Paranormal record / 1829
November 1829. On John T. McDonald's farm in the Baldoon settlement, near present-day Wallaceburg, poles began to fall in the barn. Then the windows broke. Lead balls and stones came through the glass. A cradle rocked until the infant was nearly tossed out. A ladle flew out of the pot and set upon the dog. Little balls of fire floated through the air, and the house burned. Then the barn. Crowds came to watch. The Detroit Gazette reported it on 14 November 1829. Decades later the family's son collected 26 eyewitness statements. The family said it ended with a silver bullet and a goose with a black head. The Psi Encyclopedia calls it "Canada's most widely reported poltergeist disturbance."
Lord Selkirk founded the Baldoon settlement in 1804, near the Chenail Écarté and St. Clair rivers, close to present-day Wallaceburg, Ontario. Local chiefs complained it was settled without permission. John T. McDonald, a Scottish settler, farmed there with his wife Nancy.