The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IT IS SAID THAT A MURDERER LIVES ON BELLE ISLE. A FEW YEARS
AGO A COUPLE WAS PARKED ON THE ISLAND WHEN THEY HEARD A NOISE
FROM BEHIND THE CAR. THE BOY WENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE. WHEN
HE DID NOT RETURN, THE GIRL BECAME FRIGHTENED AND HID UNDER
THE CAR SEAT. THE NEXT MORNING, DPD FOUND THE CAR, BROUGHT
THE GIRL OUT, AND SAW THE BOY DEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR.
HIS THROAT HAD BEEN SLIT. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER GO
TO BELLE ISLE LATE AT NIGHT ON A DATE.

Submitter comment: DPD STANDS FOR THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. BELLE ISLE
IS AN ISLAND PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 10-19-1988