This ghost story out of Massachusetts is sure to leave you with a serious case of the chills and more than a few lingering questions. Here’s one of the most eerily baffling tales from the dark side of Bay State history.
Boston Light is a picturesque lighthouse off the coast of Cohasset. Looks can be deceiving, however – this lighthouse has an exceptionally haunted history.
Wikimedia Commons/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Light_Evening.JPG The lighthouse was built in 1783, which makes it the oldest in America. It was constructed to prevent ships from wrecking against the sharp rocks and hazardous shores surrounding Boston Harbor, and featured a loud bell that was meant to warn sailors away from the rocks on foggy evenings.
However, the native Quonahassit people had long held that the granite outcroppings in that area were inhabited by a demon calls Hobomock. The demons was said to cause great gales to well up along the coast and curse anyone who dared approach its domain.
Tragedy seemed to plague Boston Light from the beginning.
Flickr/Alexander Rabb The first lighthouse keeper, George Worthylake, drowned in the waters just off the lighthouse after his boat capsized in seemingly calm waters. He had only been on the job a few months, and his wife and infant child also drowned in the boating accident. The second keeper of the light, Robert Saunders, survived the job for less than a week before he also mysteriously drowned.
The ghosts of these doomed lighthouse keepers are said to roam waters around lighthouse to this day, sometimes appearing as waving arms breaking the surface of the surf or even appearing to visitors inside the lighthouse itself.
Even more bizarre, MIT researchers today are baffled by a unique phenomenon near the lighthouse nicknamed the “Ghost Walk.”
Flickr/Robert Linsdell
It’s an area of approximately six miles to the left of Boston Light where sound seems unable to penetrate. When ships sail into this Ghost Walk, the great bell of Boston Light is unable to warn them of danger.
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The lighthouse was built in 1783, which makes it the oldest in America. It was constructed to prevent ships from wrecking against the sharp rocks and hazardous shores surrounding Boston Harbor, and featured a loud bell that was meant to warn sailors away from the rocks on foggy evenings.
However, the native Quonahassit people had long held that the granite outcroppings in that area were inhabited by a demon calls Hobomock. The demons was said to cause great gales to well up along the coast and curse anyone who dared approach its domain.
Flickr/Alexander Rabb
The first lighthouse keeper, George Worthylake, drowned in the waters just off the lighthouse after his boat capsized in seemingly calm waters. He had only been on the job a few months, and his wife and infant child also drowned in the boating accident. The second keeper of the light, Robert Saunders, survived the job for less than a week before he also mysteriously drowned.
The ghosts of these doomed lighthouse keepers are said to roam waters around lighthouse to this day, sometimes appearing as waving arms breaking the surface of the surf or even appearing to visitors inside the lighthouse itself.
Flickr/Robert Linsdell
This eerie sound anomaly may explain the deaths of countless other lighthouse keepers and sailors around the lighthouse since its construction in the 1780s. But what is causing the Ghost Walk phenomenon? Could it be that the demon Hobomock has cursed the area out of anger that the lighthouse was constructed on his territory? Or is it just a simple trick of acoustics that has led to a string of unfortunate accidents?
If you like spooky stories and want to learn more about the haunted side of Massachusetts, check out these terrifying spots across the state with a paranormal reputation.
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