The Legend of the Singing Sand | Bete Grise, Michigan

In northern Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula, there's a legend about a singing beach. I went to see if it's true — and along the way, learned why some sand is so squeaky in the first place. (This is the start of my adventure into traveling and really filming on-location, and although I still have a lot to learn, this was a delight.)


Key Sources about Bete Grise, Michigan on Lake Superior; the legend of the singing sand; sand science and physics; and more:

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/michigan-urban-legends-tell-around-campfire https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.1913367 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1973.tb02049.x https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/bitstream/10219/1951/1/sands2011Bdec.PDF https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/04-recipe.html

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