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LEGEND OF THE BELLE ISLE GHOST

ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS TAKING HER DOG FOR A
WALK ON BELLE ISLE. WHILE SHE WASN'T WATCHING HIM,
THE DOG RAN AWAY AND WAS DROWNED IN THE WATER. THE
LADY TRIED TO SAVE HIM AND WAS DROWNED HERSELF.
NOW, SOMETIMES AT MIDNIGHT, A LADY IS SEEN HOLDING
AN EMPTY DOG LEASH AND CALLING FOR HER DOG WHO
WAS DROWNED SO MANY YEARS AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BELLE ISLE

Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 06-00-1970

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