Ghost Island Lighthouse Keepers

South stack lighthouse earned itself a place in two books haunted britain and south stack.

Ghost island lighthouse keepers. Established in 1795 seguin island s 64 acres is home to the second oldest lighthouse in maine a building which holds the oldest fresnel lens in the state. Georgetown maine when built. Landing ashore is a bit tricky from what i ve read but certainly doable leaving ample opportunity to explore the lighthouse and. From aliens fairies and religious superstition locals truly believed it was something other worldly.

Its destination was the lighthouse at eilean mor a remote island which apart from its lighthouse keepers was completely uninhabited. If you re keen on experiencing a ghost encounter with the ghosts at the great isaac cay lighthouse you ll need a boat. Though the lighthouse which was built in 1857 was automated in the mid 80s it would seem that a few of the. Build in 1833 the original goat island lighthouse served as it still does today to guide mariners as they navigated the chain of stony islands that make up an archipelago in cape porpoise harbor near kennebunkport.

The north room of currituck lighthouse. Today it is rumored to be haunted by a former lighthouse keeper a man named david watson who lived alone in the lighthouse for seven years. Since their disappearance in december of 1900 the fates of the lighthouse keepers of eilean mor have been unknown. According to only in your state s beth wellford he died there under unknown circumstances.

Their bodies were never found and while it. Although uninhabited the island has always sparked people s interest. For over a century the barren island was occupied by lighthouse keepers but on august 4 1969 it was discovered that the caretakers had gone missing. Located on the virginia portion of the barrier island this historic structure dates all the way back to 1833.

Welcome to seguin island one of the most haunted places in new england. Superstition aside did love solve the mysterious lighthouse keeper disappearance. Sadie s bedroom was in the north room of the house. Here are our favorite outer banks ghost stories from north end of the island to south.

Sadie johnson was the young daughter of the light keeper and her family was the first to live in the light keeper s quarters at the currituck lighthouse. Anglesey s famous lighthouse thanks to its spectral resident lighthouse keeper jack jones according to south stack author ian jones the lighthouse was a merry place right up until the night of october 25 1853 when one of the worst storms ever hit the coastline where south stack is situated. The station which guards the harbor was upgraded in 1859 to the current brick tower and keeper s quarters were added in 1860. The island is located about 20 nautical miles north northwest of north bimini island.

According to the legend to help her fight the loneliness and depression of the isolated island the lighthouse keeper had a. On the 26th december 1900 a small ship was making its way to the flannan islands in the remote outer hebrides.