The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

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Ghosts aplenty here

We have all experienced the
feeling of fear-the kind that
starts at the base of your
stomach, slowly creeping its
way up to your throat, leaving
a trail of goose bumps
along its path until finally
jumping out of your throat in
the form of a scream.
From unexplainable sounds
of crying babies to dancing
witches, it appears that
Pennsylvania’s past is very
much alive and is willing to
share if you are.
Bucks’ very own Tyler Hall
is haunted by its old administrator
Stella Tyler. She is said
to be roaming the halls keeping
an eye on her building,
and is mostly seen in ‘The
Dungeon.’
A more famous haunting is
the one of George School. It
is said that this private school
harbors an extremely dark
presence; so dark is its presence
that it is reported no
light can pass through it.
This spot is located in the
middle of the basement of
Tate House and all candles as
well as flashlights extinguish
themselves and leave the visitor
in complete darkness.
The reason for these strange
events is the grave of a
Hessian soldier is under the
floor boards of this house.
Dr. James Tate inherited
this house in 1781 from his
father. He found out that the
soldier was captured by Tate
to be experimented on, dissected
and studied.
However, in a last-ditch
effort to escape, the soldier
played possum as Tate
neared with a lit candle to
investigate. Then, Tate finished
him off as the soldier
grabbed his arm, extinguishing
the candle. When Tate
was finished with the autopsy,
he buried the body in his
cellar. Now, when the lights
are off, you hear the rush of
heavy footsteps toward the
door, as if someone was trying
to escape.
If you are willing to travel a
little further for a scare, there
are some ghastly tales that
linger right in Philadelphia.
Amongst the hustle and bustle
of the city life, hides the
birth place of the paranormal.
Just go to the Baleroy
Mansion on 111 West
Mermaid Lane in the
Chestnut Hill area.
This mansion is said to hold
a number of different ghosts;
a little boy and an angry old
lady who threatens guests as
they walk by the second floor.
But the most famous ghoul
would have to be Amelia.
Amelia has a chair located
in the Blue Room of the
Baleroy. Amelia’s chair is a
200-year-old blue upholstered
wing chair, and if you
sit in it she will attempt to
take your life. So far, she has
taken four.
It is said that the Church of
St. Luke in Philadelphia had
an extremely strange phenomenon
back in 1975.
There is a 28-inch statue of
Jesus Christ that sits 12 feet
above the altar. Reports say
that this statue actually bled
from the hands for nearly a
year. The statue was x-rayed
and its arms were broken off
for inspection, but no tubes or
any other sign of fakery was
uncovered. The fluid was
analyzed and the reports
came back saying that it was
actual human blood.
The dark red blood came
from the plaster wounds in
the hands of the statue. The
owner of this statue is Ann
Poore and she said that she
developed bleeding stigmata
in her own palms.
Then there is Hexenkopf, or
Witches Head, located in
Berks County.
Crop Circles, or “Hexen
Danz” to the Pennsylvania
Dutch, are just flattened circles
of wheat. But to the
Dutch, the crop circles are
blamed on the “Dancing
Witches” who gathered upon
a hill every May 1, with their
phantoms. The witches,
phantoms and strange balls
of light are seen today dancing
upon the hill.
So there you have it-some
local hauntings and legends
that should get your
Halloween off to a spooky
start.