The Great Lakes offer lots of spookiness -- from century-old shipwrecks to blood-sucking animals. For Halloween, we pulled together some of the creepiest photos. Take a look -- if you dare.
!["The Deep" -- Gunilda, a luxury yacht, sank in 1911 in Lake Superior. The lake's cold waters have preserved much of the wreck.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a404989/2147483647/strip/true/crop/792x528+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fgunilda_wreck_by_jitka_hanakova.jpg)
Courtesy of Jitka Hanakova /
!["Underwater Vampires" -- The sea lamprey latches onto fish and drills its tongue into them. It's one of hundreds of invasive species in the lakes.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3c3d012/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1003x831+0+0/resize/880x729!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fglt_lamprey_morrison_11.jpg)
Angelica A. Morrison /
!["Frozen in Time" -- Spray from Lake Ontario covered this New York house with ice last winter.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8113b6f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x400+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fice_house.jpg)
Veronica Volk /
!["Attack of the Green Slime" -- An algae bloom spread over much of western Lake Erie, prompting fears of contaminated drinking water.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ae3218b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1365+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Falgae_bloom_lake_erie_9-25_aerial_associates_photography__inc._by_zachary_haslick.jpg)
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!["It Fell from the Sky" -- In early 2017, a fireball from a falling meteor set off sonic booms that shook houses in Wisconsin.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/83e30db/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x472+0+0/resize/880x519!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fmeteor.jpg)
Associated Press /
![Purple people eater -- Brachionus Leydigii, a new non-native species found in Lake Erie. Scientistsa are trying to determine whether the zooplankton will be harmful to the lakes.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e29131a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/202x270+0+0/resize/880x1176!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fnon-native_brachionus_leydigii_from_epa.png)
EPA /
!["Submerged" -- Spring flooding inundated homes along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b867753/2147483647/strip/true/crop/585x267+0+0/resize/880x402!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Flake_ontario_red_house_hammond_ny_kathleen_thomas_via_ncpr_cropped.png)
Kathleen Thomas via North Country Public Radio /
!["The Blob" -- Discharges from a Niagara Falls, N.Y., water treatment plant discolored the Niagara River near the famous tourist attraction -- and sparked criticism from state and Canadian officials.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2cbb310/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x485+0+0/resize/880x711!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fniagara_falls_blob_twitter__maidofthemist.jpg)
Maid of the Mist /
!["Mega-duck" -- The world's largest rubber duck was featured at riverfront festival in Buffalo. It's friendly -- or is it?](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e9c188/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x900+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201710%2Fmama_duck.jpg)
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