We all know the Celtic peoples of Europe believed in fairies and other magical beings—pixies, brownies, and their ilk. But have you heard about the May-may-gway-shi?
Because of my interest in all things strange, I have investigated various unusual topics in my home state. On the Web I came upon a passing reference to the Burnt Bluff pictographs, a series of red ocher drawings discovered on the Garden Peninsula southeast of Escanaba, here in the Upper Peninsula. As I researched the pictographs, I found a correlation with another favorite topic of mine: fairies.
It seems that the Algonquian Indians have legends of the May-may-gway-shi, the North American equivalent of the fairy. Like fairies, the May-may-gway-shi have an affinity to water. The Algonquian legends associate the May-may-gway-shi with ancient red ocher rock art from the Pre-Columbian era, into which the Burnt Bluff pictographs fall. Some legends say the fairies created the rock art.
The Burnt Bluff pictographs depict humanoid figures with barrel chests, wide shoulders, and almost no neck. The pictographs resemble similar figures found in ancient rock art from the Four Corners region of the U.S. The figures all resemble Bigfoot far more than humans.
Another thread connecting Bigfoot and fairies.
Filed under: Controversies, UFOs | Tagged: Burnt Bluff, pictographs, Strange Michigan
