There are stories carved into the old logging camps: tales of a Thanksgiving guest who never eats, never speaks… just watches.

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt

Story researched and written by Todd Preston

Recorded and edited by Tracy Preston

Sound effects from Uppbeat:  wind-howling-low-intense-smartsound-fx-1-00-57.mp3

Sources:

Stories from the Woods— Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center, Northern Michigan University. This archive is foundational for U.P. oral traditions.

Haunted stories in the Upper Peninsula — comlists a variety of local ghost lore.

Paranormal phenomena in the Upper Peninsula — Hideaway Tiny Acres documents U.P. ghostly encounters.

Folklore and culture of the U.P. — NMU’s Upper Peninsula Studies program collects foods, stories, and cultural traditions.

Heikki Lunta — while not directly connected to the “Visitor,” this Finnish-U.P. snow-spirit figure illustrates how Finnish immigrant traditions play into U.P. seasonal folklore.