Covered Bridge, resulting in years of
comeuppance for
some
of the curious who
venture there. Stories that have been passed down
include hearing the sounds of ropes tightening and
stretching, having scratched and bloodied cars, and
seeing fl oating apparitions.
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dead horseman named Boots Berry, at the popular
Green Mountain Inn?
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Legend says Boots was born in room 302 of the inn, to
a chambermaid, back in 1840. His fi rst claim to fame
was rescuing passengers in a coach whose horses
had bolted. Unfortunately, the notoriety went to his
head, and he turned to drink, losing his position at
the inn. He wandered the country, ending up in jail
in New Orleans, where a fellow inmate taught him
to tap dance. Released from prison, he returned
home to Stowe and the inn. One snowy night in
1902, in the middle of a raging snowstorm, Boots saw
a small child climb from a guest room window and
out onto the roof. Racing up a secret passageway he
remembered from his childhood, Boots grabbed the
girl and returned her to safety, but slipped on the
icy roof and plunged to his death. Since then, guests
in room 302 have told tales of their personal items
randomly going missing, and of hearing the sound of
tap-dancing on the roof during snowstorms.
Green Mountain Inn,
18 Main Street, Stowe
Home to Th e Whip Bar & Grill, and their decadent
signature dessert ‘Sac de Bon Bon’ .
If you’re looking for a ghost who might pull out all the
stops to get a rise out of you, look no further than Th e
Inns at Th e Equinox, in Manchester, Vermont.
Th e complex has a history that dates back to 1769 and
our American Revolution. Called Marsh Tavern in
those days, it was the place where Ira Allen proposed
taking property that belonged to the Tories in order
to raise money to buy weapons for his brother Ethan’s
militia. Th e infamous, ‘Green Mountain Boys’ spent
a fair amount of time strategizing and drinking in
Marsh Tavern, and it’s speculated some of those
hard-partying spirits might still be kicking around.
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