|
|
The haunted Heceta
Head Lighthouse is located in Florence, Oregon and
overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Built in 1894, it took five
years to build due to its steep location, standing 205
feet above the water.
This haunted
lighthouse is known to be haunted by a friendly elderly
lady who appears as a smoky-gray apparition, her name is
"Rue." This "Gray Lady" has a habit of moving objects
when work is being done - especially at the keeper's
house.
The grave of a baby has been found on the
haunted Heceta Head Lighthouse grounds,
and is
believed to possibly be Rue's
child. Rue has not only been known to
move items, but to also set off fire alarms
while workers paint, opens and closes cupboard doors, and she
has been heard walking upstairs! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A worker who once encountered the Gray
Lady, refused to return to the attic again. After he
accidentally broke an attic window while doing work on
the outside of the house, he elected to repair it from the
outside. That night, workers could hear the glass that
he left lying on the attic floor scraping upon the wooden
boards. Upon checking the attic the next morning, they
found the glass was neatly swept up into a pile for
them!
Many have seen Rue peering down at them from
an attic window, which only substantiates the claims of the Gray Lady
still living within the haunted Heceta Head Lighthouse. Today, the Heceta
Head Lighthouse keeper's house is a bed and breakfast. We imagine
that Rue is very pleased to have her home
so well kept... |
|
|
|
|
|
Left:
Photograph
of the Heceta
Lighthouse
keeper's house.
Photos by the Oregon Park
Service.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
