Bete Grise

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Bete Gris or Bete Grise in French means "Gray Beast" and is the name of a Northern Michigan beach, where the unique sand is said to contain properties which enable it to "sing" in situ when pressed down with the palm of your hand. When the sand is removed from this mysterious beach, it loses its musical properties.

Local legend says that the musical "voice" that emenates from the sand is that of a Native American maid who lost her lover to the Great Lakes and still calls to him from the shore with the aid of visitors who "play" the sand.

Local legend also says that the beach got its name due to sightings of a strange gray creature that roamed the area.

Bete Gris beach is located off US 41, near the inland lake "Lac La Belle," on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan.

source text: "Weird Michigan" by Linda S. Godfrey, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (2006)


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