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The human fascination with stories of the strange and unexplained transcends time and place. Every community has its share of skeletons in the closet. Whether you’re a skeptic or a true believer, it’s fun to share in the stories and legends built over generations that feature the places closest to home. Union Cemetery—White Bear Lake The ghost stories tied to Union Cemetery just off Highway 61 stretch back thousands of years to the first people who lived in this region of the world. A culture of early humans known as the Woodland Indians interred several of their dead in enormous earthen mounds near Lake Avenue and Shady Lane. The mounds went undisturbed for centuries until Euro-American colonists moved into the area and built roads into modern-day White Bear Lake. A bizarre accident in 1889 resulted in the removal of one of the most prominent mounds. A carriage carrying three travelers overturned when the horses spooked, resulting in the death of one of the passengers. After the accident, the mounds were razed and the human remains buried within were reinterred in a quiet spot in nearby Union Cemetery. The disturbance of this resting place may be one reason for the reported haunting at Union Cemetery. The cemetery began as a family farm burial
Water Street Inn—Stillwater Stillwater, which still holds the ambiance of an early logging town, lays claim to many haunts. One of the most well known is the rumored haunting of the Water Street Inn, a turn-of-the-century building located on the banks of the St. Croix River beside the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge. In 1890, the original building was constructed as the Lumber Barons Exchange Building, which housed several businesses and a saloon. With such a long history, it’s no surprise that rumors abound about hauntings. “The Minnesota Road Guide to Haunted Locations� shares a story that in the building’s early days, a Confederate soldier drank himself to death in the saloon. Some say that his foul body odor persists in the part of the building where he died. In the building’s current life as a motel and pub, guests and patrons frequent the premises at all hours of the night, sometimes encountering things they just can’t explain. Guests and employees sometimes report sightings of a spectral young man, and strange, unexplained noises late at night. Black Panther—Hugo Sightings of large, mysterious black cats have been reported all over the
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world, and in the 1990s, Hugo had a few of its own. In 1999, a Hugo resident captured photos of the large animal in a pasture. He believed it to be the size of a German shepherd. Some theorized that sightings of the cat were due to mistakes in perspective—in the wide, empty farm fields around Hugo, sometimes it’s hard to tell just how far away things are. Without objects for reference, a nearby housecat might appear to be the size of a mountain lion standing farther away. But most everyone who has lived in the countryside has encountered a wide variety of wildlife and knows a large animal when they see it. Even if the animal was a roaming mountain lion, which have been known to wander through Minnesota, the odd color is tough to explain. Wildlife experts say there has never been a melanistic, or dark-colored, mountain lion documented in the wild. In the southwestern United States, there’s a slim chance people could cross paths with a black-colored jaguar, but this animal’s home range doesn’t come anywhere near Minnesota. Some postulated that the mysterious animal was an escaped exotic pet.
St. Genevieve’s Cemetery—Centerville Centerville is one of the oldest settlements in Anoka County, and St. Genevieve’s Cemetery contains a great deal of history since the town’s
What is a REAL ID? A REAL ID complies with the standards set by the REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005. Born out of a recommendation from the 9/11 Commission, the act establishes minimum security standards for how states issue driver's licenses and ID cards. A standard Minnesota driver's license is not compliant, but both REAL IDs and enhanced driver's licenses/ID cards are.
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Minnesotans who still seek to get a REAL ID-compliant license now have almost another year to do so. The deadline was previously Oct. 1, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has extended the deadline to Oct. 1, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The federal, state and local response to the spread of the coronavirus here in the United States necessitates a delay in this deadline,� Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement. “Our state and local partners are working tirelessly with the administration to fl atten the curve, and therefore we want to remove any impediments to response and recovery efforts.� Until the new deadline, a standard driver's license or state ID is valid for identification and lawful driving privileges, as well as domestic air travel and access to most federal facilities.
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