Post by omw on Apr 16, 2009 13:53:39 GMT -6
Hollyberries brought this to my attention.
Fitzsimmons Road and E Oakwood Road are 2 Haunted Roads that run through Bender Park. The roads run right to the edge of the cliffs / bluffs on the edge of Lake Michigan. You can drive on both of the road but the mile or so that lead up to the lake have barricades and are closed to traffic. Here are the stories I found.
Bender Park
About 80 years ago. A farmer went crazy and killed his family and neighbors with an ax. Since then all of the houses in that area have been removed but when you walk down the road and near the area YOU will never forget the feeling that covers over you. to find the hermit walk towards the lake on FITZSIMMOMS RD. when you get to the woods look left you will see a dirt hill that is all that is left of his road, Plevoc road. Remember do not go looking for him alone.
Fitzsimmons Road
This is sort of covered with the Bender Park Story. It is also evident that Fitzsimmons Road was used for drag races back in the day. During a race people went off the cliff at the end of the road and haunt it. The end is blocked off now, but you still get the vibe that something does not want people there.
Oak Creek Rd
Oakwood Road (Oak Creek)
I am sure almost everyone reading this has heard the local urban legends surround Fitzsimmons Road. While I do not doubt that Fitzsimmons had been used as a drag strip and injuries (possibly even deaths) may have occurred, I have not been able to find any evidence as of yet that would lead me to believe all of those stories are accurate. I will agree that Fitzsimmons Road has a certain unmistakable "feel" about it, but this is not the only road in the area with a history. On Tuesday, July 27th, 1976 two teenagers were killed and two others were critically injured when their car crashed through a barricade at the dead end of E. Oakwood Road, struck a clump of young trees, and fell over 200 feet to the beach below. The trees had acted as a ramp and catapulted the car up and over a second lower ridge. The crash was discovered at 2:15 a.m. when officers were on routine patrol and noticed the broken barricade and observed scrape marks and bark missing on the trunks of some of the trees, which had sprung back after the car went over them. The vehicle was not visible from the top of the bluff and the officers did not actually discover the accident until they descended to the lower ridge and observed one of the injured occupants. All of the people in the convertible had been thrown from the vehicle and were strewn on the face of the cliff. Out of respect for the victims and their families, I will not post the names of the individuals involved. The two that were critically injured did recover, though one remains in a wheelchair to this day.
Fitzsimmons Road and E Oakwood Road are 2 Haunted Roads that run through Bender Park. The roads run right to the edge of the cliffs / bluffs on the edge of Lake Michigan. You can drive on both of the road but the mile or so that lead up to the lake have barricades and are closed to traffic. Here are the stories I found.
Bender Park
About 80 years ago. A farmer went crazy and killed his family and neighbors with an ax. Since then all of the houses in that area have been removed but when you walk down the road and near the area YOU will never forget the feeling that covers over you. to find the hermit walk towards the lake on FITZSIMMOMS RD. when you get to the woods look left you will see a dirt hill that is all that is left of his road, Plevoc road. Remember do not go looking for him alone.
Fitzsimmons Road
This is sort of covered with the Bender Park Story. It is also evident that Fitzsimmons Road was used for drag races back in the day. During a race people went off the cliff at the end of the road and haunt it. The end is blocked off now, but you still get the vibe that something does not want people there.
Oak Creek Rd
Oakwood Road (Oak Creek)
I am sure almost everyone reading this has heard the local urban legends surround Fitzsimmons Road. While I do not doubt that Fitzsimmons had been used as a drag strip and injuries (possibly even deaths) may have occurred, I have not been able to find any evidence as of yet that would lead me to believe all of those stories are accurate. I will agree that Fitzsimmons Road has a certain unmistakable "feel" about it, but this is not the only road in the area with a history. On Tuesday, July 27th, 1976 two teenagers were killed and two others were critically injured when their car crashed through a barricade at the dead end of E. Oakwood Road, struck a clump of young trees, and fell over 200 feet to the beach below. The trees had acted as a ramp and catapulted the car up and over a second lower ridge. The crash was discovered at 2:15 a.m. when officers were on routine patrol and noticed the broken barricade and observed scrape marks and bark missing on the trunks of some of the trees, which had sprung back after the car went over them. The vehicle was not visible from the top of the bluff and the officers did not actually discover the accident until they descended to the lower ridge and observed one of the injured occupants. All of the people in the convertible had been thrown from the vehicle and were strewn on the face of the cliff. Out of respect for the victims and their families, I will not post the names of the individuals involved. The two that were critically injured did recover, though one remains in a wheelchair to this day.
