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Scary Stories in the Barn at Mt. Gulian
Mount Gulian Historic Site holds its annual Scary Stories in the Barn on Friday evening, October 26 at 7pm. Storyteller Kathy Devine will tell outrageous chilling and gripping stories for only the brave.
No stranger to the paranormal, Mount Gulian has its own ghost story, which dates back to the day the homestead was destroyed by a catastrophic fire in 1931. Something happened that day that set all the neighborhood talking. As reported in local newspapers, there were too many witnesses, to many reliable ones, to ignore the tale without some wonder as to what it meant.
Four people reported the exact account. One of them was a police officer that had been detailed to guard the rescued furniture. He, and the three men standing with him, saw for the space of nearly half an hour, a scene in what had been one of the upper rooms of the older part of the house that stirred all four to bewildered comment and held their close and undivided attention.
The room they looked into was lighted, not by the fire but by a woman holding a candle high in her hand so as to throw its light on a desk at which a man was seated writing. He was dressed in the fashion of an earlier century; his hair was tied back in a queue, and his clothes were recognizably different from those worn at the time. The lady holding the candlestick also wore a dress belonging to another age.
As the candle burned down, the woman would raise it higher so that its light would fall full on the desk. The witnesses sensed that what was being written required both haste and concentration. The apparitions appeared intent on the completion of the task. To the spectators below, gazing up at this scene, the whole thing was so vivid, so completely impossible and yet so evidently before their eyes, that they stood breathlessly watching the scene, oblivious to what was going on about them. Suddenly the fire in the lower rooms gained headway. The old beams burned through, there was a more intense blaze, the timbers fell and the scene in the upper room vanished in smoke and darkness.
To their dying days the men swore that they had seen what they had seen.
Tales like the Mount Gulian ghost story will be told by Ms. Devine. Admission is $5 adults; $4 children; $3 members. Membership is open to the public. Refreshments will be available. The program is recommended for children five and older. Guests are advised to dress warmly as the historic barn is not heated. Reservations are not required, but seating is limited. Doors open at 6:30. For more information call Mount Gulian at 845-831-8172.
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