Other Listings Nearby [Browse Algoma Township, Mi    Browse Mi    ]      Maps of area: [ Google Maps       Live Maps ] Search for more Info: [ Google Search    Live Search    You Tube Search    Local Newspapers    States History ] Hell`s Bridge Algoma Township, Mi 11111 WebSite: None     Remove Listing From Site Printer Friendly Version Location Description:            On a winding dirt road next to the Rogue River called Friske, there is a small turnaround for no particular reason. On this turnaround, there is a trail that leads off a ways into the woods. If you follow the trail, it leads to an old iron bridge called Hell's Bridge. It is said that if you are sitting or standing on the bridge at midnight you can hear the devil laughing. The reason is, in the 1800's, when Algoma didn't really exist and Rockford was known as Laphamville, a man named Elias Friske murdered several children and claimed a demon made him do it. Later the bodies were found in the part of the river where the bridge is now. Sometimes you can also hear the children crying, @r the noise of splashing water where their bodies were thrown. Some fishermen in the early morning have reported seeing a strange figure near the bridge... Do you personally know about this location and wish to update the article? Click here to request control!

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charmed1j Rockford, mi Last Seen: 5/1/2008 8:00:06 AM       Comment# 2796     3/18/2007 12:00:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Checked this out on 3/17/07. "bridge" area flooded, however this "bridge seems to be nothing more than rumor. I saw what appeared to be a small iron footpath bridge, that I believe is supposed to be raised above flood plain. It isnt. If there is another bridge further back in the wood, I will find it this summer. But at this time, I believe this one to be a hoax. I am furthering my investigation of this area by visiting the local library to find out if the "Elias Friske" murderer really even existed.

windexba Grand Rapids, mi Last Seen: 8/16/2010 5:36:22 PM       Comment# 3731     6/3/2007 3:14:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I have been to this bridge during the day and night. There is no other bridge further back in the woods, that iron footpath is the brige in the story. It looks really dinky and funny, but there is something there. My friend and i sat on the bridge for a while, then took pictures. There were some wierd things that turned up. There is a glowing red orb in one of the pictures.

acoustic689 Location: mi Last Seen: 4/12/2008 11:15:02 AM       Comment# 3733     6/3/2007 6:44:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This yup its true and in an article i read about hell`s bridge some people who had all the equipment for ghost hunting said that they got more readings further downstream

craig11432 Rockford, mi Last Seen: 1/16/2008 8:06:05 PM       Comment# 3995     6/26/2007 1:16:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I was just there today around 3 PM. I really want to go there at night to see for myself if anything really is there.

AnonymousVisiter 69.208.83.156       Comment# 5341     9/19/2007 3:23:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This that is not the true bridge the legend speaks of its further back in the woods down river

AnonymousVisiter 70.217.136.173       Comment# 12723     5/9/2008 2:58:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i have been there andit is nothing but myth ar a ledgean

AnonymousVisiter 24.236.201.158       Comment# 12972     5/15/2008 3:37:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This been there probably 10 times now, been there at midnight on halloween, been there later in the day. There's orbs everywhere in pictures and you get a erie feeling but can never find anything. further up past the bridge there's woods and to the left standign on the bridge there's a creek that is crazy to follow. picture and ghost hunting adventures here http://www.landofthedevil.com/GrandRapidsGhostHunters/index.html

AnonymousVisiter 70.210.80.252       Comment# 14163     6/17/2008 11:16:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I have read a lot of articles on Hell's Bridge and what I read is scarier then any other place I have seen or read about.

AnonymousVisiter 71.113.189.246       Comment# 15229     7/10/2008 7:14:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This did you ever find out if it was based on a real event, charmed1j? i'm trying to do the same via internet and am coming up dry... peg from ghosttraveller.com

AnonymousVisiter 216.120.197.98       Comment# 21524     10/22/2008 12:55:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i am going there this halloween at midnight with my girlfriend to see if any of this is true.

AnonymousVisiter 76.249.28.253       Comment# 22712     11/2/2008 12:11:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This My girl and I JUST got back from there. We saw a dead deer, about 8 people with flashlights and laughing, and no ghost. All around creepy if the people wouldn't have been there. Specially since our little flashlight went out halfway back from the bridge.

AnonymousVisiter 64.49.112.22       Comment# 25943     1/16/2009 7:11:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This im going there tonight and i will let u know wht happens

AnonymousVisiter 69.214.6.134       Comment# 26943     2/7/2009 8:11:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I'm going tonight, should be rather interesting I hope.

AnonymousVisiter 72.35.60.2       Comment# 32406     5/15/2009 12:24:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This is the brige scarry and are there haunted ghost there. the bridge is really cool. I want to go their.

AnonymousVisiter 72.35.60.2       Comment# 32408     5/15/2009 12:30:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This WHERE DID YOU GET THE NAME LIKE HELLS BRIDGE. hI aMERICA

AnonymousVisiter 76.212.62.184       Comment# 35755     7/13/2009 12:17:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I was there last night with some friends.  We got there before dusk and hung out a while.  Started sitting quietly on the bridge around dusk.  Got some interesting looking orbs in pictures taken around then.  We started getting weird feelings on the far side of the bridge after nightfall.  Two more random visitors showed up around 10 PM.  When we all went to leave shortly after that the visitors' car was totally covered in mud with no tire tracks or recent footprints near it.

AnonymousVisiter 75.21.225.181       Comment# 37273     8/5/2009 6:22:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i and four friends went to hells bridge on devils night in 2008. it was active, trust me. my friend wound up with a rope burn around his neck like he was hung and we had to leave early. it was a terrible night because it was so active and all of us have been ghost hunting numerous time before so it wasnt like we were n00bs to it. if you are seriously considering on going, go on a clear night. and be careful. there's something out there.

AnonymousVisiter 76.112.72.237       Comment# 37857     8/14/2009 12:21:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I need to go there. :) I'm right by Rockford. I will let all of you know what happens.

michigan g hunters Shelby Township, MI Last Seen: 5/16/2010 2:29:38 PM       Comment# 38911     9/1/2009 9:35:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Is this between 12 and 13 mile then? North or South of Rector Road?

AnonymousVisiter 71.238.215.233       Comment# 47275     1/25/2010 2:26:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This is algoma and rockford the same city?