Emily's covered bridge in Vermont #1

by Jeff Folger

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Emily's covered bridge in Vermont #1

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Jeff Folger

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Photograph - Art Creations

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Nearby to Stowe Vermont (just off Route 100 and south of Stowe) There are a couple of covered bridges and this particular one has a storied tale. The Gold brook covered bridge is perhaps better known as Emily's covered bridge, and is reputed to be haunted. This story stems from a teenager who in 1968 wrote a story about Emily's ghost. One account is that Emily, on her way to her wedding, was run down by a runaway team of horses (or her horse threw her and she plunged to the rocks below the bridge and another was that Emily was to have met her lover (of whom her parents did not approve) at the bridge so they could elope. Emily waited at the bridge, but her guy never showed up. Brokenhearted, she hanged herself from a rafter. Another is that One woman said she made up the story to keep her children from crossing the bridge. (probably most true) But either way there are few direct accounts of a specteral encounter. Many people that have visited Emilys Bridge have experienced disturbing paranormal activity. People have reported scratch marks appearing on vehicles that were parked on the bridge, and being touched or scratched by Emily's ghost. Often strange noises are heard on the bridge, noises such as footsteps, ropes tightening, and a girl screaming. Many also have reported seeing a white apparition around the area of Emily's Bridge. People that have parked their vehicle on the haunted bridge say they tend to hear banging noses from Emily hitting the vehicle on the outside, or the sound of something dragging across the top of the car. The most paranormal events tend to take place between the hours of dusk and 9pm. Stowe police often do rounds to the bridge since there are so many noise complaints and teenagers drinking under the bridge.

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January 2nd, 2019

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