Ears are perked to hear those things that go bump in the night on Halloween, a time fit for ghoulish visitors.
Some North Olympic Peninsula locations might be better to hear those noises than others.
Port Townsend – one of Washington’s oldest cities – is famous for its ghost stories.
Alas, many of these stories have proven to be inventions for the tourists, while others, well . . .
At the Ann Starrett Mansion, 744 Clay St., “one of the former inn-keepers was walking toward the house and saw a red-headed woman in the tower, but knew she had locked the house,” Edel Sokol, the current owner of the B&B.
According to the woman’s story to Sokol, upon arriving at the house she realized that although she had seen only the bust and head of the woman, if it had been a real person she would have seen the whole body because the tower windows stretch down to the feet.
Was it the ghost of the legendary Ann Starrett?
“I don’t know who the red-head is – I don’t know what color Ann’s hair was,” Sokol said, adding that some guests have seen the woman as well.
“She doesn’t do anything, just keeps the place warm and cozy.”
