]

As a Wisconsinite, I feel a deep kinship with Michigan. Also, my parents met in Detroit during WWII. And I fell in love with the love of my life at Walled Lake.

[@Bretzille]

One of the biggest mysterious is how the state spends tax money because it sure as hell isn't on the roads 🕳️

[@christineharrison7815]

It is 0n the roads! The roads here are actually studied……what people honestly do NOT think of is……. I’ll explain it in simple terms…. We have a VERY low water table (a lot of the state was swamps) and if you live here you know how many lakes…..big and small we have! So the roads can only be built so deep. NOW how many days do you layer clothes because there’s snow on the ground in the morning…..but it 60 in the afternoon???? Basic science…..water freezes…..then when warmed up…. Melts. ….. so the water underground freezes melts freezes melts……expand contract expand contract (cement, asphalt….whatever, when the ground underneath does this to many times……with vehicles constantly buzzing along….) POTHOLES !!!!!!! And throw on salt…… you can’t fight physics

[@arthurhackman3229]

They just got a tax hike to fix the roads and all they are doing is wasting the money on roundabouts how the hell is that fixing the roads?

[@christineharrison7815]

@@arthurhackman3229 the governor offers the money to "fix" the roads..... your local government decides how to use it. Take it up with your county officials!

[@LShaull-qw5um]

lol yeah roads r lovely i remember people from one of the southern states asking when we getting on a good road. I just laughed and said we r

[@vervi1jw1]

​@christineharrison7815 I think you meant to say high water table.

[@lindahosman6761]

I am a native Michigander and I had the good luck to be able to take one of the rare tours of the salt mines in the early 80s. It is mind-boggling how huge it is. There are massive machines used to in mining operation and they were transported piece by piece down into the mine in a small, 12 person elevator (which was REALLY scary). No piece could be bigger than the elevator. Everyone was invited to help themselves to a piece of salt as a souvenir and my son grabbed a huge chunk of salt that must have weighed 30 pounds, which we were told was OK, and it sat on the floor of our living room for many, many years and all the animals we owned or passed thru there used it as a salt lick!

[@DeepCycle9]

*Michiganian. Ftfy

[@emjay6453]

​@@DeepCycle9bombastic side eye 👀 no one from Michigan uses that term we are Michiganders

[@DeepCycle9]

@emjay6453 okay, whatever you say 🙄

[@ambergriffes6122]

​@@DeepCycle9they are right

[@DeepCycle9]

@ambergriffes6122 nope, still a derogatory name used by Abe Lincoln. It's still and always will be Michigainian. Anything else and you're not a State Citizen for the Republic. Its apparently too much for bird brains to understand, maybe that's why you wanna be Lake Male Goose because that's what michigander is. It's called etymology, learn it, use it, grow.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

September 11th 1996 there was a “hurricane” over Lake Superior. Technically at 67 mph it didn’t spin fast enough to be classified as an actual hurricane… a hurricane is 74 mph an hour, so 7 mph is all that was missing to have a unique fresh water hurricane north of the 45th latitude line

[@kimfleury]

In 1913 there was a White Hurricane -- blizzard on the Lakes. Lake Huron waves measured up to 40 feet high. Nearly took out the lighthouse at the mouth of the Lake.

[@teresa62ish]

​@@kimfleurywow

[@seaglin]

I grew up in Michigan. I'm 65 now. As a young boy I knew about the Detroit salt mines. I thought pretty much everyone knew about them. I guess times have changed. Anyway, thanks for the video. I learned a couple of things.

[@kathleenchaffin2591]

Pretty much everyone over 25 does

[@ambergriffes6122]

I'm glad I found your channel! I'm fascinated with alll of the topics you cover, so to hear about it local is really cool!

[@PandaBearsmom71-LauraCobb-w1j]

Born and raised in Michigan. I love it here. My small town, is peaceful and everyone knows everyone. ❤

[@joeyoungs8426]

You’re lucky. Ours was like that and then urban sprawl crept in.

[@michiganprospectors]

Although the winters can be harsh, Michigan never ceases to amaze me with its beauty and history. Going back even thousands of years to the formation of Michigan by the glaciers. I am always learning more about Michigan, its oddities and its history.

[@tlocke.elloboomQ]

Gotta love Michigan😊 We’re strange people with strange history lol thanks for posting this!

[@kylereno5383]

I love being from Michigan.

[@candace830]

Lived here 50 years,didn’t know that about the sand dunes,thanks!! Lots of cool things here,Downtown Detroit,big history here❤❤❤

[@lisabarnes2477]

Being from Michigan I have indeed heard of all of these. Michigan is a fascinating and mysterious state. There so much to discover

[@ronaldmccomb8301]

Great job. As a fellow Michigander, you earned my subscription.

[@teacuppug8337]

I guess I never knew the Great Lakes experienced high and low tides; I thought that was only the oceans!! Thanks for that little pearl of wisdom :)

[@KurtG-nn2cz]

They don't have real tides. I think he meant during times of lower water levels.

[@emjay6453]

​@@KurtG-nn2czaquifers

[@evalinawarne1337]

​@@KurtG-nn2czI'm not being rude. They have tides. I've been out on them hobble nobble.

[@KurtG-nn2cz]

@@evalinawarne1337 The tides are only an inch or two. Seiches can be mistaken for tides. A tide of a few inches is unlikely to reveal much. Glad you are enjoying the lakes . We are lucky in Michigan to be surrounded by them.

[@llo3722]

I have spoken to so many people in our nation that did not know the Great Lakes are fresh water seas. Growing up here I was initially surprised but now I just encore to visit and enjoy our nation’s beautiful resource -1/5 of earths fresh water. You just have to see it to be able to wrap your brain around it. And “No”.. nothing in the Lakes will eat you unless you’re dead. Lol. A common question I have gotten because they are huge enough sharks.

[@tgmickey513]

Schooner is pronounced S-K-OONER not shooner. Fun facts, so much history in MI that isn't commonly known, appreciate you putting it out there! Fellow Michigander

[@dameavalon]

And it's MAN-itowok. This guy can't be from Michigan.

[@mcbaine3793]

​@@dameavalon You'd be surprised what people from Michigan don't know about our state. Paul Bunion was from Saginaw area, or rather the asshole that Bunion was based off of. He got murdered in Bay City, I believe. Our lakes are more dangerous than the oceans. We actually hate Ohio because of the Toledo War, but at least we got the U.P. out of the deal.

[@ProphecyBeliever]

Grace

[@ronsamborski6230]

Also the host’s pronunciation of Singapore was rather odd, and I’d never heard remnants said with three syllables.

[@RayPointerChannel]

In addition to the correction on "Schooner," the true name of a Michigan resident it Michiganian, NOT Michigander, even though it was used by the former Governor, Rick Snyder. He was a "Michiganer," looking like a goose anyway. We are not geese.

[@leslielynch9906]

I've lived in Michigan since 1993. I love this place the greenery the colors. It's a beautiful state. I have heard of most of these anomalies. I came from Idaho and could never go back to that climate after being here 30 + years

[@WalkingFaith]

I was born and raised in Ludington Michigan. We had our prom on the carferry that travels to Manitowoc in the triangle. 😊

[@JasonWagus]

Badger, Spartan, and City of Midland. Loved watching them go in the 90's

[@ronsamborski6230]

I took the trip across Lake Michigan on the SS Badger in 1994. It was enjoyable and nothing strange happened.

[@debneal4996]

Born and raised in the "middle of the mitten", I now live in the western UP. I love our beautiful state! I enjoyed your video and look forward to more interesting stories! ❤

[@vickiwaatti1076]

I live in the "copper country" of the UP (Upper peninsula.) A lot of the mines were dug under towns. Every once and a while you will hear a big BOOM it means that one of the mines collapsed. Thankfully no town has been affected. Most of the mines are filled with water now.

[@nicholasstauffer5830]

My mom would tell me stories of a cave-in in the Grand Rapids gypsum mines that happened when she was a kid. The resulting sinkhole swallowed a house in her neighborhood (she grew up barely a half mile from the mine entrance). Granted, I've never been able to confirm if that really happened but it makes for an interesting tale for a little kid.

[@Superiorkreations]

Interesting lived up here my whole life never heard that lmfao heard this as an old wives tale the old timers use to tell …btw I live close by the Ahmeek #2 shaft and the cliff mine 😂

[@vickiwaatti1076]

@@Superiorkreations My dad lives up in Boston loc. and he hears them quite a bit. About 2 weeks ago he heard it again.

[@christinebicanic]

I live in Ahmeek. When I finally got moved in, I suddenly realized I was living on top of abandoned mines. Still love it up here.

[@jessmarie148]

wow! such cool info about my home state!😊

[@ricoltmetric8156]

I am 75 and from Southwest Detroit so always knew about Salt mines, piles of salt around Delray by the river. And speaking of rivers, I heard Detroit has many buried streams and creeks and wetlands underneath the city. Then there is that crazy Pagoda Chinese House on Grosse Ilse that was supposted to be for rum running. Do not know if it is still there. Been going to Saugatuck since the 80s so knew about Singapore being buried.

[@billyB419]

That house on grosse isle was up for sale a while back, it was cool seeing the interior pictures

[@ronsamborski6230]

I grew up in Melvindale. I remember every afternoon around 3:00 pm or so there would be underground rumbling. Everyone said it was from explosives being set off in the salt mines to blast loose the deposits of salt for the incoming shift of workers to remove from the mines. 💥🧂

[@howardhughes7596]

We have underground streams in Ann Arbor too. And they are now causing problems.

[@gloriauselton9897]

Yes it is still there. I think it recently sold. A video tour online.

[@ShellyLampshire-p8w]

It is still there. Just sold

[@timwilson-fx1sx]

from Michigan was hoping to learn something new thanks for sharing

[@billhanzinger9786]

Born and raised in the thumb. I'm here to tell you that there definitely is some weird stuff that happens out there.

[@igotajopamerica3040]

Like what?

[@sharrons2716]

Really??? We are traveling to the Tunnel of Trees this weekend. The feedback here is very interesting.

[@billhanzinger9786]

@@igotajopamerica3040 when I was a kid I was walking downtown in a little village called Applegate on a winter morning. The plow trucks used to pile all the snow from the streets into a giant hill in front of the public park. I was about 10 feet away when I saw a kid in a snowmobile suit do a somersault over the side of the snow hill out of sight. Within 30 seconds I had walked up to the top of the snow hill (it was maybe 8 to 10 feet tall) and looked around and couldn't see that kid I saw earlier. I could see all the houses around the park and no one ran to them at all. I got a little older and was told that a child once rode a sled down that hill into traffic and lost his life. I never did any research into it though. Do some research into The Cadillac House and The Legend of Minnie Quay as well when it comes to oddities in the thumb

[@tracestrong6245]

lets just say if you hear banjos, Drive away fast!

[@CaseyPopielarz]

Lots of inbreeding

[@Virgox222]

Love this! Only feedback I have (bc I’m a lil hard of hearing) is maybe lower the spooky music juussssst a tad ! Got a lil distracting 😂 but that’s just me! You do you! Great video! Subbed!

[@johnmincel5278]

Great vid. I had heard about most of these. You mentioned the town under the sand, what about the town under water? The village of Belvidere in Lake St. Clair. Also the Trow Bridge (removed but not replaced a few years ago) on trowbridge road in Bloomfield Hills has a cool creepy history as well

[@chrismodski6284]

Good video. In Manatowoc, change the final syllable to a "waak" sound, like in Walker. Also put the emphasis on the first syllable, as such: MANatowoc. The final three syllables are de-emphasized equally. To say it almost feel like a brief chant.

[@TK-zf7sx]

Also, at 1:05, schooner is pronounced 'skooner', not 'shooner'.

[@shaykitty6139]

I grew up in melvindale Michigan, about ten miles south of Detroit. I remember feeling the blasting as a child, glasses and plates rattled.

[@ronsamborski6230]

I also grew up in Melvindale and remember the underground rumbling in the afternoon, from the salt mines. By the way, Melvindale is actually right next to Detroit and shares part of its city border with Motown.

[@MissSandraK]

Before I knew about the salt mines, I thought I was experiencing an earthquake . I lived on North Solvay in South Detroit when I worked at Fleetwood in the seventy’s . The people at work had fun with me when I asked them if they felt the earthquake . It rattled all my dishes. They told me about the mines.

[@polish-hammer8365]

I grew up up in the thumb near the octagon barn. Used to play in it and hunt in the woods behind the barn. Gagetown the town I grew up started fund raising to save the barn after parts of it were in danger of collapse. Eventually the state stepped in and took over the rebuild and the festival we used to hold every year. After moving to Arizona I definitely think about the thumb all the time. A lot of history. The house I grew up in was the Gage brothers sawmill. The street was Gage st and the town became Gagetown.

[@mikereisner3335]

The State does not run the Octogon barn or the festival, it is run by the society itself.

[@darrenmcdonald3697]

My grandfather's farm bordered the octagon barn property. I have memories of the barn and going with my grandfather down to the neighbors to visit. My dad told us kids a story of when he was a young boy of getting 25 cents from James Purdy the original owner of the barn. All he had to do was climb to the top of the barn and change a light bulb. Of course this was during the depression so 25 cents was a pretty big deal to a young boy .

[@mikereisner3335]

@@darrenmcdonald3697 not to mention that's a heck of a climb up there too! They had their own generator on place so they would have had electricity well before the area did

[@kylekitchen5152]

That's interesting about street name!! I have lived very close to Gagetown my whole life! A smaller town slightly south. Small world :)

[@Illuminate-Life]

Also the petroglyphs in the thumb as well 👍🏻

[@johnw8578]

Please do a video about the Octagon House in Washington, Michigan. It's a really cool and historic site. It may also be haunted.

[@dannierae23]

It is, I have been there

[@1lilpatek]

I like channels that discuss creepy things and encounters. Helps me sleep at night😮‍💨

[@DanPlusWater]

During one of my amateur Underwater Archeology adventures, I took a trip out to the Singapore site, and while walking around, actually stepped on a section of uncovered foundation... It was pretty cool... From Lansing, Michigan. Wishing you and your loved ones a great week.

[@ShinyArchie]

I live in Michigan too 😱 we must pray to god to protect us

[@brendaniebel1355]

GOD❤

[@Rick-i1s]

Or vote the pfuckin Democrats Out...

[@jimmylarge1148]

Protect us? Haven’t finished vid yet but why we need protection?!

[@yvonneollivier7088]

@@jimmylarge1148 Have you noticed the cast of characters in Lansing?

[@taylorkirkpatrick906]

Another fun fact about the Michigan triangle. It has the oldest car ferry still making trips from Manitowoc to Ludington to this day. You can book a trip through the triangle today

[@hopalstudiosjuliehattis]

As someone born and raised in Mi its crazy how theres always something new to learn about our beutiful state. I've heard of every thing you talked about in this video except the fire in the thumb. My Grandma was born and raisd in Grind Stone City. 😊

[@kimbre15]

My parents grew up in the Thumb, in Parisville and Freiburg. I spent a good amount of time there, as a child , visiting Grandparents. There were actually 2 devastating fires in the thumb, in the basic same area. First in 1871 and the 2nd in 1881. The 1871 fire happened at the same time as the Chicago fire. If you want to read about them, 3 good books are: Michigan on Fire (Volume 1 & 2) and Fiery Trail.

[@berniemiller2992]

Don't forget that four out of five Great Lakes prefers Michigan!

[@ivegonehollow9364]

Groan cute though 😂

[@jimbartalone8773]

Born in Benton Harbor, grew up and currently live in St Joseph, 58yrs old, I've never heard of any of these mysteries. I'm still not completely understanding about the "Melon Heads." Keep this kind of content coming!

[@staceydrinkwine9592]

The melonheads originated in Ohio, that's a CRAZY STORY!!!

[@BeNice611]

I wouldn't live in any other state. I always came back to my hidden gem state that I can't live without all the water around me. I love Michigan. It's so beautiful to see the Bluest water Lake Huron.

[@seanm758]

Shoutout from Spring Lake Michigan here !

[@chicorodriguez3964]

Grand Haven back at ya brother

[@mikesnifferpippets3733]

Many summer memories on spring lake and coast guard festivals 👍🏻

[@bethknighten1736]

I Live in Sault Sainte Marie Michigan and boy if you want tunnels and Ghost's come on U.P. lol We have lots of phenomenons and such, for sure. I'm 57 years young and was born and raised in Michigan. I am a Native American and a member of the Sault Sainte Marie of Chippewa Indians. Old Indian Burial grounds nearby. Also did you know Sault Sainte Marie is the Oldest City in Michigan? Yep we were the first to become a City.

[@kayspencer4234]

Aaaawwee!! I have full blood Chippewa in my Michigan family lineage, and remain a Michigander. Some connections up there, but haven't been to your city since childhood. I should re- visit you!!

[@ElizabethJohnson-d2u]

My children belong to your tribe I m trying to move up there it looks so beautiful ❤

[@CareyYacks-uu4wi]

Michigan is strange is the understatement of the year

[@TrineDaely]

Thank you for giving me some new stuff to ask a MI friend about.

[@KevinsCampingAdventure]

The salt mines I knew existed. All others i didn't. Cool stories. Thanks foe sharing. ✌️👍

[@heatherkowalski6133]

Love these vids 👏🏻

[@lisaschaeffer]

Michigan native here, i enjoy your stories. I enjoyed when younger the nature and outdoors here in this state. Now 68 with disabilities. I live in southeast MI. 10:42 10:42

[@fikustoast5118]

New subscriber here! Live in Grand Rapids and me and my boys are always searching for kool places to adventure to! We magnet fish metal detect and search for adventures all over the state!

[@benlynar9438]

Born in Saginaw 53 years ago, I am a Proud Michigan native. Thank you for the history.

[@xxHighryda420]

Michigan is the greatest state period can’t change my mind

[@christopherzatalokin8652]

I remember going on a feild trip to the mine. Super cool.

[@phoradorable]

The wildest thing is realizing my friend & I sailed across the triangle at 11pm from Grand Haven to Chicago 😭. Over 4th of July weekend, we ended up getting stranded on our way back 9 miles off shore & got rescued by the coast guard.

[@GreatLakesGirl311]

Thanks to the algorithm for me to discover your channel. Binge watching and a new subscriber! Love my Michigan!! 💙💚🤎🩵

[@LivingInMichigan]

So glad it did! Welcome, happy to have you.

[@jeffrojackson5059]

I live in southwest Detroit by the salt mines you are referring to. Back in the 90's I heard crazy stories from the salt mine truck drivers. There is literally a whole world under ground. You also need to look into Fort Wayne in southwest Detroit

[@teresa62ish]

Lived near there in the mid 60s

[@GeriLynn-mz6eh]

April, 2025 I will turn 60 y.0.. I have lived in Michigan my entire life and had never heard these facts about Michigan! Thank you for enlightening me!

[@hbrowneyes4981]

Born and raised and still live in Michigan. I love our Michigan summers but I really dislike Witless ( governor)

[@reedwoodland1522]

I wish you would have added the Sanilac Petroglyphs, in the Thumb. It's quite remarkable you didn't. They weren't discovered until after the fire in 1881, IIRC. Called ezhibiigaadek asin in their language. I lived out there and backpacked that area a lot. There are more interesting glyphs along the little Cass river than are mentioned in any references...lots of big rocks with very curious carvings and Maize bowls. Good luck with the channel! any spotlight on Michigan is always good! Maybe look at Yooperlights next :) trust me, you'll dig it.

[@MsAubrey]

My mom’s side of the family has been in present day SE Michigan since before it was a state. My dad’s side came to present day UP in 1718. It’s an amazing state!

[@stevenboyce4136]

Scary is leaving a Detroit Cansino at 3 am after winning $2400 ...Eyeballs everywhere laying in wait

[@bethpent8851]

That's scary.

[@toddcrouch3910]

I live in Michigan

[@frankiedlDlux69420]

Right across the drink from ya in Wisco!

[@mariongilmore4361]

Me, too!

[@lonnieclemens8028]

An excellent video! Thank you for sharing.

[@LivingInMichigan]

Thanks for watching!

[@rhodatuckey7119]

Yes, I live in Deckerville, Michigan, The Thumb of Michigan...also, Caro, Cass City and Snover...The Great Lakes are wonderful...I love Michigan...we are quite safe here as well...years ago the entire thumb was considered nothing but a swamp hole...

[@mariongilmore4361]

I was raised in Marlette, lived 3 years in Decker & now I live in Imlay City. My youngest son's aunt, Brenda Gough lives in Deckerville...

[@rhodatuckey7119]

@@mariongilmore4361 Oh, thank you for responding...I live in the Deckerville Mobile Home Park...the park manager is Troy Jones...his wife's name is Brenda...I am sorry, I do not think I know Brenda Gough...Rhoda Tuckey

[@mariongilmore4361]

@@rhodatuckey7119 Rhoda, it was nice to meet you! Brenda Gough used to be a Nurse, in Surgery & then Administration.

[@rhodatuckey7119]

@@mariongilmore4361 Oh, yes, I do know her...and her husband works for the Village of Deckerville...I had back surgery when I was 58 years old, 12 years ago and she was at the Deckerville Hospital...I am now 70 years old...yes, I do know now who she is... thank you for saying hello...

[@Frannieville]

Woo hoo. My husband’s family owned a farm at deckerville road and gratiot/back in the day. They also owned that little store.

[@calvinmarshall54]

Such a cool video!!! I've always been into history and historical facts especially about the place where I live and grew up thank you for taking the time to make this video also I would love to see a video about hog/Snake Island aka also known as Belle Isle.

[@skyerichatds8850]

There is an obelisk that use to stick out of one of the lakes we share with Canada I believe. I was reading an old old story from a girls diary like 1930 ish and she was saying they would make a day out of it. They would take friends and a small boat and hook their anchor line on to the very top of this obelisk that use to stick out of the water but it no longer does. I wish I could find that same info, but there is an ancient obelisk on one of the lakes we share with Canada. Some older Canadians still know about this but very rare now.

[@NautMyNameAgain]

Was it a red granite obelisk at Brady Park adjacent to the Soo Locks? Or are you referring to an obelisk marking the border between the U.S. and Canada at the northern end of rue de la Frontiere in Pohenegamook, Quebec. Was there any mention in the diary about the obelisk marking the border between the U.S.A. and Canada?

[@Gabreel]

Could it be referring to white rock? It used to sit a lot higher out of the water but because of its use as a target for military planes in the past it's far different then what it once was. There also goes a story of a group of friends who would go out to it in a boat in search of a dancing ghost that's said to appear on it.

[@Gabreel]

It is also used the mark the native American treaty line

[@lisas759]

I'm glad I found your channel. I'm in southeast Michigan as well. You have some interesting stories.

[@kathynull2261]

I'm in Arkansas and want to move back to Michigan!

[@LivingInMichigan]

Feel free to reach out anytime! Always happy to help. 810-360-3488

[@NancyBetz]

I’ve lived here since age 3 months. Michigan is a nice place to live despite the gooney governor.

[@doriewoodward]

2 years of her left can't wait till it is over

[@MD-op9dg]

Fascinating! Thank you

[@LivingInMichigan]

You're welcome!

[@380loop]

I used to live in Michigan, the place called Newaygo, good video.

[@patriotmiller1663]

I live just outside of white cloud in newaygo county. Originally from Howard City. Beautiful area. Love the Muskegon River and hardy dam.

[@kendrawalker5863]

Heading there to church right now!

[@ralphcopley4766]

Great video brother!

[@thelake9029]

GR MI has gypsum mine tunnels. Sadly many tunnels are used for traff1ck1ng and are being closed off or flooded.

[@buster2268]

not true

[@Fuck_knife]

Nahhhh

[@chopperdog8796]

They are used as storage

[@user-Dr.]

Been here my entire life also, and I have to say the scariest thing to me that's going on in this state is the fact that it has been gradually moving more and more left, and I don't mean west, that is a bad thing, we don't need another New York or California in this country, we have really paid a price, because of this Governor.

[@tamraboyd1624]

Michigan also has the worst Governor,AG, and SOS.

[@melissah2439]

Ok Trumper

[@posted-11minutes-ago]

6:14 I worked at the salt mines for about a year when I was 18, I’m 31 now. I was young and dumb, and got fired, smh 🤦‍♂️ But yes, it goes 1,200ft under ground I went down many of times, it stretches from I-75 all the way to the big tire on I-94 ! I went into the old mines that were blocked off, not under development anymore, it was pretty spooky ngl lol. But it was cool asf, not many people at ALL can say they have been down . The elevator shaft we went down on only had maybe 1-2 inch thick bars the looked like an old jail cell that we had to stand on for the way down. Took about 90 seconds or so ! Definitely won’t forget it, ever !

[@chuckwesserling4374]

I grew up downriver in Lincoln Park, and every afternoon at 3:00, you could hear the dynamite blasting down in the salt mine.

[@susanrobinson910]

I grew up downriver, too! I came from Rockwood, though. Moved to the Lansing area for school at MSU in 1994.

[@ronsamborski6230]

I grew up in Melvindale, and I remember the afternoon rumblings from the salt mines. 💥

[@MsAubrey]

What’s up fellow “river rats.” ✋🏼 Wyandotte here. I experienced rumbles in the early 80s in North Trenton, but that was the quarry blasts. 😂

[@ronsamborski6230]

@@MsAubrey Hey neighbor! Southgate here. A lot of people think of Wyandotte as the Royal Oak of Downriver. Biddle Avenue with the restaurants and bars, little boutiques, etc. I appreciate the pier at Bishop Park for springtime fishing. 🎣

[@MsAubrey]

@@ronsamborski6230 I graduated from Southgate many years ago. My mom and stepdad still live there. 😁 Oh… and living here isn’t nearly as expensive as Royal Oak.

[@dandreterpay3584]

I have heard of four of these. Michigan has many mysteries & I have always loved living here.

[@bernieyorke6356]

My late first husband talked about compasses being screwed up in the Michigan triangle. He was a watchman and relief helmsman on the freighters

[@CCM2361-]

Living in MI all my life I have heard of most of them. Singapore is the only one I didn't know about. Thanks for adding to my knowledge

[@garymeadows5280]

In Antrim County there is a hill called Dead Man's Hill because a young man, soon to be married, went down the hillside with a wagon load of logs causing his death and the team of horses pulling the wagon. Just wondered if there is any local lore about this place. He died over a century ago. It's beautiful there with the Penny River Bridge area and Jordan River it's lovely country for hiking.

[@dawnhughes9942]

I love hiking the Jordan River valley and the north county trial through there. Dead mans hill is no joke!

[@hoppes9658]

That’s all we need. Dipshit flatlanders dicking around.

[@klompsauce]

I used to cruise the Jordan River every Memorial Day in East Jordan

[@ilovemichigan-1111]

I absolutely love Michigan 💯 You could definitely do a part 2 after some further research. We got a lot of strangeness here 😅🤩

[@WeThePeople2020]

the truly scary thing in Michigan is that nobody from outside can pronounce the roads or cities.

[@kylereno5383]

Lol aint that the truth!

[@christineharrison7815]

So funny! Love it

[@brucetheshepard5.7x28]

Tbf tho we got alot of names that arnt English but are written like they would be

[@CourtneyMiller-oe7mh]

Even scarier… they tried to kill all the people (indigenous nation) that created those words, people can’t pronounce, and now they run everything!!! Scary. But… we out here. Watching yall ;).

[@despew4716]

The truly scary part is damn near every road and street has the same name as every other road and street in every other state in the United States but other than Michigan is there another blood road

[@carsongincott8867]

there was a stand alone little shack I remember on grosse isle but has since been leveled. my dad said he and his friends went inside the shack and underneath it was about a mile long tunnel to a house on the Detroit river. apparently it was constructed during the prohibition. he said the tunnel led to a hidden room with shelving and that it was under a house thats currently still there.

[@teresa62ish]

I can believe this story. Lots of bootlegging was going on in the downriver area

[@soal3415]

I live in Michigan and I just learned things I didn't know!!

[@Sarairose]

I love Michigan so much I live here😂

[@sanctuaryofmonsters2840]

Kitch-iti-kipi is a beautiful clear spring in the UP. There is even a legend of a dead Native American who had gone after a young woman who tricked him. He ended up drowning. Many people don’t know about the Magic’s Graveyard in Colon Michigan also known as Lakeside Cemetery. Over two dozen magicians are buried there and there is even a book about it. Colon is also known as the Magic Capital of the World and has an amazing magic festival. There is a War Dog Memorial in South Lyon if you want something more patriotic. On the sad side is the graveyard in Bath Michigan which has the graves of many of the Bath School Massacre Victims. Let me know if you want true crime places, occult, or natural wonders. I love Michigan from the Lake of the Clouds natural beauty to the amazing work of humans in the Michigan Central Station. The more I read or listen to about Michigan the more I learn. We used to have the largest desert east of the Mississippi until we started to plant trees again. The dunes are an amazing environment with multiple plants eventually forming a forest out of sand. I enjoy your work.

[@license2kilttheplaidlad640]

In Battle Creek Mi everything from Granola and " edible peanut butter" to excersize machines , breakfast cereal . Its not just " cereal city" . Great zoo and Casino are right handy too.

[@kbittorf335]

And once home to a prominent fire apparatus manufacturer using the famous Barton-American pump.

[@tlady9053]

I’m about 45 minutes south of Mackinac bridge, my town sits on the 45th parallel and there’s wooden signs marking its location, close to otsego lake. So I’ve always thought that has to do with how freaking bizarre our area is where I’m from lol could be a coincidence? Very Good info fam🖤 your clips hit the spot🙌

[@klompsauce]

Petoskey here, seeing the 45th sign means I'm almost home

[@wishinifishin5172]

Alpena here. 45th parallel on the dot!

[@KingRagnar664]

I live in gaylord too!

[@DavidLee-bf2pe]

I live in Chicagoland. I've never heard these things about Michigan but it's very interesting. Thumbs up.

[@LivingInMichigan]

Thanks for watching David!

[@kennethmoore9475]

Being a Life long resident of Michigan, I would like to add a few facts: Michigan has four Cities with the highest crime rate in the U.S. Detroit Pontiac Flint Saginaw The contributing factor is Michigan's lucrative Welfare System.