However, whenever these reports were investigated, not a living soul was found in the lighthouse. Some of the keepers didn’t even wait until daylight to get away from the lighthouse, calling the mainland and asking to be fetched from the place immediately.Īfter the lighthouse was automated in 1987, several reports filtered in from boat crews that a figure at the lighthouse had signaled to them or tried to lure them to the dock. His spirit frightened and annoyed the crew from the Coast Guard by making loud knocking sounds at night, pulling the bedding off of them while they were sleeping, and turning the television set on and off. Many people don’t believe that he killed himself, but the official story is that he cut his own throat with a fishing knife.īut Ernie allegedly refused to leave the lighthouse. Legend has it that a lighthouse keeper by the name of Ernie jumped from the roof of the lighthouse to the ocean below, where his body never resurfaced. Not long after, spooky things started happening there. The US Coast Guard began taking shifts at the New London Ledge Lighthouse in 1939. The book was open to a page where a previous visitor’s tale of a ghostly encounter in the lighthouse was recorded. He thought it was only his imagination, since he and a friend were the only ones staying at the lighthouse at the time, but he soon realized that may not have been true when he discovered the guestbook of the lighthouse in his room. The spookiest case involves a photographer named Steve Terrill who was looking for a ghostly shot of the lighthouse when he noticed a transparent figure looking at him from inside the attic. Naturally, he took to his heels, returning the next day to find the shards of glass from the broken window swept up and sitting neatly in a pile in the attic.
A worker who was tasked with replacing a broken window in the attic received the fright of his life when he saw the Gray Lady just floating around while he was working. Visitors have reported flickering lights when no one else was in the lighthouse, doors that seemingly lock themselves, and objects that disappear only to reappear in a different room. The apparition has been dubbed “The Gray Lady,” as she has been reported to wear a long, gray skirt while floating around the attic of the lighthouse, which has been renovated into a guesthouse. Heceta Head is allegedly haunted by the ghost of a mother whose baby daughter fell to her death from the cliff upon which it stands. Tragic female figures in flowing pale dresses have been haunting hundreds of locations around the world for centuries, and lighthouses are among them. The brave officer wasn’t too perturbed by this experience, however, staying until the next day to pack up all the items he came for and send the boat on its way.Ī freak accident caused the boat to sink, never to reach its destination. The bed he was sleeping in was shaking violently, and a voice screamed at him to get out of the building. During the night, the officer woke with a start. In 1985, a decision was made to decommission the lighthouse, and a warrant officer stayed the night to ensure all furniture and other items of value were packed and put onto a boat. Many people claim to have heard the ghostly sounds of piano music floating from the lighthouse at night, even though there’s been no piano inside for many years. Apparently driven to madness, he took an axe and bludgeoned his wife to death before committing suicide. She was very lonely and took to playing the piano at night to break the silence, but her husband seemingly had no outlet for his own feelings of isolation and loneliness. One of its earliest lighthouse keepers lived there with only the company of his wife for many years. The Seguin Island Lighthouse, built in 1857, is the tallest lighthouse in Maine.
Photo credit: Seguin Island Light Station
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