| September, 1814 - Fort Erie, Niagara Region - | | | | thought of checking out some of the haunted |
| Canada - The battle rages on. British troops | | | | happenings in the region? There are a number of |
| maintain their hold on the Northeast corner of the | | | | them, some sites of the bloody battles of 1814 |
| fort and continue to fire cannonballs into the | | | | and others inexplicable and immersed in local |
| American defenders. The rest of the fort belongs | | | | legend and folklore. Folks have claimed battle |
| to those flying the Stars and Stripes, but the | | | | visions at Chippewa Battlefield and Lake George, |
| redcoats continue to fight as the death toll nears | | | | and others have visited ancient houses and inns |
| 2000 men. Seemingly oblivious to the chaos | | | | that produce moans and creaks seemingly of |
| around him, one young soldier calmly shaves | | | | otherworldly origin. |
| another, chatting merrily about prospects when | | | | The Mahoney Dollhouse Gallery at Bertie Hall in |
| the war is over. The streaking cannonball takes | | | | Fort Erie, once a stop on the Underground |
| them both out, decapitating the soldier being | | | | Railroad, is said to have been the site of two |
| shaved and blowing off the hands of the shaver | | | | terrible drownings. The tunnel into the basement |
| before crushing his chest. Then the powder | | | | flooded early in the 1800's and killed a slave |
| magazine explodes and the scene gets eerily quiet | | | | coming through to his freedom and later on the |
| as he loses consciousness. | | | | same type of incident killed the son of Captain |
| Fast forward to today. Fort Erie has been rebuilt | | | | Forsythe, then owner of the property. The tunnel |
| and is now a major tourist attraction for those on | | | | was sealed but apparitions can still be seen in the |
| Niagara Falls tours and visiting other sites around | | | | house and the dollhouses appear to move on their |
| Ontario. But It's not just the historical significance | | | | own at times. |
| of the fort that draws people in. Visitors report | | | | Last but not least on any Niagara Falls tour is the |
| strange apparitions of American and British | | | | Screaming Tunnel, located in the northwest |
| soldiers seemingly stuck in time where they once | | | | section of Niagara Falls at the end of a quiet road |
| stood, fought and died. One of the most common | | | | just off Queen Elizabeth Way. Legend has it that |
| sights is of a headless man and another with no | | | | a nearby farm caught on fire and a young girl ran |
| hands wandering the grounds together. | | | | screaming into the tunnel only to succumb without |
| When you book a Niagara Falls tour you expect | | | | being extinguished and burn to death. They say |
| to see the majestic wall of water the region is | | | | you can still hear her scream late at night. If you |
| known for, visit some shops for a souvenir or | | | | dare you can visit the Screaming Tunnel and find |
| two, and maybe hit one of the many local | | | | out for yourself. |
| nightclubs if you're staying a while. Have you ever | | | | |