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Haunting and Curse, in portage Wisconsin

If you ever by chance decide to go and visit good old Wisconsin. Might I suggested you visit a little town known as (Portage.) The folks there will tell you that the town is cursed. While, there are many myths while the town is cursed, the one that really is famous is the white ghost curse. It goes that a woman in cemetery road was killed, hung and before her death she cursed the whole town or portage swearing that all will suffer. Many people also believe that portage Wisconsin is a bad place, because of its ghost hauntings. One haunting that is famous in portage Wisconsin is church hill. Church road cemetery is the only thing that exists anymore along this narrow, dead end road. Its gravestones date back to the early 19th century. Church road is a settlement area in the town, there was ones a church near the cemetery but it no longer exist. It’s believe to be built in the mid-1800s and was lost in a horrible fire. The cause of the fire is unknown, it is said that devil worshipers burn down the church itself. While there are several stories from why the church burnt down, no one really knows the real reason why the old church was burnt down. The church was burnt down in the 1940s to the 1950s.

The lore claims that a girl can be seen handing from a tree on the old church cemetery hill ‘’You can see her hand from the tree and can also hear the rope creaking back and forth...”’

Another ghostly sighting in portage WI, is the portage street ghost who walks the side of the road in a Victorian dress while pushing a stroller. When people pull over to ask if she needs help, or even to speak with her. She will either talk with you for a brief moment, or simply disappear. I didn’t actually believe this myself until I met the woman, not realizing she was a spirit. She was pushing a stroller and wearing old 18centry clothing. She walked with me for a good block, or two. As I was talking with her, the next thing I knew she was gone. I looked around for her and didn’t see her at all. Later, I told a friend and she told me the story of the ghost who walks the side of the road. No one knows her name, or why she haunts that area. But, some say she is waiting for her lost lover who died in a war long ago.

Lovers drowning.

At a potential lake, known as the lovers' lake. (Aka-Swan Lake.) It was a very foggy day, and a couple accidently drove into the lake itself drowning. They say that the couple themselves watch over the lake and on a foggy night you can see those warning drivers of the lake. In one incident on a foggy night in the 1990s a mom and her three kids were about to go into the lake, when the ghostly couple appeared in front of her car, the mom served to avoid them only to hit a tree instead. She was only inches from driving into the lake herself. It’s also a famous area where newlyweds often get married, they say that sometimes you can see the groom and bride standing affair watching the newlyweds wedding. There’s also a black dog who also haunts the lake, nobody knows who owned the dog or anything about it. People have said when they walk the trails a black dog will stop, people have reported seeing the dog and try to catch it. The dog itself will then disappear into an old building. One story goes that the dog is named Johnny, and it is waiting for its owner to return. Many people even leave treats for Johnny as it is said he too watches over the park and even protects the children who play there. In one event, a little boy (Named changed for protection.) named Joey brown, was heard kicking and screaming as a bad man was attempting to kidnap him. When Johnny the black dog came out of know-where knocking the bad man to the ground. The would be kidnapper ran off, and later was arrested by police. When the boy told the police what happened they searched for the dog, so they could award him for his bravery. Despite their search, they never found the dog. So if you ever visit Swan Lake in portage don’t forget to give Johnny a good old thanks for keeping the park a safe place for the children there. And, don’t forget to thank the ghostly couple as well. Now, not all hauntings are pleasant in portage. In fact they’re even a few bad hauntings.

House of horrors: The story goes a small time scam artist in a cross country crime spree made its way into the good town of portage Wisconsin. Family members and other locals tell a story of a group of twenty something and their children who spent last two years crisscrossing country before thy made their way into portage. The couple would write bad checks, steal and even killed on of their own. It may sound like some sick horror movie, but this story is actually real. The police finally caught up with the band of drifters where they also found the body Of a woman buried in the back yard, in a shallow grave behind the groups rental house in portage. The group also tortured the woman’s son, whipping him, scalding him with hot water and locking him in the closet. If you want to know more of this story you can search (Wisconsin house of horrors.) People claim that when they walk by the house you get sick feeling in our stomach. Some say you can see the woman, standing in a window and others say that they sense an evil spirit there and that the woman is still trapped. In one case a couple bought the house two years ago, fixed it up only to be scared out of their own home due to the spiritual haunting. Later one, the town tore down the house because of the bad memories it brings. Even though the house is no longer there, sometimes you can still see the woman standing over here grave.

So next time you are in Wisconsin, don’t forget to check out portage, a little town that is located about 40 miles north of Madison.

Hope to see you there. 