The Creepy Small Town In Connecticut With Insane Paranormal Activity
Burlington, Connecticut looks like any other small New England town… Old architecture, charming storefronts and lots of natural beauty. But this scenic hill town is also home to a number of ghosts. People are surprised to find that this place has more than one haunting, likely because it’s only 30 square miles in size. A daytime visit to Burlington, Connecticut would certainly be a picture perfect escape, but it’s a totally different story at night…
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Burlington can be hauntingly beautiful and eerily quiet. But it's not just the feeling that there are ghosts, it's the actual sightings.
Tory Prison is a small but historic structure that sits beside a narrow road. People have reported seeing ghosts of British soldiers in chains and hearing moans echoing from the structure.
The Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery is unusual in that a combination of weathering and vandalism has left the land mostly bare. But one tombstone outlasted the others. It belonged to the Green Lady herself, Elizabeth Palmiter. The famous drowned woman is said to haunt these grounds, followed by a green mist.
Though the entrance looks like a mere pile of stones, the bodies buried underneath are restless. The nearby Lampson Corner Cemetery also has ghostly sightings, strange mists and floating orbs. Yikes!
The most famous story to come out of Lampson is the young man standing atop the hill. A hiker once asked him for the time but the young man promptly disappeared. When the hiker followed after him there was no trace. Just the grave of a WWII soldier.
No place is really safe from sightings, though. A distant figure at the dam, a curious fog at the church, something moving out of the corner of your eye... In a town this old, there are too many uncovered secrets to count.
Taylor Ellis grew up in southern Connecticut. She is a social boss who has worked with several major sites and brands. Follow her at taylorellisblogger.com
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