This Ghost story is based on actual events, and
takes place on Westchester Mountain, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Sometime about the year 1880 a man, by the name of Eagles, disappeared on
Westchester Mountain. A search was made for him but he was not found.
Some time after, a ghost was reported to have been seen by several different
people, and always at the same place on the Halifax road. One evening, the sun
was down, but it was not dark, Hugh Scott, who had been on a short visit to his
brother William, was coming home over the mountain on horseback, as that was
the way many folks traveled at that time. His horse had trotted or cantered for
several miles. He had eased him down to a walk and was about to fill his pipe,
had got from his pocket, knife, tobacco and pipe, had commenced to cut tobacco,
when he noticed what he supposed was someone walking close to his stirrup.
He took a second look and recognized Bill Eagles. He then whipped up his horse
and hurried away from there.
Sometime after he met his brother William, who
asked Hugh why he did not speak to Eagles and said that if he ever saw the
ghost he would ask him what he wanted. Several months after this William Scott
was traveling the same road on the way to visit Hugh and at nearly the same
place on the road he had allowed his horse to walk and had started to fill his
pipe, when he noticed Bill Eagles walking beside his horse. William Scott said,
"Hello, Bill, what do you want?" Bill Eagles said, "I want to be
buried." William Scott said, ''How will I find you?" Eagles said,
"You will find me just a short way up this little brook under a pile of
old brush." William Scott said, "All right, Bill, I'll attend to that
tomorrow", and went on his way to Hugh Scott's.
Next morning he wanted Hugh to go with him to look for Bill Eagles' remains.
Hugh could not go, so William went up on the mountain and got someone to go
with him. They found the pile of old brush without much trouble, gathered
Eagles' bones up the best they could, carried them out and buried them. Bill
Eagles' ghost was never seen again.
Many years afterwards, an old man by the name of Shacksteed died at Springhill
and before he died he told that many years before he had killed Eagles and took
his boots. Eagles was known to have a new pair of boots shortly before he went
missing, but no sign of boots was found with his bones.
Story
obtained from the Oxford Journal News Nov. 10, 1954. A Ghost story.
The paranormal world can very fascinating! If you
are from Nova Scotia, and have experienced something paranormal, or an event
that happened to someone you know, we would love to share your story!
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