Little Girl's Point Investigation
For being known as one of the deadliest Great Lakes, Lake Superior is very “eerie.” Its pristine condition, volume of 2,903 cubic miles, and 27-ft. underwater visibility makes it one of the largest freshwater lakes and second-largest lake in the entire world. It was formed over 1.2 billion years ago during the North American Mid-Continent Rift that almost separated the North American continent. While Superior has the least amount of pollution, the floor of the lake is covered with bodies she refuses to give up.
Since 1891, Lake Superior has had a total of 350 recorded shipwrecks. It is estimated the shipwrecks combined have killed at least 30,000 sailors, all of which still reside at the bottom of the lake. The water in Superior is too cold for any bacteria to grow, so instead of bloating and floating to the surface, the bodies are resting in a place they will never decompose.
On Lake Superior, there is a place called Little Girl’s Point, which resides in the Porcupine Mountains State Park. Little Girl’s Point has had its name for over 150 years, inspired by a Native American girl in the Ojibwe (Chippewa) tribe. Before Ironwood Township became a mining town, the land was already occupied by Native Americans. Within the Ojibwe tribe, there was a little girl named Leelinau, who was the daughter of a Chippewa hunter.
Leelinau’s pastime included canoeing along the shores, which is how she came across the beach of Little Girl’s Point. She was forbidden from ever going there because of the Pukwudgies, or otherwise known as the “Little men of the wood.” Despite being repeatedly told to avoid that neck of the woods, she disappeared on her wedding day and was never seen from again. Torches were lit, search parties were conducted, but no trace of Leelinau was ever found.
Not only is Little Girl’s Point over Native American burial grounds, but the lake is its own watery graveyard. It is a hotspot for paranormal activity and residual haunting at any time of the year. In the past, fishermen and hunters have claimed to see a woman walking along the beach. Sometimes this woman is accompanied by a man, other times she is alone and in green. Each time anyone has approached her, she would disappear before they reached her.
Our team wanted to know if we would be able to get in touch with Leelinau, so we planned a trip on Saturday, September 21, 2024. We made a day trip to the beach where we ate, skipped rocks, and hunted yooperlites. While we were eating lunch, we turned on the Necrometer to record. The text responses we got were hard to piece together, but we got really excited when the device said, “Turn on Speaker Mode.” This meant the spirit wanted to talk, and we couldn’t have been more for it. However, it was very difficult to hear anything the Necrometer was saying, even if we held it up to our ears. We decided the cat balls would be a better option until the Estes was conducted, so we set up the cat balls around our blanket. While we were frolicking up and down the beach, a spirit was turning the cat ball on and off.
The sun started to set a lot quicker with the upcoming Equinox, so we loaded up our things and performed an Estes Method session in the car. We waited for most of the traffic to clear out before we decided to speak to anyone. After the second to last car left the lot, we turned the spirit box on. At first, Swan couldn’t get the volume to adjust. This was not a regular occurrence, but it happened a couple different times during our investigation. It took a few more moments of finicking, but then she finally got it to work.
The first word to come through the Estes was “Hey.” We asked if this was Leelinau, but Nicole thought it was best to still make introductions of ourselves. We thanked her for joining us, and then we asked if she could tell us her name. Swan said, “Hmm,” so we asked her if she didn’t remember it or if we were pronouncing it wrong. Instead of a response, the static on the device got significantly louder. Nicole and I discussed Leelinau being the one manipulating the devices, and Swan said, “Tonight.” Nicole asked if she could confirm she was the one setting the cat ball off on the beach, and Swan responded, “Me.”
Nicole and I praised Leelinau for her ability to communicate, but we were cut off with the word, “Evil.” When it escaped Swan’s mouth, Nicole and I immediately thought of the clouds we all saw while packing up the beach. We tried to ask if a greater evil resided there, but Swan heard an answer she couldn’t make out. To keep it going, we asked what happened to her, and Swan asked, “When?” in a very stern tone. We told her we were looking for more information about the day she went missing if we were allowed to ask. Swan said the word, “Hearing,” and then said she suddenly felt nauseous.
The static started picking up for us again, but we were still getting responses from who we believed to be Leelinau. Through the static, Swan said, “Home.” We asked if this was her home and where her family lived. We didn’t get a response, so I took the opportunity to explain to Nicole the vision I saw down by the shore. I saw a girl with two braids in her hair, sitting cross legged on the rocks next to me. She told me before us, this was all they had. At the same time this was being discussed, Swan said she could feel people surrounding the car. Given that I was talking about Natives and we were sitting atop Native American burial grounds, it wasn’t hard to assume who was outside of the vehicle.
We tried to get back on the subject of Leelinau’s disappearance, so I asked what happened to her once more. There wasn’t a response, so I asked if she remembered what happened to her. Swan said, “Time, happy.” Nicole believed this meant her day was good to start. She asked her if she could remember her surroundings, and Swan said she heard a low voice say, “Dark.” This was followed by, “Go.”
We asked if she wanted us to go, but we were under the impression she knew she needed to go the day of her disappearance. Swan gave us the response, “Run,” and when we asked if she was running, Swan said, “Oh yeah.” In the background of Leelinau’s answer, Swan said she could hear a train whistle. Finally, we were told she was gone.
Swan told us she started to hear a man speaking through the device. When we asked for a name, we got a laugh. Nicole asked again what his name was, and Swan said, “The thing is humans…” but never finished. Once more we asked what his name was, and he responded, “H.” We asked what the H stood for, and Swan said, “I’m sorry, I’m mad.” We discovered he was upset because we kept asking his name when he didn’t quite remember what it was.
The male spirit asked us where we were at some point. We explained we were in the red car under the streetlight in case the vehicle was surrounded with ghosts. When the spirit “found” us, he said, “Food from you. German,” which made us curious if he was on a ship exporting food. We questioned if he was German, but the only answer we got out of that was, “Special.” We guessed name, asked if he was on a ship, and he shouted, “Get down!” When we asked if his boat was attacked, Swan said, “Let’s go.” I said we couldn’t follow him out onto the water, and someone invisible to the naked eye touched my head. H!
What was beginning to feel like a lighter conversation took a turn again. Swan heard the word “Evil” on the spirit box a second time. Immediately after, she said she saw a large, wooden cross in her minds’ eye. We asked why Swan was being given that image to share with us, but Swan only said, “4.”
Little Girl’s Point was going to close in less than ten minutes, so we knew we had to keep the rest of the session short. We had one more spirit come through to say good evening, but they weren’t giving us anything for responses. I asked if they wanted to say something before we ended our session there, and Swan said, “OooOoOoo.” We got a good laugh out before I said thank you and good-bye. That was when Swan said, “Have a good night.”
It’s really hard to piece the puzzle of Leelinau’s death together without a record of it ever occurring, but there is a female spirit present at Little Girl’s Point who paints the perfect picture. We don’t think Leelinau is ever alone for a second. She is surrounded by her people, and the lake has a couple spirits who want to come up out of it for a visit too. Though the name is first to go, we still met three intelligent spirits who put forth the effort to communicate. That’s more than we can say about your ex.
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