Meetings with a mysterious red dwarf in Detroit All over the world, in different cultures you can find ancient legends and stories about small people: elves, fairies, gnomes, goblins, trolls, duende, etc. It is easy to imagine these creatures in the heather moors of Britain, Ireland or Scotland, the green plains of Iceland, in the Alps or in the Ural caves. But American Detroit? At the same time, they have been seen here regularly for several hundred years. The first stories about local dwarfs are associated with the Ottawa Indian tribe, who lived in the area that later became the territory of the state of Michigan, and later the city of Detroit. These little creatures were called Nain Rouge (Red Dwarf) in French. They were mischievous, but also respected spirits of nature and protectors of the earth.
When the first French settlers came to the area, they associated these red dwarfs with a French folkloric creature called Lutin, a counterpart to brownies or goblins. With the development of society, the American image of lutin dwarfs underwent changes, becoming evil spirits and harbingers of misfortune. Those who have encountered red dwarfs have described them as being the size of a small child, with red, wrinkled faces and glowing eyes. Their teeth were yellow and rotten, and they dressed in rags, caps and fur boots. Sometimes they were described as creatures without clothes, but completely covered with thick hair. It would seem that the image of these creatures is purely folklore, but the stories about meetings with them are not too similar to a fairy tale, but are described as meetings with real creatures. One of these cases dates back to March 10, 1701 and is associated with a holiday organized by the founder of Detroit, Antoine Lome de Lamothe de Cadillac. It is said that during the holiday, a fortune teller suddenly appeared with a black cat and predicted from the palm of Cadillac’s hand that he would be the founder of a large city, but that a lot of blood would also be shed on the site of this colony. The fortune teller also asked him not to offend the red dwarfs living in these places under any circumstances, otherwise everything would turn out very badly. But Cadillac only laughed at the old woman’s words. However, years later, Cadillac personally encountered one of the dwarfs while walking with his wife. At first they heard two local residents they say they saw a red dwarf nearby and that this is a bad sign. Cadillac, of course, laughed at their words. But suddenly a red dwarf appeared right under his feet. The creature had red and black fur, fierce red eyes and large, crooked, terrifying teeth. Cadillac attacked the creature with a cane and hit it on the head, shouting for it to get out, but the creature did not seem to notice the blow, laughed loudly and ran away.
After this terrible meeting, Cadillac began to suffer as if from a terrible curse, misfortunes followed him on his heels, enemies behind his back built their insidious intrigues, and soon Cadillac was recalled to France and imprisoned in the Bastille. However, he did not stay there for long and died only 10 years later with the rank of mayor of the municipality of Castelsarrazen. Almost at the same time when the red dwarf attacked Cadillac in Detroit, several other people saw this creature in the same places. One farmer fearfully claimed that he saw him on the roof of his barn, another claimed that the dwarf climbed through the window of his barn and stole chickens. The next mass sighting of this creature occurred on July 30, 1763, during a battle between 250 British soldiers and 400 Indians, which took place on a tributary of the Detroit River called Bloody Run. The battle itself in history is called the “Battle of Bloody Creek” and the Indians defeated the ambushed British, killing more than 60 soldiers, including the commander, in close combat.
Many of the surviving soldiers subsequently claimed that they saw a red dwarf sitting on the bank of the stream, who settled there as a spectator and seemed to be impatiently waiting for the massacre to begin. And after the battle, he was allegedly seen joyfully jumping and dancing among the corpses of soldiers. The reputation of red dwarfs as harbingers of misfortune was supported by the catastrophic fire in Detroit in 1805, which destroyed half the city. A few days before the fire started, a red dwarf was allegedly seen in the city, and during the fire itself, several people said that they saw a dwarf dancing in the fire of the conflagration.
In August 1812, during the Battle of Detroit, General William Hull, who lost the battle, saw a red dwarf grinning in the fog. In October 1872, Detroit resident Jane Dacy said that one day she was returning from gatherings in the evening to her house on Elizabeth Street and literally encountered a short creature "with blood-red eyes, long teeth and hooves on its legs." The creature was sitting in the corner of the room in her house and meeting him shocked the woman so much. that she lay sick in bed for some time. In 1884, another woman was severely beaten by an unknown person who attacked her at night. as she walked down the street. The creature, she said, looked like “a horned baboon with sparkling eyes and a devilish grin on its face.” With the advent of the 20th century, sightings of the creature became slightly less common, but did not disappear. In 1967, the creature was seen several times before the famous Detroit Uprising - a massive urban riot of rioting, murder and violence that began after a police raid on an illegal bar and lasted five days. One witness saw a mysterious creature "doing flips and somersaults" on 12th Street during a police raid on the ill-fated bar. In 1976, two workers said they saw a red dwarf on top of a pillar during one of the worst in the city's history. snowstorms that occurred in March. At first they thought it was a child and ran to help him. But the child suddenly quickly jumped to the ground and ran away, and the workers assured that they saw him and it was a red dwarf. In 1996, it was reported about two people who were leaving a nightclub in the evening and suddenly saw on the street something that looked like a small hunchback in a dirty, tattered old fur coat. The creature quickly ran away and made a sound similar to a croak. In 2017, a Detroit resident and Reddit user under the nickname theinfamous99 spoke about two more cases of sightings of a red dwarf. In the first case, the creature was seen by his aunt when she was still a little girl. She considered him a gnome, but she felt something evil from him. She said that she saw him in the funeral home, and then the creature wanted the girl to follow him into the dark basement. This frightened his aunt so much that from then on she wore a cross everywhere and was afraid to meet this gnome until her death.
Another incident involved his older sister's friend. One day she said that at a bus stop a very angry little creature was running after her. She described him as a gnome with a red pointed cap. It is easy to see that the observation of a red dwarf in Detroit is almost always associated with some kind of mass catastrophe or misfortune. Is this creature or creatures an analogue of the Mothman from Point Pleasant, who, according to one version, was fueled by human grief and the energy released from the death of many people and therefore waited for the collapse of the Silver Bridge? The red dwarf, judging by the above messages, also rejoiced when people died and suffered. Whether the red dwarf is a malevolent creature or the mischievous spirit of nature that the Indians believed it to be, it is present in the lives of Detroiters these days mainly as the city's mascot and has become the hero of the city's parades, during which people dress up as a red dwarf. .
Red Dwarf of Detroit(French Nain Rouge; English Red Dwarf; Detroit Red Dwarf or simply Red Dwarf) - mythical creature, found in French and American legends.
Description
According to eyewitnesses, the creature's height is quite short. He is usually compared to a gnome or a child. There are large rotten teeth in the mouth, the eyes are red and bloodshot. They also said that Red Dwarf wears red fur boots. Also, one eyewitness claimed that the creature had horns. In addition, most often when meeting someone, Red Dwarf would look at him with his scary grin, and then let out a creepy croak, so he laughed.
Detroit's Red Dwarf is a Luten type star. In general, according to legend, the creature is the protector of Detroit in Michigan, but in modern interpretations it appears to be a harbinger of trouble and a ferocious killer.
Legend
The Red Dwarf's homeland is believed to be the Normandy region in northwestern France. Later, eyewitnesses of the Red Dwarf appeared in the states of the Midwest. The first meeting of the Red Dwarf with a person dates back to 1701.
According to legend, in 1701, the Red Dwarf attacked the French traveler Antoine Lome de La Motte-Cadillac, who was soon hit by a wall of troubles, one of which was his complete ruin.
On July 30, 1763, the creature was seen by soldiers shortly before the Battle of Bloody Run. In this battle, many soldiers of the British army died at the hands of the Indians under the leadership of Chief Pontiac. It was said that within a few days the tributary of the Detroit River was completely red with the blood of slain soldiers. And the Dwarf himself was seen dancing on the bank of this river.
In 1805, the creature was seen a few days before the fire that destroyed most Detroit.
It was also observed in the fog in 1812 shortly before General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to the British in the Anglo-American War.
In October 1872, Red Dwarf was spotted by a girl named Jane Dacey. According to her, she was cleaning the house and when she entered one dark room, that’s where she saw the same Dwarf. Jane fainted and was bedridden the next day.
In 1884, one woman claimed that the creature attacked her. The woman was able to describe it and also noted that the creature had a sinister grin on its face.
In 1964, there was another attack on a person.
In 1967, Red Dwarf was observed the day before the Detroit riot.
In March 1976, shortly before a huge storm, two workers accidentally saw a creature climbing a hill. The workers thought it was a child climbing. They decided to help him, approached, and then the Red Dwarf turned to the people, looked at them with his ominous gaze, chuckled with his croaking laugh and ran away.
In 1996, the creature was again spotted near a nightclub in a parking lot. Two people said they heard some croaking near one of the cars. Red Dwarf stood bending over the corpse. He was described as an old hunchbacked man in a red, torn fur coat.
Thus, it is worth noting once again that any meeting anywhere with the Red Dwarf is an omen of trouble.
IN last years in Detroit on a certain day there is a parade where people dress up in Red Dwarf costumes and walk around the city in them. At the end of this event A stuffed little imp is burned in the main square of the city. Thus, the city residents drive out the evil spirit of the Dwarf until next year. People dress in costumes so that the spirit of the Red Dwarf who comes to their city will think that these are not residents of the city at all, but his brothers, and will not be angry with them. This parade has been held in Detroit every year since 2010.
In 2014, Mayor Mike Duggan gave a short speech at the parade.
Interesting Facts
Detroit Beer Company, located in downtown Detroit, produces lager beer. So it is named after Red Dwarf
In 2015, a French red wine named after Dwarf from an importer of French and Italian wines was introduced in Detroit.
There are references to the Red Dwarf of Detroit in some books.
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Descriptions of Red Dwarf are vague. Usually he appears in the guise of a child or a short man in red fur boots. He has rotten, protruding teeth and bloodshot eyes. The creature's voice is similar to the cawing of a crow.
In Detroit, the appearance of Red Dwarf is considered a bad omen. One of the first, in 1701, to meet him was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the leader of the new American settlers. And this meeting did not bring him anything good. Cadillac was beset by continuous disasters, the main one of which was its complete ruin.
The creature appeared on July 30, 1763, on the eve of the Battle of Bloody Run, during the uprising of Indian tribes led by Chief Pontiac. Then dozens of English soldiers, women and children were massacred by the Indians. The dwarf was also seen after the massacre. It is said that he was seen dancing on the banks of a river whose waters carried the corpses of slain Englishmen.
The Red Dwarf was seen in 1805 a few days before the great fire that destroyed much of Detroit, and was also seen wandering in the fog in 1812, shortly before William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to the British.
One woman met the Red Dwarf in 1884. She described him as "a devilish creature... a baboon with a horned head, sparkling eyes and a creepy grin on his face."
He also appeared in modern history. Before the big snow storm of 1976, two workers spotted him climbing a hill. They thought it was a child, but as they approached the hill to help, the creature turned its scary look and ran away with a croaking laugh.
Not long ago, in the fall of 1996, Red Dwarf was spotted in a parking lot near a nightclub. He was seen bending over the corpse of the robbed car owner. The dwarf was described as a hunched old man in a red, torn fur coat.
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They say that to get rid of fear, you need to laugh at it. Perhaps for this reason, Detroit's Red Dwarf (Nain Rouge) has become a local landmark in recent years. In his honor, brewers named a type of beer, and the city annually hosts a costume parade, at the end of which, in order to drive out the evil spirit, a stuffed little imp is burned in the square.
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However, this did not help. We know that Detroit today is a dead city. Who knows if Red Dwarf had a hand in this? :)