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Seven Gables Road

Dansville, Michigan

The ruins of a cursed home reportedly lie at the end of Seven Gables Road, just beyond the gate. The home once belonged to a witch that cursed the property. Soon after the witch’s death, a large family moved in, but their lives were cut tragically short. Driven mad by the curse, the father hanged his wife and children and then set the house ablaze before taking his own life. Now, people who investigate the property hear blood-curdling screams, spot faces in the trees, and smell the stench of burning flesh.

The Black Bird of Chernobyl

The Chernobyl disaster in April 1986 is arguably the worst nuclear disaster of modern times. Strangely, if reports uncovered following the end of the Cold War are to be believed, many of the plant workers and residents of the nearby town of Pripyat reported seeing a strange, bird-like figure with red eyes in the air above the town in the days leading up to the tragedy. Even stranger, many of them reported receiving strange phone calls with only mysterious noises on the other end before the line went dead.

Many also spoke of experiencing a sudden onset of nightmares. The firefighters and emergency responders who were sent into the immediate vicinity following the explosion also reported seeing a strange winged creature flying through the air, weaving in and out of the smoke while they did their best to fight the blaze and rescue any survivors.

To add even more intrigue to the alleged strange events, a strange cigar-shaped object was observed almost directly over the disaster site for several hours following the explosion. The creature became known as the Birdman of Pripyat or the Black Bird of Chernobyl. Skeptics argue that it was simply a large bird.

Shades of Death Road

 History and legend tell of the Lenni-Lenape people who used to occupy this valley; many of them died of diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, which were rampant in the area. At one point, they were attacked by a vicious Iroquois tribe along where Shades of Death Road is located. After a horrific battle the Lenni-Lenape were slaughtered, leading many to believe that their tormented spirits haunt the area to this very day, creeping through the misty fog that blankets the valley frequently.

At some points the road runs alongside eerie Ghost Lake, which is blanketed by wispy fog and inhabited by lush foliage and an amazing array of wildlife.

Later, due to the towering, twisted trees that cast a gloomy shadow over much of the roadway, it became known to the locals as “The Shades.” Legend states that there were numerous deaths and unsolved killings along this road; many people were said to have been attacked and killed by wildcats in the region, and a series of murders plagued the area as well. The first alleged murder on Shades of Death was the unsolved slaying of a tinker along with his horse; their corpses were found discarded alongside the road. In the 1930’s, an elderly gentleman in a Model T Ford was brutally bludgeoned to death with a jack handle from his own car, presumably for a few gold coins. His murderer was never caught.

It was around this time that the local population began to refer to The Shades as “Shades of Death Road.”

In the 1940’s, two men- Leon G. Hull and William Crouse Jr.- both constructed fantastic mansions in the dark depths of the woods close to each other, near Shades of Death. By building a dam across a stream which adjoined their properties, the men created a massive lake, which they named “Ghost Lake” due to the ghostly apparitions in the fog wisping over the water. Consequently, they decided to name their property “Haunted Hollow” and the adjacent mountain “Murderer’s Mountain.”

Other reputed rumors of evil included the macabre finding of a male body that was discovered under a railroad car along the roadway, and the acts of a murderous housewife who slayed her husband, then disposed of his head and body by burying it near their home on Shades of Death Road.

During the 1990s some visitors found hundreds of Polaroid photographs scattered in woods just off the road.  Saying that most images showed a television changing channels, others showed a woman or women, blurred and somewhat difficult to identify, lying on some sort of metal object, conscious but not smiling. The magazine claims that the photos “disappeared” shortly after local police began an investigation.

Phone Calls From the Dead

On 9/20/1988 bestselling writer, Dean Koontz received a strange call at his unlisted number. The woman’s voice sounded distant and it faded further each time she repeated her urgent message: “Please, be careful!” After he hung up, Koontz was left with the impression he’d spoken to his deceased mother. Two days later the author was attacked by his father, Ray while visiting him in a care facility. Ray had secretly purchased himself a fishing knife which he used to slash at his son but the writer managed to get it away from him. When the police arrived, they pulled their weapons on Koontz who was now holding the weapon, thinking he was the culprit. Recalling the phone warning, Koontz realized THIS was the scenario for which he received the call.

The Sensabaugh Tunnel

Built in the 1920’s, The Sensabaugh Tunnel now stands in a state of disrepair. It is covered in graffiti and the road through it is only used by locals, and even then they prefer to take a different route than pass through the tunnel.

The Sensabaugh Tunnel is notorious because of a murder that occurred in it many years ago. There are several versions of the story but all of them involve a baby. The most widely shared story is that of a hobo who wandered onto the grounds of the Sensabaugh family. They took him in, but he was eventually caught stealing from the family. When he found out about the thievery Mr Sensabaugh went for his rifle but the hobo lifted the family’s baby and used it as a human shield. The homeless man escaped with the baby and once he was a safe enough distance away from the house he drowned the baby in the creek that runs through the tunnel. In another story Mr Sensabaugh went mad and murdered his entire family, including a baby, and dumped their bodies in the creek. Another story tells of a young pregnant woman who was kidnapped and murdered inside the tunnel.

There have been dozens of reports of strange happenings inside the Sensabaugh Tunnel. It is believed that the baby who was murdered still haunts the tunnel. Its cries are said to be heard if you drive inside the tunnel and stop the car when you are halfway through. That can cause a problem though, as it believed that car ignitions will not start once they have been turned off inside the tunnel. As well as baby cries the sounds of a woman screaming have been heard along with heavy footfalls rattling around the tunnel. Mister Sensabaugh is said to appear in the rear-view mirrors of cars when they stop inside the tunnel.

THE ENTITY IS UPSTAIRS!

I took this picture from my grandfather’s old house after he past away. The house always gave me a creepy feeling so I asked a friend to come with me to take some pictures. We got a lot of odd pictures and pictures that had, what appeared to us, faces in them. There was no electricity in the house so I had brought an oil lantern along with us. We made it upstairs and I had suggested going into the attic room. As soon as I said that, the fire from the lantern went out… which no windows were open so there was no breeze and neither of us simply blew it out. I snapped a picture as soon as I could and this is what showed up in the picture. This face appeared in the hole in the wall. We immediately left after that! Please note: I lightened the area around the hole for better charity but as you can see, there is no denying the presence of an entity in that old house.

Submitted by: Samantha