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Halloween photos: Scariest sights on the Great Lakes

Great Lakes Today | By Dave Rosenthal,
Dave Rosenthal
Published October 27, 2017 at 3:48 PM EDT

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.
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"The Deep" -- Gunilda, a luxury yacht, sank in 1911 in Lake Superior. The lake's cold waters have preserved much of the wreck.
"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.
Angelica A. Morrison /
"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.
"Frozen in Time" -- Spray from Lake Ontario covered this New York house with ice last winter.
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"Frozen in Time" -- Spray from Lake Ontario covered this New York house with ice last winter.
"Attack of the Green Slime" -- An algae bloom spread over much of western Lake Erie, prompting fears of contaminated drinking water.
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"Attack of the Green Slime" -- An algae bloom spread over much of western Lake Erie, prompting fears of contaminated drinking water.
"It Fell from the Sky" -- In early 2017, a fireball from a falling meteor set off sonic booms that shook houses in Wisconsin.
Associated Press /
"It Fell from the Sky" -- In early 2017, a fireball from a falling meteor set off sonic booms that shook houses in Wisconsin.
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.
EPA /
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.
"Submerged" -- Spring flooding inundated homes along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
Kathleen Thomas via North Country Public Radio /
"Submerged" -- Spring flooding inundated homes along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
"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.
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"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.
"Mega-duck" -- The world's largest rubber duck was featured at riverfront festival in Buffalo. It's friendly -- or is it?
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"Mega-duck" -- The world's largest rubber duck was featured at riverfront festival in Buffalo. It's friendly -- or is it?

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Dave Rosenthal
Dave Rosenthal is Managing Editor of Great Lakes Today, a collaboration of public media stations that is led by WBFO, ideastream in Cleveland in WXXI in Rochester, and includes other stations in the region.
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Dave Rosenthal
Dave Rosenthal is Managing Editor of Great Lakes Today, a collaboration of public media stations that is led by WBFO, ideastream in Cleveland in WXXI in Rochester, and includes other stations in the region.