At the peak of witch hunting, seven women from the island of Mackinac were taken to a hearing for spells. During the process, everyone drowned through the water and now persecute the water that took their lives. But how much of this complicated ghost history is really true? And what is the pool that was haunted by them?
In the shiny waters of the Huron lake between the upper and lower half -vein, Michigan Mackinac is a serene retreat known for its picturesque beauty, historical charm and amazing supernatural reputation. In fact, the Mackinac Island was called the most haunted city in America in 2021, and many stories over the years. And with only a full -time population of about 583 people, ghosts may even outweigh the living.
Without allowed cars and transport confined to bicycles and horse carriages, the island offers a unique step in time. Some people come to enjoy the hushed seaside and enjoy the renowned fudge. The island has become an ideal summer place for Americans, but after tourists leave in autumn, the fog from the strait appears, and the leaves change color, the spirit of the island remains to persecute.
Short history of the island of Mackinac
The history of the island of Mackinac dates back to thousands of years, and native peoples, such as Odna, Ojibwe and Huron, taking into account the holy place long before the arrival of European settlers. The name of the island itself, from the word Ojibwe “Michilimackinac”, means “Big Turtle”, referring to the shape of the island when it is viewed from above.
The French founded commercial fur in the 17th century, and the island later became a strategic military institution during the war for independence and war in 1812. At the end of the 19th century, it became a more summer colony and a tourist place, which it is still.
Pool drowner
One of the most gruesome stories comes from the island's drowned pool, a compact, seemingly innocent water reservoir near the shore between Mission Point and the Mackinac Center with the ominous, sounding name. Stories return about this water, told among people, before they finally reached the Internet, sometimes viral in history.
There is a lot of knowledge in this little lagoon. It is known that the natives used this place for rituals and rituals in the 18th century, the youthful native girl died there after her love for a British soldier remained unrequited. According to legend, he still stays by the pool, looking for his long lost love. Perhaps the most articulate legend is that at the beginning or early nineteenth century, seven women accused of spells drowned here.
Many of these legends would be arduous to prove, but certainly about the great process of witches, as this one would be said about more. How many legends is true and has this compact stout water really haunted?
Legend of seven witches in drown
Then Fort Mackinac was a great matter, and many brothels appeared around them. It is said that seven of these women encourage soldiers in Fort, fur traders, as well as men and lure them back home.
One of the gigantic tests they used at the accused witches was a water test or witch swimming test. They tied them and threw them into the water to see if they floated or not. According to the saying, water would push all witches and make him float as a direct intervention of God to show that they are guilty. There are also those that bind the connection that water has with Jesus and His baptism and rejecting witches from the water. If the accused sank, they were innocent. In both cases, there may be a certain way to die.
In this story, all women got rocks associated around the ankles and thrown into the lagoon. All seven women sank and drowned, proving their innocence, but took his own life.
Since then, drowning the pool has been cursed by long -lasting souls of witches. Some say that they see their pale faces in the water under the moonlight or strange lights dancing over the surface of the water. In addition to haunting the swimming pool itself, it is also said that there is also or the nearby Shoreline Dennis Father Cawthorne trail.
What is the truth behind the tests of the witches?
But what is really true? Witches hunting almost ended in 1700 and such a substantial deal would probably bring more sources than a shortened and unclear copy of history and pasted on the internet.
As for the brothel page in this story, there is not much evidence or documentation that there were brothels on the island of Mackinac, at least any official ones. Was there a prostitution? Almost sure. Were there seven women with the connection of men back home to witches? More unlikely.
But can the memory of a brothel be simply added as a reflection to embrace history, or maybe even allegations? After all, not every story has this part.
Was the pond even there? In fact, some say that the pool of water did not exist then, but it has a more current origin. Created in the 90s, or maybe even in 2000, when people behind tourism and development on the island shaped the earth. Like dropping several buildings to make a golf course and bistros to satisfy the tourist. This created deep ponds created from the areas of the resort to the rocky shoreline of Lake Huron.
Visiting the pool
Although there were no witches there, could it be something else? What really stands behind the stories about the observations of ghosts lurking just below the surface of the drowning pool, leaving us only with the splashing sound of deep murky water.
References:
Throwing lithe on thrilling stories from the Mackinac Island mission – Promote Michigan
Mackinac Island's Killing Killing Pool, is it real?
At the edge of the water: The Witches Winging Pool – Travellers Moon
Sink or swimming: swimming test in English witch
Witch swimming: Evidence in 17th-century English spells attempts In Custody Legis
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