Haunted Lakes of Vermont

Haunted Lakes of Vermont:
The Tavern Ghosts of Lake BomoseenBomoseen, VT 
Lake Bomoseen is no stranger to fame as it is Vermont's largest lake, but it's also home to a Vermont ghost legend. One night, long ago when Irish settlers called the place home, three men decided to go to their favorite tavern for a little nightcap. They had to take a rowboat in order to get across to lake to get to the tavern, but that was the last time they ever seen, because when there boat was found, they weren't in it and no bodies were ever recovered.

The lake grew around them: spawning a campground here and there, hiking, boating, fishing, and in 1960 it became a state park. But even though it grew from an Irish settlement where they would work at the local slate quarries to a state park, sometimes when the moon is lit right, a phantom row boat can still be seen going across the lake before disappearing without a trace.

Sources for this Article:

VTStateParks.com - Information on the lake can be found here.

GhostsofNewEngland.blogspot.com - Information on the ghost legend was found here.

The Phantom Steamboat of Lake MoreyFairlee, VT

Bitterness can make us do funny things that if not controlled can go to a new extreme. Such an event happened, when it all started back in 1807, when Robert Fulton's Clermont steamboat first launched onto the Hudson River. He's noted as the creator of the first steam engine boat, but those facts just don't add up to some people. The fact that does is that Fulton's steam boat was the first to be commercially successful, not the first ever though.

The first operational steam boat was a tiny one that was invented by Vermont's very own, Captain Samuel Morey as early as 1793. According to historical documents, it didn't even hold Morey, but it was still the FIRST steam boat. Whatever the argument may be, the atomicity grew within Morey about how Fulton stole his idea.

Granted, some documents say that he was frustrated person in life, but that's only because he way ahead of his time in terms of a scientific mind. One such story is of the Aunt Sally, his own boat, a prototype that he sank in frustration of the whole case of Robert Fulton and his Clermont. After that, he abandoned steam boats and went to gasoline powered engine.

Samuel Morey died on April 17th, 1843 a respected contributor to science and perhaps he passed happy and is enjoying his eternal sleep. His prototype, however, has been reported to not rest so easily...even if it did sank two centuries ago. Aunt Sally can't seem to rot in peace after her inventor deliberately sank her all these years ago, because they say that every month the steam boat rises from the depths of Lake Morey and sails one last time before disappearing in a fog. Some witnesses have even reported seeing Morey himself at the helm.

Until next time, this has been another Scared Sheetless. Happy hauntings graveyard disciples.

Sources for this story:

Vermonter.com

Haunted Vermont: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Green Mountain State by Charles A. Stansfield, Jr.