Spikehorn, The Bear Whisperer

Meet Spikehorn. Spikehorn was probably Michigan's most eccentric character of all-time. The guy was totally nuts.

This is Spikehorn.

This is Spikehorn.

Harrison, Michigan's most colorful character was John “Spikehorn” Meyers, known to thousands of Michigan residents simply as Spikehorn.

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Spikehorn was a showman, naturalist, politician, coal miner, tile manufacturer, furniture builder, inventor, realtor, bear hunter, lumberjack, and above all, individualist.

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This was his Bear & Deer Park.

This was his Bear & Deer Park.

According to neighbors, Spikehorn’s interest in the woods and buckskins developed around 1930 when he opened his Bear and Deer Park.

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