Scary October: St. Augustine Lighthouse
In celebration of my favorite month, October, I'm featuring a different scary story every Friday. This week I'm spotlighting a location that would be interesting even if it wasn't haunted. St. Augustine is the oldest continuously-occupied city in America and this lighthouse is the oldest surviving brick structure in the town.
Peter Rasmussen was the original lighthouse keeper. He was known to be a strict manager who regularly smoked cigars while on duty. To this day, visitors report smelling cigar smoke while in the lighthouse.
But visitors are far more enthralled by the ghosts of two little girls, Eliza and Mary Pity. Eliza, 13, and Mary, 15, drowned on the property in 1873.
The Pity girlsToday, people report a variety of activities inside the lighthouse. A young girl has been seen in period dress at the top of the lighthouse. A door that is closed and locked every evening is frequently found unlocked and open by the morning staff member--somehow without having tripped the alarm.
To this day, Ghost Hunters' episode about the St. Augustine lighthouse is considered one of its best. Sounds were captured on camera throughout the night, but perhaps the spookiest moment was one where you could actually see a black blob peek over the railing, then disappear.
Come back next week for the final stop on my ghost tour:
Peter Rasmussen was the original lighthouse keeper. He was known to be a strict manager who regularly smoked cigars while on duty. To this day, visitors report smelling cigar smoke while in the lighthouse.
But visitors are far more enthralled by the ghosts of two little girls, Eliza and Mary Pity. Eliza, 13, and Mary, 15, drowned on the property in 1873.
The Pity girlsToday, people report a variety of activities inside the lighthouse. A young girl has been seen in period dress at the top of the lighthouse. A door that is closed and locked every evening is frequently found unlocked and open by the morning staff member--somehow without having tripped the alarm.
To this day, Ghost Hunters' episode about the St. Augustine lighthouse is considered one of its best. Sounds were captured on camera throughout the night, but perhaps the spookiest moment was one where you could actually see a black blob peek over the railing, then disappear.
Come back next week for the final stop on my ghost tour:
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