Close Encounters
There are a few stories that might be of true believers of this great beast. A Jesuit missionary named Claude Dablon told a story about four Ojibwa Indians who embarked on a journey to the home of Mishipeshu to take some copper back to their home, and use it to heat water. the very second they pushed off and back into the water with their canoe, the eerie voice of the water panther surrounded them. The water panther came growling after them, vigorously accusing them of stealing the playthings of his children. All four of the Indians died on the way back to their village. the last one surviving just long enough to tell the tale of what had happened, in his final moments before he finally died. During the 1840s there was a copper rush, people there had realized the value of copper which was for the taking around Isle Royale and Keweenaw Peninsula. There was Great suffering and accidents that many key people and vessels fell victim to. The steamer Cumberland was lost at the Rock of Ages Reef on Isle Royale. Another ship, by the name of Algoma, was sunk in a storm during 1885, and forty-five people sunk to a watery death in the creature's lair.
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