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GIBRALTAR POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Lighthouse keeper J.P. Radan Muller was murdered and buried here by drunken soldiers in 1815. Muller’s dismembered body lay in a coffin in the sand until 1893, when the lighthouse keeper at the time found it. All that was left was Muller’s jawbone. The lighthouse, located on the Toronto Islands, is now haunted by Muller. Many people have reported seeing his ghost and hearing wailing sounds coming from the area.
GRAND FORKS
Grand Forks, North Dakota has many ghosts, and the University of North Dakota is no different. In 1962, a female student slipped on the ice on her way to the dining hall and froze to death. Her spirit haunts the grounds. Another ghost at the university is that of a young girl with short dark hair. Standing at about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and wearing a nightgown, she floats through the school’s tunnels. Witnesses say she has no legs.
GRAVEYARDS
You’ve seen them in a million movies and music videos – haunted graveyards. One of many real-life examples is the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Pictures of orbs and recordings of an old man coughing and his evil laughing are just a few of the documented happenings in this graveyard. Most curious is the phantom house. Tourists and locals alike have seen a house appear and disappear before their eyes. When it does appear, it roots itself on top of a square patch of faded grass, as if there actually used to be something there. People have photographed this oddity: upon development, the photos show an eerie, lighted outline of a house.
GRAY LADIES
These are spirits of women who spent their last days waiting for their love (often men at sea) to return to them. Sadness and grief (or rather a broken heart) are usually blamed for their death, although some took their own lives. There are gray ladies all throughout the world, many in Europe, and they stay behind in the hopes of reuniting with their true love.
GREMLIN
Gremlins are small beings that haunt aircrafts, especially those belonging to the military. During World War I and World War II, many pilots had run-ins with these creatures. Sometimes they are helpful, but they have been known to, as quoted in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS, “drink fuel, bore holes in the aircraft, bite through cables, sever fuel lines, slash wings with invisible scissors, and punch and pinch gunners and bombardiers as they line targets up in their sights.” THE SIMPSONS “Treehouse of Horror IV” had a segment called “Terror at 5 ½ Feet”, where Bart sees a gremlin dismantling the side of his school bus.
GUTHRIE THEATER
In February 1967, a young man named Richard Miller took his own life. He was an usher at the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota. After his death, theatergoers would complain of an usher who would walk back and forth non-stop through Row 18. This was one of Richard Miller’s rows. The witnesses’ descriptions fit Richard to the very last detail. Aside from walking up and down Row 18, Richard’s ghost never speaks and follows patrons’ movements with his head or eyes.