This sounds so ridiculous, but I’m going to ask anyway. My cousin Eric claims that several coastal towns and islands on the eastern seaboard have ghosts that appear just prior to a hurricane striking. Seems that if you see the ghost, then a hurricane’s eye will pass by soon. Also, if you see the ghost, you and your home will be spared.
I’d dismiss this as more of his foolishness, and yet I seem to remember once hearing a legend about something like this…
Any Eastern Dopers know anything about this? I’m certain I’ve never seen it on the Weather channel!
The folklore author Charles Whedbee wrote a series of books about the legends surrounding the Outer Banks (and nearby coastal plains) of North Carolina. One of the volumes (can’t recall the title, but I do have the book boxed up here) has a story about the “Gray Man of Hatteras” - according to Whedbee, this is alleged to be the ghost of a man named Gray who lived in Hatteras Village during the last century. When a large storm or hurricane threatens, he can be seen dressed in old-fashioned rainproof gear, standing atop a high sand dune and waving his arms as though warning the local residents to danger. If approached, he vanishes without a trace. However, he is seen as a benevolent presence.
That’s all I know of this particular ghost; sorry it’s sketchy.
Yes. This is true. Absolutely true, beyond a shadow of a doubt, no question. It is the one and only ghost story to have been verified by multiple independent laboratories across the country. It has been endorsed by Nobel laureates worldwide. It made CNN, MSNBC, and the Weekly World News. :rolleyes:
Seriously, Biotop, if you were asking if other people had heard this, I withdraw my attack and replace it with an admonishment to be more clear in your OPs.
BUT, if you were asking if this tripe is real, you deserve all that and more. You should know by now what kind of response this will get here.