One home had a wall punctured and some windows were taken out by the ice sheets, but fortunately, there was only property damage and no reported injuries to anyone living on the lake.

VIDEO: Strong wind gusts pile up ice on Mille Lacs shoreline

Steve Peterson told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he has lived and visited Mille Lacs for five decades and this is the first time he's seen ice sheets this big. All he could do is watch as they approached his back yard.

"You could see it coming across the lake and you could hear it because it sounded like breaking glass," said Peterson. "And then it looks like a volcano, it piles up then comes down and then piles back up even higher."

Residents here said there is not much they can do to remove the ice other than to wait for a few 70 degree days and then they expect most of the ice will be gone.