Michigan – The Nain Rouge, Detroit
The Nain Rouge, also called the Red Dwarf Of Detroit, is a small red devil looking creature, said to be an omen of coming doom. Supposedly, the Ottawa tribe considered it a protector, but once it was seen by the founder of Detroit, Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac, it became a harbinger of bad things. It was reportedly seen before the riots in ’67, the Battle of Bloody Run, the great Detroit fire of 1802 and before the great ice storm of ’76. Harbinger of doom? Maybe. Also, maybe he just doesn’t like Europeans?
You missed the boat on New Jersey! THE JERSEY DEVIL is most definitely the official haunting creature of the Garden State. Long before NJ was even a state, the legend of the Jersey Devil began. It was the 13th child of Mrs Leeds, who had no desire for another baby. According to legend, she cursed the baby even before it was born. At its birth, the creature assumed otherworldly dimension and flew up the chimney of the home. Since then, the Devil regularly haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, frightening all it encounters. On the eve of a National tragedy, the Devil is said to appear at many varied places in the state to warn of evils to come (most notably in December 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.)