The Lightkeeper’s House, Cape Disappointment — Haunted?

The Gray’s Harbor College website says: Grays Harbor College’s EDventures takes a Ghostly Tour to Pacific County—Hosted by the GHC Community Education program, a full day of ghostly sites is planned on the Long Beach Peninsula, including the Oysterville Cemetery, Light Keeper’s residence at Cape Disappointment, Mrs. Crouch’s historic home and lots more… To sign up for this ghostly experience, contact Chelcie Bailey, Community Education specialist now located on the lower level of the Spellman Library, 360.538.4088, chelcie.bailey@ghc.edu.

You have to read between the lines (or investigate a bit more thoroughly) to learn it’s happening a week from tomorrow, on Saturday, October 24^th and that I will be the friendly ghost tour leader! Part of ‘the package’ includes a copy of my book, Ghost Stories of the Long Beach Peninsula. And, we’ll be taking our lunch break here at the old Oysterville Parsonage so there’s always the chance that Mrs. Crouch will make herself known.

The Old Oysterville Parsonage where Mrs. Crouch once lived.

Reverend Josiah and his wife, Sarah, arrived in Oysterville in June 1892. The following July, while accompanying her husband on church call up the Willapa River, Sarah drowned under mysterious circumstances. She is said to haunt the erstwhile parsonage and has been given credit for all manner of unexplained ‘happenings’ over the years. She has yet to make an actual appearance, but, even I (a non-believer in ghosts) have to admit that she ‘makes herself known’ now and then in no uncertain terms!

I’m looking forward to the tour next week. It could be quite the EDventure – you never can tell with ghosts!