|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Irish
Mountain Bed and Breakfast -Pamper Yourself- |
|
|||||
|
|
GhostsIrish Mountain B&B was built in 1988 and as far as we know is not haunted, but our guests have told us many ghost stories about a former brothel a 20-minute drive from here. Over the years, many have tried to run a restaurant in that former brothel now called Owen’s Country Restaurant near Owen Sound. Up until now, all have failed. Most recently, before it’s present incarnation as Owen’s, it was called Shipwreck Lee’s. Early in 2005, we had Mike, a medical doctor from Detroit and his wife staying with us and they recounted the tale below in our comment book. Coming from a science-based man like Mike, the story seemed so powerful that we decided to copy it here for all those who have an interest in things supernatural. Some of our guests have reported really good meals at Owen’s Country Restaurant, and we hope that their business will thrive so that those of you brave enough to want to try a supernatural experience can. Here is Mike’s account of what happened that day. On New Year’s Day, Sara and I went to Inglis falls and had a wonderful day walking through the woods. After our hike we were looking for a place to get a bite to eat. Everything was closed but then we stumbled on a beautiful old house that, unfortunately, had been turned into pirate-themed restaurant named, of all things, Shipwreck Lee’s. Both Sara and I were sad that such a beautiful old Victorian-styled home had been turned into all things, a corny American styled tourist destination. We walked into the front door I wasn’t sure it was open since there was only one other car in the lot . . . The large wooden door opened and I was greeted by a shipper waitress dressed in appropriate pirate attire. We took our seat in what was once the formal dining room of a very privileged home. There was no one else in the restaurant apart from a German speaking family in an entirely separate area… After the waitress took our order, I immediately began to feel somewhat strange. I could not place or describe what I was feeling but maybe could only describe it as an aura. As our appetizer came and we ate I just glanced around the whole house. Everything looked so surreal. After paying the bill I asked the waitress where the restroom was. She directed me up the old wooden staircase. After climbing the old wood stairs I entered the bathroom. When I opened the door I heard a light bang from deep in the restroom, the door was open, but the bathroom was completely dark. I walked into the room and turned the light on but immediately felt very strange. I noticed but didn’t think much of it at the time a light, a blue light coming from the roofing duct, I quickly went to the bathroom and walked immediately out without washing my hands as I walked down the stairs I noticed the same blue light coming from the heating vent at the top of the opposite stairwell. As I walked down I noticed Sara leaving the restaurant., I couldn’t leave just yet, I walked through the bar area and found the waitress. I asked her a question that I have never asked anyone in my life I asked her if any of the wait staff thought the house was haunted, she said with quite a shocked look on her face. "Yes, they do, I asked why they think so. She said that there were many things that customers have said. I asked "like what." She said that once this summer a woman was waiting for a table on the porch she ran in screaming and crying that she had seen a young girl hanging from a rope from one of the trees. She was so upset that she took her family out of the restaurant in complete tears. She also told me as I pressed her that a lot of customers have remarked to her about "things"going on in the bathroom upstairs. (in the same bathroom). I asked her if this old house had a past. She said back when this house was a brothel a man was shot to death upstairs, I then asked of he was shot in the bathroom and she said she didn’t think so, I then asked why there were blue lights coming from out of the heating and cooling vents, She looked a me with an even stranger look and said. "What blue lights?" I walked out of the house without answering her. This is an absolute 100 % true story. Mike Jan. 2, 2005 Over the years many others have told similar tales over the breakfast table at Irish Mountain. |
|
|
|
|||||||||
 |
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
