Ghost ships

What are ghost ships? The oldest seems to be the Griffon, launched in 1678 by the early French explorer and trader La Salle. The ship vanished on the return leg of its maiden voyage loaded with furs for trade. No trace of the ship was ever found until recently, when a possible candidate for the wreck was found by divers in the form of a very old hand-carved mast sticking out of the muck.

In any case, sailors have seen a ghostly apparition of the Griffon under full sail on several occasions crossing lake Michigan …

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