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STEP INTO MICHIGANS LORE, INDIAN MYTHS, AND SCARY TALES
Native American population predates the European colonization by almost 10,000 years. During this time, the Paleoamerican Mound Builders shaped the area, leaving mounds across what would become Metro Detroit. Like many major American cities, Detroit was built on top of assorted Native American burial mounds. In fact, the oldest man-made structure in Metro Detroit is the burial mound at Fort Wayne
The first documented reference by European settlers to what would become Detroit was in the 1670s, when French missionaries Francois Dollier de Casson and Rene de Brehand de Galinee discovered a stone idol, sculpted by the Native Americans, standing where what is currently Hurlbut Memorial Gate. Believing the statue sacrilege and detrimental to their goals, they destroyed the hallowed totem with hatchets. The Galien River on Michigan's west side was named after Galinee.
Detroit's unsolved ax murder
The St Aubins Massacre was committed on July 3, 1929. Mystic healer Benny Evangelist, his wife, and four children were killed in their home. After claiming to have heard voices from God, Evangelist published a four-volume "bible" and started referring to himself as a prophet. He crafted a religious sanctuary in his basement, consisting of wax dolls, and figures held by wires from the ceiling. The family was killed later that night, Evangelist's body found sitting with his hands folded in prayer, his severed head sitting in a nearby chair. Police believe it was a second religious fantastic, but are unsure why no one heard any family members scream during the night.
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