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Hauntings: Outer Banks of North Carolina - Part I

I was a teenager when I read about how Nags Head got its name. Early settlers on the island were having a bad time. Crops had been poor and they needed money to buy seeds and provisions. They prayed. If a ship was doomed to run aground, let it be there. They did not want to cause a shipwreck, but if one was going to happen, let it be there. As fate had it, a ship ran aground and they would have what they needed for survival. Then some unscrupulous folks got the idea of attaching lanterns to horses’ necks and walking them on the beach. Ships’ captains thought they were farther out at sea because the lights appeared to be other ships and, relying on this, they ran aground and were pillaged. Legend has it that Blackbeard came up with the idea. This article is about Blackbeard and the ghost ship of Diamond Shoals. The Outer Banks of North Carolina are said to be haunted. Psychic phenomena or legend?

By: Jill Stefko

The Grey Man of Pawleys Island and the Ghosts of the Flagg Family

This has been a devastating season for hurricanes and destruction. When I think about hurricanes, I think of the grey man who has appeared on Pawleys Island and warned people to get off of the island because a hurricane is approaching. His appearance has been documented many times. His face is obscured by a grey hat. This is one of the first documented cases I read about. When I was in tenth grade, we had to write a story for English Class, so I changed the location to Dewey Beach, near Rehoboth, Delaware where friends of my parents had a cottage. I was shown and told about the “spook” house, a cottage about a block away that had been vacant for years. In those days, there were many vacant houses that people abandoned and were just left as is. The people who owned the house suddenly left it one day and left what was left of dinner on the table and stove. They never returned and it was never known why they left. So, it became the “spook” house while I never heard about any hauntings or apparitions. My teacher wrote a question on my paper. Was this a true story?

By: Jill Stefko

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