Gather ’round the flickering flame of the campfire and
settle in for an evening of shivers and scares. Bring these terrifying tales on
your next camping trip in Manitoba, and you’re sure to feel a chill in the air
over stories of ghosts, monsters, aliens and the occult.
Monsters of the deep
in Lake Manitoba
One of the great figures in Canadian folklore lies somewhere
in the depths of Lake Manitoba. The Manipogo is a sea monster, predicted to be
anywhere from 12 to 50 feet long – depending on the eye witness. While people
have claimed to see the creature since the 1800s, its history goes much further
back, with the Indigenous population of the surrounding areas having oral
histories and legends of a serpent-like creature in the lake. In 1948, C. P.
Alric reported a large creature that rose from the lake and gave a
dinosaur-esque cry. Similarly, the snake-like creature was spotted by a couple
in the 1960s, no more than 60 yards from their boat. In 2004, a commercial
fisherman Keith Haden reported that several of his fishing nets that were cast
near the Narrows had been torn up with damage similar to what a shark or killer
whale would do in the ocean.
Although the sightings and descriptions vary, there’s no
question that something strange lurks in Lake Manitoba. Perhaps to respect the
beast or keep it at bay, the small community St. Laurent holds a Manipogo
Festival in the first week of March each year, while a provincial park on the
west shore of Lake Manitoba uses the monster as its namesake.
Paranormal activity
in Fort Garry Hotel
Fort Garry Hotel has just the right aesthetic for a
haunting. The hotel was built in 1913 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the
popular château style, with an exterior featuring bold steep-sloped roofs and a
grand interior with wide hallways and high ceilings. And it’s not entirely
uncommon to feel a chill up your spine when wandering the castle-like hotel at
night, especially given its history of hauntings. The room in question is #202,
where guests have reportedly been woken by ghostly figures standing at the foot
of their bed.
The origins of the haunting are said to have started with a
pair of honeymooners, who booked into room 202 just before the bride got sick.
When her new husband left to get her medicine, he never returned – he had died
in a car accident on the way to get help. A combination of shock and grief sent
the bride over the edge, and she committed suicide by hanging in the hotel room
closet.
Today, the ghost has been spotted grieving in room 202, as
well as in the lounge, where she weeps for love lost.
Close encounters at
Falcon Lake
The Whiteshell is no stranger to bizarre and unusual
happenings, with 2017 marking the 50th anniversary of one such event in
particular…The Falcon Lake Encounter.
When it comes to UFO sightings, this story of Stephen
Michalak remains as one of the most credible and well-documented cases, and one
that will certainly make you a little wary when gazing up at the night sky in
this region of Manitoba. The tale begins on May 19, 1967, when amateur
geologist Stephen headed to the bush in search of precious minerals. When he
emerged sometime later, he was a sorry sight – covered in burns, heaving with
sickness – and a victim to the unexplained. Stephen had witnessed something
unbelievable – an abnormal explosion that burned his clothing and skin with
radiation, leaving a strange grid-like pattern and a series of illnesses in the
years to come.
As the story goes, Stephen was deep in the bush when he saw
two cigar-shaped objects hovering just 45 metres away. While one landed and
changed shape, the other flew away, and Stephen took a few moments to observe
from afar. Deciding to get a closer look, he approached the strange aircraft
and touched its seamless surface, which melted the fingertips on his gloves.
The unidentified flying object flew away with a sudden burst of hot air or gas
that struck Stephen, burning him and leaving him in a nauseous and disoriented
state. In the years to follow, Stephen stuck by his story but also occasionally
stated he regretted saying anything at all about his experience, which was
extensively investigated by the RCMP but remains unsolved.
Occult mysteries at
the Manitoba Legislative Building
Would you be surprised to hear that Winnipeg is home to
occult clues, hidden in plain sight, right before our eyes? If you live
downtown or venture into our city’s core for work or leisure, chances are
you’ve passed our incredible Legislative Building. What most people don’t know,
however, is that the building is masonic in nature, rife with the occult. Frank
Albo is the brain behind this discovery, and continues to guide guests through
the space to unveil hidden hieroglyphic inscriptions, numerological codes,
Freemasonic symbols, and references to alchemy and ancient religion.
There are a number of design choices throughout the
Legislative that are particularly unsettling. Built in proportion to the
original Solomon’s Temple, the Manitoba Legislative Building’s great hall is a
perfect square, with each side being 66.6 feet long. According to Frank Albo,
this could simply be a symbol for the power the sun, but it could also
reference occult work and is commonly associated with the beast of revelation
13.
Directly beneath the Golden Boy is a room with a dome
ceiling and an eight-pointed star – ie; a circular altar and symbol of the
Babylonian goddess Ishtar. That may not be creepy on its own, but the room is
also designed like a sacrificial chamber, with the veined marble floor being a
metaphor for the victim. And while that is absolutely creepy, the building is
actually a balance of good and evil – with a number of protector beasts and
spirits guarding its walls, from a pair of bison to the threatening head of
Medusa.
Apparitions of St.
Andrews on the Red
St. Andrew’s on the Red was completed in 1849 and is located
outside of the town of Selkirk on River Road. Indeed, it is the oldest stone
church in Western Canada, and as such, has its fair share of paranormal
activity. People who grew up in the area can probably remember daring their
friends to walk “widdershins” (backward) around the Church three times; with
the expectation, you would disappear. While that likely did not come to
fruition, there are a number of other reports from this church that led to its
haunted notoriety.
Those who have dared visit the church at night have reported
on disembodied red eyes that float through the cemetery, organs that play
spontaneously, a mysterious woman cloaked in white and reoccurring nightmares
of rattling church gates.
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