Canada is incredibly large, if you were to stretch out the perimeter of the land it could
wrap around the world 3 times, isn’t that crazy?!
Yeah.
Anyway, with such wide expanses and uninhabited lands, it’s no wonder that Canada has a
considerable amount of urban legends.
With Toronto and Montreal being at the forefront for ghostly activity.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Scary Canadian Urban Legends.
5 The Lady In Red in Lower Bay Station Now a Lady in Red is a popular theme in many
legends and ghost stories, with few popping up across American and Canada.
However, this one comes from Toronto, specifically below Bay Station where another subway station
lies, Lower Bay Station.
The Toronto Transit Commission reportedly opened the station in 1966 while experimenting
with routes, but soon realized that if the route was to become delayed, it would slow
down the entire subway system.
Therefore, it was shut down just six months later.
The city later went on to build Bay Station on top, connecting the two platforms with
a red door that is only accessible to employees.
Workers and occasional movie production still use the old station however, and it is here
that folks have claimed to have seen the Lady in Red wandering the abandoned tracks.
People have reported that she has no legs and had only black holes for eyes; her apparition
only lingers for 30 seconds before disappearing.
Some believe it to be a woman that was pushed onto the tracks, but no records of any such
incident exist.
Others think it’s more likely she was a former resident of Potter’s Field, a cemetery
for social outcasts and the poor, which the city attempted to relocate in 1855 to build
the station.
4 The Legend of Gibraltar Point Lighthouse The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is located
on the Toronto Islands in Toronto.
Beginning in 1808, it is the oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes, and one of
Toronto’s oldest buildings.
Now, due to its age, this lighthouse is of course shrouded in mystery, specifically regarding
its first keeper, JP Radan Muller.
According to the legend, soldiers from Fort York visited JP on the evening of January
2nd 1815 in search of his bootlegged beer.
But they had too much to drink and a dispute broke out, culminating in the keeper’s murder.
The inebriated soldiers tried to conceal their crime by chopping apart the corpse and hiding
the remains.
In 1893, then-keeper George Durnan searched for the corpse and found part of a jawbone
and coffin fragments near the lighthouse, though it was never definitively proven that
they were linked to JP.
As one of the oldest legends in Toronto, the truth behind the lighthouse keepers death
and disappearance remains a mystery even to this day, and the legend certainly lives on.
3 UFO Encounter in Manitoba All the way back in 1967, Stefan Michalek
ventured into the woods around Falcon Lake near Winnipeg, Manitoba in search of silver
and quartz, when he was startled by a gaggle of geese that erupted into a clattering of
honks.
According to his own report, he then noticed two cigar-shaped crafts hovering in the air,
before one flew away.
However, the other landed.
Stefan stated that he waited half an hour before approaching.
He heard mechanical noises, smelled sulfur, and felt warm air as he gradually got closer.
As he did, he noticed an open door panel, and coming from within were colored lights
and muffled voices that sounded like humming.
Then, out of nowhere, the door panel closed, and a blast of gas from the crafted known
Stefan back and off of his feet, with his clothes being set ablaze.
He managed to take them off and ran into town, when he began to feel extremely sick.
Doctors quickly discovered that his sickness was caused by radiation, and officials who
checked the site also discovered radioactive soil samples and metal melted into the rocks.
Now, since then, the son of Stefan has written a book about the ongoing mystery.
Stan Michalak, the son of Stefan has previously stated that he very clearly remember the day
his dad came home sick and injured after something happened to him in the Falcon Lake Woods.
I quote “I recalled seeing him in bed.
He didn’t look good at all.
He looked pale, haggard.
When I walked into the bedroom there was a huge stink in the room, like a real horrible
aroma of sulphur and burnt motor.
It was all around and it was coming out of his pores.
It was bad.”
The book was launched back in 2017, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the incident.
2 Headless Ghosts in Old Montreal The historic neighborhood of Old Montreal
in Quebec, is known to be one of the most haunted places in all of Canada.
The city’s oldest road, Saint-Paul Street, is supposedly a walkway for the paranormal
at night, with visitors often reporting sightings of ghostly horse-drawn carriages or an apparition
of Marie-Joseph Angelique wearing the same white robe she had on when she was executed.
Not only that, but Mary Gallagher, a former lady of the night is reported to appear on
William and Murray Streets every seven years -- looking for her head, which was taken off
by her onetime best friend.
If this doesn’t do it for you, you can also head over to the Old Montreal graveyards,
which are known to be abound with ghostly activity.
Especially in Mount Royal, North America’s largest intact cemetery.
Visitors have claimed to see apparitions wandering around the plots at night, as well as hear
giggling, creaking, and other eeries noises coming from within the cemetery.
More interesting still, some of the ghosts that people have reported seeing, include
several people who perished on the Titanic, and an often-seen Algonquin man who looks
over the cliff to the city below.
1 The Cave Monster One of the most haunting legends to come out
of Canada, comes to us from my city Toronto.
And supposedly took place in August 1978.
It was during this time that a 51 year old man named ‘Ernest’ went looking for his
missing kitten in a Parliament St tunnel after crawling into an opening near his apartment
building.
This is where he described seeing a monster that had grey fur, red eyes, and weighing
approximately thirty pounds.
Now, if you’re not from Toronto, we have a sprawling PATH system: 28KM of climate-controlled
underground walkways and shopping.
However, what if I told you this wasn’t the only underground city?
Well, as reported by the Toronto Sun in March 1979, about ten feet into the tunnel that
Ernest explored, he spotted a thin human-like figure some three feet tall, with, as previously
mentioned, grey fur, and slanted organ-red eyes.
The creature supposedly hissed at him, stating, “Get out, get out” before fleeing down
a side tunnel.
Now, it is possible that Ernest was hallucinating, or even lying, although saying that, the way
the article was written seems to suggest that Lorrie Goldstein, the reporter, believes him.
Unfortunately, we’ll likely never know what actually happened, when the story broke, the
entrance to the tunnel had effectively been blocked off by collapsing concrete.
Goldstein no longer remember where the opening was, making the location virtually impossible
to find.
However, not long ago, someone online spoke of the underground tunnel, that may have brought
new light to the mystery.
I quote, “There is a small opening to the underground tunnels off Parliament Street
in downtown Toronto.
The entrance is between two apartment buildings, and leads to the tunnels via the sewers, The
underground city beneath Toronto has its center beneath Gerrard Street and Church Street.
Above this area, strange magnetic effects have been observed.
It is believed that underground equipment utilizing powerful magnetic fields are responsible
for the bizarre equipment failures that often are the cause of these accidents.”
Well, now we know the tunnels are real, do you believe the monster is?
You decide.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Were there any scary Canadian Urban Legends that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
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