The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

LUKE THE SPOOK

THERE IS A DAM AT 32 MILE AND ROMEO PLANK ROAD IN
MT. CLEMENS (MICHIGAN), WHICH AT NIGHT LOOKS LIKE
A CASTLE. THERE IS A TOWER AND WHAT RESEMBLES A
MOAT AT THE ENTRANCE. IT IS SAID THAT AT NIGHT A
MYSTERIOUS LIGHT COMES SWEEPING ACROSS THE ROAD
THROWING OUT FLASHES AND STRANGE NOISES. A GIRL IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SWOOPED UP BY THE SPOOK AND
TAKEN AWAY. THERE ARE SUPPOSEDLY WITNESSES TO THE
EVENT AND MANY OTHERS WILL GIVE TESTIMONY TO THE
LIGHT AND THE NOISES.

Submitter comment: THIS STORY IS BELIEVED BY MANY PEOPLE. AT AN
EARLIER AGE, MY FRIENDS AND I USED TO GO SPOOK
HUNTING BUT TO NO AVAIL. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONLY
A STORY OF WHICH ONLY A FEW WERE AWARE. TO MY
SURPRISE, HOWEVER, MANY HAVE HEARD OF AND VISITED
THE SIGHT. ONE OF THE MARKERS ON THE WAY IS AN OLD
CHURCH. THERE IS A LARGE WHITE HOUSE ON TOP OF THE
HILL NEXT TO THE DAM. SOME SAY ITS AN INSANE
ASYLUM, BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN