Editing Lake Orion, Michigan (section)

===Folklore===
The story of the Lake Orion Dragon says that sometime in the 1800s, a group of local children played a prank by building a fake dragon and launching it on the lake. A number of people saw it and soon Lake Orion was known for its dragon. There are competing stories about who made it and how it was built, but most agreed that a Levi A. Wild was responsible.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

"That same year [1894] the Lake Orion 'dragon' made its entrance into Orion history. First seen by two ladies near the present Robert's Rondevoo cove, the animal grew in length as the story grew in listeners. What had started out as an average-sized lake monster was claimed by some to be at least eighty feet long. Detroit and other newspapers joshingly suggested, upon hearing of the behemoth, that Orion residents should 'drink more well-water in the future.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oaklandcountyhistory.org/awweb/pdfopener?md=1&did=88176|title=ORION SINCE 1818|last=Scott|first=Paul M.|date=June 2, 1976|website=oaklandcountyhistory.org|access-date=March 1, 2023}}</ref> The nickname of [[Lake Orion High School]]'s sports teams (the Dragons) derives from this.