After Wayne County announced last week that the Denton Road Bridge was closed for repairs until further notice, longtime residents of the Belleville area pointed out that bridge is haunted.
According to reports on Google, that bridge and other sites in Van Buren Township and Willis are haunted.
Denton Road Bridge
There are two Denton Roads in the Belleville area: Old Denton Road and Denton Road. Both have many stories of haunts and spirits. At Denton Road Bridge, which crosses Belleville Lake, people often see the ghost of a woman. Some see the woman surrounded by a blue light, others see her soaking wet, and carrying a baby. Pull up near the bridge at night and turn off your lights, and you might see multiple orbs floating toward your car.
Soop Cemetery/Old Denton Rd.
Old Denton Road in Van Buren Township near Van Buren Park is a little stretch of road that has a lot of paranormal activity. Some see a lone figure walking along the side of the road, which vanishes into thin air as they approach. Others who dare to walk down this road hear the crying of a baby.
Elizabeth Soop was said to be a witch. She’s buried in the oldest part of Soop Cemetery next to her husband, but people say that she’s definitely not at rest. Many who visit her grave say that they’re followed by shadowy figures, and they hear voices and footsteps. Others report orbs everywhere at night. Soop Cemetery is located at 49250 Old Denton Rd.
Tyler Cemetery
Tyler Cemetery is in Van Buren Township. This cemetery is said to be haunted by several ghosts dressed in white. You might see them walking amongst the headstones. And when you leave, if you look in your rear-view mirror, you might see them following you until you get back through the cemetery’s gates.
Bone Heads BBQ
Bone Heads BBQ is just four miles from Belleville at 10256 Willis Rd. in Willis. This restaurant is reportedly one of the most-haunted places in the entire state, but its ghosts are supposedly friendly. The mischievous ghosts make lamps in the bar swing wildly, Lights turn on after the restaurant is closed and locked for the night. Employees report hearing whispers and footsteps when no one else is around. A woman in a white dress often appears to customers in both the dining room and the ladies’ restroom.
Robson Road
It’s said that if you pull onto quiet, rural Robson Road in Van Buren Township at night, you’ll experience some strange paranormal activity. Turn off your headlights and wait for a few moments. You’ll see a pair of headlights hurtling toward you, then it will seem to run right over your car and pass through to the other side.
Yea… Okay
When I was a kid in the 1970s, I went to Denton elementary School in Canton Michigan. We experienced so many things I don’t even know where to start, there would be moaning, chains rattling, you would see ghostly faces looking through you in the classrooms in the vents, there was one time I got locked in the basement and something chased me up the stairs. You would hear ghastly sounds in the giant bathroom.
Out back on the playground, there was a grave marker that was in the ground and we would go back and play over it because it felt like something was grabbing our legs and pulling us down.
We had to move away, and years later I came back to the area. I was talking with an old friend and they were telling me how they shut it down because it got so bad and they started bussing kids to other school districts because nobody wanted to go there anymore…
My mom always told me stories about the bridge from when she was a kid, how you could go out there at night and there would be like a swamp gas and you could hear crying.. she grew up in the area and went there as well, stories go back as far as anybody can tell.
Legend has it it’s Indian burial ground..
I know I’ll never forget it. I’m 57 and I can remember it like it was yesterday…
Save your “yeah right”
Wrong stretch of Denton rd. The Blue Lady is at the Canton area of Denton bridge. Not the area under construction by the cemetery. But Soop cemetery on the dirt part of Denton road referred to as “Old Denton”…oh yeah, I believe that is haunted by several things.