Inside
the Legend: Red Sky At Morning
So
you want to know about some ghost ships? You’ve
come to the right place. Before Sam and I encountered
a ghost ship, we’ve heard numerous stories of infamous
haunted ships. Such as the Queen Mary, Mary Celeste, among
others including the legendary Flying Dutchman.
QUEEN
MARY
The Queen Mary is one of
the most infamous ghost ships. Following the ship’s
retirement in 1967, it was moored in Long Beach, California
where she is now permanently docked as a tourist attraction.
Many rooms of the ghost ship is supposedly haunted by
ghosts and many people have reported having sightings
on board the ship.
The following is a video
of a ‘Ghost Hunters’ episode that documents
the Queen Mary haunting. As said before, unlike the Hellhounds,
these guys actually know their craft of investigating
paranormal activity:
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MARY
CELESTE
The Mary Celeste was originally
built in Nova Scotia as the Amazon in 1861, following
numerous misfortunes the ship was renamed the Mary Celeste
in 1869. On November 1872 the ship left the New York City
harbor on it’s final voyage.
On December 1872, the ship
was found drifting off the Portugal coast. The cargo was
still intact, but the people on board were never heard
from again. There were signs of a deliberate escape onto
the lifeboat. No one knows what happened. The only link
to what may have happened are mysterious bloodstains found
on the railings and a blood stained sword found under
the Captain’s bed.
THE
FLYING DUTCHMAN
The Flying Dutchman on its
final trip back to Holland from the Far East got caught
in a fierce storm out at sea. Captain van der Decken and
his crew battled the seas for long hours, desperately
trying to remain alive and afloat. However, it was a losing
battle and eventually the Flying Dutchman sunk into the
icy depths below. Sensing death, Captain van der Decken
screamed at the top of his lungs, “I WILL round
this Cape even if I have to keep sailing until doomsday!”
And with that declaration he and his crew have been cursed
to sail the seven seas for all eternity; a ghost ship
captained by the dead.
And if you ever spot the
Flying Dutchman through the fogbank. Don't look too carefully,
for the old folk claim that whoever sights the ship will
die a terrible death.
BAYCHIMO
The Baychimo was a cargo
steamer built in Sweden in 1914 for Hudon’s Bay
Company. It was used for trading pelts for provisions
from the Inuit people along the Victoria Island Coast
of the Northwest Territory.
On it’s last voyage
the Baychimo became trapped in the ice and most of the
crew were airlifted to safety. Fifteen remained behind
in a nearby wooden shelter, waiting for the ship to break
free from the ice. Soon after a blizzard swept in and
the ship disappeared into the storm believed to have sunk.
A few days later, 45 miles
away, the ship resurfaced. The cargo was removed and the
ship was abandoned. The ship continued to float on the
sea on it’s own for 38 years and was seen many times.
Some of these times it was boarded, but due to bad weather
or the lack of necessary equipment to salvage it, the
Baychimo has remained a ghost ship. It was last seen stuck
in the ice of the Beaufort Sea in 1969. It has not be
seen since…
OURANG
MEDAN
The Orang Medan was a Dutch
freighter ship that shortly following WWII in 1948 sent
out distress calls in Morse Code:
ALL OFFICERS INCLUDING CAPTAIN
DEAD. LYING IN CHATROOM AND ON THE BRIDGE. PROBABLY WHOLE
CREW DEAD. I DIE.
- Unknown. Orange Medan. Victim.
Rescuers found the ghost
ship drifting in waters near Indonesia. The entire crew
was found dead. Frozen in terrifying positions. “Teeth
barred, with their upturned faces to the sun, staring
in fear…” No one knows what the crew saw moments
before their death. Some believe it to be a UFO or ghosts
of the sky.
Following this grim discovery,
the ship’s hold caught on fire forcing the rescue
parties to leave the ship. Soon afterwards the Ourang
Medan exploded violently, lifting the ship upward and
sinking it before their very eyes.
SS
WATERTOWN
You die at sea; you stay
at sea. In December 1924, two crewmembers died in a freak
accident aboard the S.S. Watertown oil tanker. They were
buried at sea off the Mexican coast.
The
following day, “before dusk, the first mate reported
seeing the faces of the two
men in the waves off the port side of the ship. They remained
in the water for about 10
seconds, and then faded.”
Several members of the crew
also saw these “phantom-like” faces of the
sailors in the sea foam created by the ship as it sailed
past. The Ship’s captain, Keith Tracy, reported
the events to his employers at the Cities Service Company
and New Orleans and they suggested that he try to photograph
the “eerie” faces if they appeared again…
GHOST
SHIPS
Want
to read up about other ghost ships? Well, we highly recommend
you give these sites a look through. You might learn something,
keep you sharp… who knows, we might drive through
your local town some day and need your help with a hunt.
This is Dean and Sam Winchester signing off, happy hunting.
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