Local Author Event: Chad Lewis
Spend the afternoon with researcher, author, and lecturer on all things strange and unusual Chad Lewis as he celebrates the release of his newest book Supernatural Lake Michigan! Books will be available for purchase at the event.
About the book: Beyond the alluring shores of Lake Michigan sits a bizarre world of deadly hellhounds, deformed melonheads, haunted hotels, UFOs, sea serpents, cursed lighthouses, werewolves, ghost ships and much much more. These legends will certainly change the way you view the great lake.
About the author: Chad’s background is in the field of Psychology as he did both his Bachelor and Master degree work in the field- but for nearly 30 years he has traveled the globe in search of unique and bizarre stories and history.
Here are just a few of the places he has ventured to in search of the strange and unusual:
Chupacabras- Puerto Rico, Costa Rica
Tata Duende- Belize, Guatemala
Mothman-Point Pleasant (West Virginia)
Wendigo-Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan
Van Meter Visitor- Van Meter, Iowa
Beast of Bray Road- Elkhorn, WI
Bigfoot- Canada, United States
Momo-Missouri
UFOs- Kecksburg (Pennsylvania), Aurora (Texas), Area 51 (Nevada), Aztec Crash Site (New Mexico), Roswell (New Mexico), UFO Watch Tower (Colorado) UFO Landing Site (WI) UFO Capitol of the World (Elmwood, Dundee, Belleville)
Famous Haunted Places- Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), New Orleans Cemetery (Louisiana) Villisca Ax Murder House (Iowa) , Summerwind (WI) Bachelor’s Grove (IL) Too many to list
Haunted Castles & Tunnels (London),Deadwood (South Dakota)
Spook Lights- Hornet Spook Light (Missouri), Paulding Spook Light (Michigan)
Sea Serpents- Bessie (Lake Erie), Champ (Lake Champlain), Lough Ree (Ireland), Nessie(Loch Ness, Scotland), Pepie (Lake Pepin Monster in WI and MN) Flathead Lake Monster (Montana) Lake Monona, Mendota, Red Cedar, Devil’s Lake, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and many more…..
Vampires-Transylvania (Romania)
Skunk Ape -Florida
Hellhounds- Nicaragua, Belize
Gnomes – Ireland, Scotland, France
Crop Circles – WI, MN, IA