Mud Lake may not be Michigans most imposing lake in the summer. Set near Horton about fifteen miles south of Jackson and less than a mile in diameter the little body of water isnt exactly a tourism hot spot. Even its name isnt unique theres another Mud Lake in the northern part of Jackson County that normally gets all the press. But in the winter of 2003 not only was Mud Lake a literal hot spot it was making news around the world. It all started when lake resident Vaughn Hobe saw the light. An unidentifiable brilliant white light illuminated the area over the lake on a bitterly cold and windy night at about one thirty a.m. on December 18. He stared in disbelief for a while then told himself it was simply the best moonrise ever and went to bed. Ten days later on the twenty eighth he and his sun were collecting firewood from a bluff near the lake when they looked over and saw the anomaly: "a three to four foot wide ring around forty feet across with white snow in the center" according to a report on michiganufos.com. Outside the ring was an additional pattern that radiated as far as the shore. Something had melted the ice in a perfect circle while leaving the center of the circle intact. But what could do that? Hobe decided to call in some experts who came from near and far including Jeff Wilson independent crop formation investigator Todd Lemire chief feild investigator for the Michigan Mutual UFO network and later Linda Moulton Howe an internationally known author and researcher. Besides the ice circle Hobe told the investigators he and his son had been seeing illuminated orange spheres hovering over the lake for the past several years. Hobe even chased one on his snowmobile. Also he said that one neighbor had been followed by objects while driving and another saw three unidentified objects flying over their field. Hobe did tell the investigators that he had been a UFO buff all his life. One expert concluded that the circle was formed by normal hydrological processes. Another thought that the wind might have been the culprit. But the investigators are at a loss to explain the brilliant white or the orange orbs and say they cant tell if there is a connection between those phenomana and the ice circle. One of the weirdest things was discovered by researcher W.C. Levengood who found that plants grown with water from the ice circles splash pattern grew 174 percent faster than plants grown with ordinary water! (Weird Michigan)

good story. thanks. i think the coolest thing about it to me is the part about the plants growing at an accelerated rate when fed with water from the ice at the location. VERY cool.

Interesting, thanks.

There are quite a few of these storys around. one of the more famous one is a huge hole on a lake in sweden, beforehand some people had seen lights etc etc. well if ufos are in the water why not in lakes that freeze in the winter also.
good story thanks.

that's sounds pretty interesting also louie. where could i read about that at? or could you possibly post it here?

Do a google search.
here is some i found,
Sory im in a hurry and cant rember the name of the place.
http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=Ne...ticle&sid=2

http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=Ne...cle&sid=879

Actually there was a thread on it here on UM, try the search or archives.
have fun.

awsome - thanks

hahaha yeah