in, the ghost turned, stared at the startled young man for a moment, and left.
To this day, the legend of the roundhouse ghost persists, and although the railway and buildings are long gone, some, like Leo Evans, believe the ghost is still there, moving in the tall grass where the roundhouse once stood.
The Pipe-smoking Ghost
T here are people who, when entering an empty building, feel an energy and instantly know they arenât alone. Gloria Burbidge found out through some mysterious clues that her two-hundred-year-old Brooklyn, Nova Scotia store is inhabited by something other than humans: objects are often not in their proper places, doors that were locked securely for the night are found open in the morningâand most mornings when Gloria arrives at the store, thereâs a heavy odour of pipe tobacco in the air.
Gloria and close members of her staff didnât speak of what was on their minds for quite sometime, but it soon became readily apparent to everyone that what was happening wasnât the work of a prankster, but a genuine ghost. So, with a country sense of humour, they christened their resident ghost Hector. Whenever something fell from a shelf, everyone would nod in agreement. Hector is about.
In an attempt to get to the bottom of this Maritime Mystery, Gloria called on the talents of two psychics, who both spent a considerable amount of time touching and smelling things on the first floor. But when Gloria took each psychic up to the attic on separate occasions, it was a different matter. The first psychic spend only a short time in the room and said the energy and force there was so heavy she had to leave. The second psychic didnât make it to the attic. She didnât even get to the top of the stairs before collapsing in an emotional state. From their reaction, it was obvious Hector was in the attic. The second psychic told the owner that she had a vision of someone being thrown down a flight of stairs. According to local history, there is a story that there was a tavern located upstairs in the store over a hundred years ago, where, the story goes, a man was killed when he was thrown down the stairs.
To this day, a beverage salesman will not go into the storage room alone. A couple of years ago he was checking supplies when he suddenly felt something strange near him. When he recovered from the shock of whatever it was, he told the staff that he hadnât seen anyone, but a pungent odour had overwhelmed him. He said he would quit his job before heâd go back there alone again.
Gloria recalls another incident when a young man planned on staying in the store overnight to raise money for a rock-a-thon. No sooner had he settled in for the night when a ghostly and shadowy figure crossed in front of him.
Whenever customers step inside the Brooklyn general store, theyâre greeted warmly by Gloria Burbidge and her staff, Some sniff the airâthe familiar smell of pipe tobacco is everywhere. They nervously steal a glance towards the stairs that go up to the attic, wondering if the ghost of Hector is coming downâ¦
Chapter Three
Sea Stories
JeromeâA Man of Mystery
T he tides of the Bay of Fundy wash against the Digby shores and leave behind familiar, and sometimes strange and peculiar, flotsam and jetsam, but nothing as strange as what two fishermen found early one morning in the mid 1860s.
The day before the discovery, local fishermen watched intently from the deck of their vessels, from the shores and houses of Digby Neck, as a mysterious ship sailed back and forth close to the coastline. It was not like any ship they had ever seen. They agreed that it must be from some foreign land. That night, discussions at their supper tables revolved around why this mystery ship was staying so close to the Digby shore.
The next morning, two local fishermen were walking along the beach at Sandy Cove and may have unknowingly solved the mystery of the ship that had stayed just
To this day, the legend of the roundhouse ghost persists, and although the railway and buildings are long gone, some, like Leo Evans, believe the ghost is still there, moving in the tall grass where the roundhouse once stood.
The Pipe-smoking Ghost
T here are people who, when entering an empty building, feel an energy and instantly know they arenât alone. Gloria Burbidge found out through some mysterious clues that her two-hundred-year-old Brooklyn, Nova Scotia store is inhabited by something other than humans: objects are often not in their proper places, doors that were locked securely for the night are found open in the morningâand most mornings when Gloria arrives at the store, thereâs a heavy odour of pipe tobacco in the air.
Gloria and close members of her staff didnât speak of what was on their minds for quite sometime, but it soon became readily apparent to everyone that what was happening wasnât the work of a prankster, but a genuine ghost. So, with a country sense of humour, they christened their resident ghost Hector. Whenever something fell from a shelf, everyone would nod in agreement. Hector is about.
In an attempt to get to the bottom of this Maritime Mystery, Gloria called on the talents of two psychics, who both spent a considerable amount of time touching and smelling things on the first floor. But when Gloria took each psychic up to the attic on separate occasions, it was a different matter. The first psychic spend only a short time in the room and said the energy and force there was so heavy she had to leave. The second psychic didnât make it to the attic. She didnât even get to the top of the stairs before collapsing in an emotional state. From their reaction, it was obvious Hector was in the attic. The second psychic told the owner that she had a vision of someone being thrown down a flight of stairs. According to local history, there is a story that there was a tavern located upstairs in the store over a hundred years ago, where, the story goes, a man was killed when he was thrown down the stairs.
To this day, a beverage salesman will not go into the storage room alone. A couple of years ago he was checking supplies when he suddenly felt something strange near him. When he recovered from the shock of whatever it was, he told the staff that he hadnât seen anyone, but a pungent odour had overwhelmed him. He said he would quit his job before heâd go back there alone again.
Gloria recalls another incident when a young man planned on staying in the store overnight to raise money for a rock-a-thon. No sooner had he settled in for the night when a ghostly and shadowy figure crossed in front of him.
Whenever customers step inside the Brooklyn general store, theyâre greeted warmly by Gloria Burbidge and her staff, Some sniff the airâthe familiar smell of pipe tobacco is everywhere. They nervously steal a glance towards the stairs that go up to the attic, wondering if the ghost of Hector is coming downâ¦
Chapter Three
Sea Stories
JeromeâA Man of Mystery
T he tides of the Bay of Fundy wash against the Digby shores and leave behind familiar, and sometimes strange and peculiar, flotsam and jetsam, but nothing as strange as what two fishermen found early one morning in the mid 1860s.
The day before the discovery, local fishermen watched intently from the deck of their vessels, from the shores and houses of Digby Neck, as a mysterious ship sailed back and forth close to the coastline. It was not like any ship they had ever seen. They agreed that it must be from some foreign land. That night, discussions at their supper tables revolved around why this mystery ship was staying so close to the Digby shore.
The next morning, two local fishermen were walking along the beach at Sandy Cove and may have unknowingly solved the mystery of the ship that had stayed just
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