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Bodie Island Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage

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Nags Head, NC

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HAUNTING / GHOSTCurrent lighthouse built 1872Historic lighthouse / museumPUBLICDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

The current Bodie Island Lighthouse, completed in 1872 after two earlier towers failed, stands with its adjacent keeper's cottage, now a National Park Service visitor center.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Staff and visitors describe a recurring loud knock from behind the cottage's fireplace, reported to occur around 4 p.m., along with a general sense of a lingering presence tied to the keepers who once lived there.

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Open to the public as part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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