Deadstream Road — Haunted Forest

This remote two-track through the Manistee National Forest inspired the 2022 horror film 'Deadstream' and has a genuine paranormal reputation pre-dating the movie. Local hunters report a female apparition standing in headlights that vanishes when approached. The Deadstream Flooding area — a wide wetland along the road — is said to hold the spirit of a logger who drowned in the 1890s. Electronic equipment fails regularly on this stretch, and compass needles spin erratically near the deadwater swamp.