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Case# B3212 Location: Thornbury, Ontario. "Thornbury Manor" Activity Reported: apparitions, mysterious voices, laughter and footsteps.. Activity witnessed by Cold Spot: shadow figure seen, chair shaking on its own... |
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Activity Reports Click Here to submit a report ACTIVITY WITNESSED BY COLD SPOT: - a chair shaking on its own. - shadow figure - a "sigh" in the upstairs bathroom leading to the Widow's Walk REPORTS FROM OTHER SOURCES: Built in 1860, this manor is known for its 'Lady In The Widow's Walk'. People passing by the house have reported seeing a female apparition looking out the window of the old Widow's Walk when the house was empty. Sometimes she is seen shining a light in the window. Other times just her light is seen. It is believed that the apparition is Henrietta Oldfield, still trying to guide the "fishermen" of days past by lighting their path across the Georgian Bay. - a guest reported seeing two apparitions standing by one of the beds upstairs. - a guest reported what felt like an unknown source reaching into his chest. - a rocking chair that is rumoured to have been left with the house has been known to rock on its own when nobody is sitting in it. - doors have been heard opening on their own upstairs when nobody was upstairs. - there are reports of people, especially women, being touched by an unseen source on the main staircase. - mysterious voices, laughter and footsteps. - pots and knives have moved on their own. - bolted doors have opened on their own. |
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Site History The first time this Victorian house was turned into a restaurant/inn it was called Oldfield's, then it was Benningtons, then Carriages, then Carriages Country Inn, then Fitzgerald's, then finally Thornbury Manor. The property was first owned by Solomon Olmstead, Thornbury's first white settler, but he did not build the house. Thomas Andrews purchased the property from Solomon Olmstead and he built this Victorian house in 1860 and lived there with his family. Then, sea captain, Captain W.H. Oldfield purchased the house around 1912 and Oldfield's family lived in it for about 40 years. It is said that Captain Oldfield operated the first fishing fleet on Georgian Bay and that during the Great Depression he gave fish to townsfolk in need. Henrietta Oldfield, the Captain's wife, used to hang a lantern or "beacon" in the attic window to guide the "twalers" safely into Thornbury harbour which is directly across the street. Some have seen her in the Widow's Walk window still shining her light. The Oldfield family lived in this Victorian house in a grand and exuberant style. The fishermen hung their nets out to dry on the river banks of the Beaver River next to the house, and the back kitchen of the house rang to their laughter and stories as they mended their nets in the evening, before retiring to their sleeping quarters up the back stairs. Some say these voices and footsteps can still be heard. |
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