Lake Bomoseen
Fair Haven, VT · Miscellaneous
Locals tell of three men who long ago set out to cross Lake Bomoseen to the tavern on its shore, and were never seen again. Only their boat was found floating empty on the water. Now, during full-moon nights, folks here say that a phantom rowboat can be seen moving across the lake.
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Lake Bomoseen
Bomoseen, VT
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- 43.6434395, -73.2146078
- County
- Rutland County County, Vermont
- Nearest Towns
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- Castleton, VT (2.9 mi.)
- Fair Haven, VT (4.2 mi.)
- Benson, VT (6.5 mi.)
- Hampton, NY (8.4 mi.)
- Poultney, VT (8.8 mi.)
- West Rutland, VT (9.2 mi.)
- Pittsford, VT (10.3 mi.)
- Whitehall, NY (11.2 mi.)
- Rutland, VT (12.3 mi.)
- Brandon, VT (12.4 mi.)
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- Is Lake Bomoseen really haunted?
- Visitors rate Lake Bomoseen at 64.7 out of 100 on our EHP (Estimated Haunted Probability) scale. So far 3 people have shared firsthand experiences from this location in the comments.
- Where is Lake Bomoseen located?
- The address is Lake Bomoseen, Bomoseen, VT. GPS coordinates: 43.6434395, -73.2146078.
- What kind of haunted place is Lake Bomoseen?
- Lake Bomoseen is listed under Miscellaneous in our Vermont section.
- What is the nearest town to Lake Bomoseen?
- Castleton, VT is the closest town, about 2.9 miles away, with Fair Haven (4.2 mi.) and Benson (6.5 mi.) also nearby.
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Comments (3)
Disclaimer: The stories posted here are user-submitted and are, in the truest sense, ghost stories. Haunted Places makes no claims that any of these stories are factually accurate or scientifically provable.
Pat Gray |
Years ago I used to spend summers on Bomoseen. We would canoe to "The Dog," as the local tavern was called. I seen that ghost rowboat two times, though once I was so loaded that I saw two at the same time.
Carol |
February 1992 11:00 pm stranded about a 1/2 mile off shore (drake road access) east side
Of lake, 3 of us waited for the return of the first snowmobile with gas, cold clear night
Suddenly got still, quiet, no wind, then an ice chip flew across the snow infront of us!
There were no preasure crackes to cause it, no explenation can be found.
Evan Thomas |
In between Glen Lake and the Lake Bomoseen State Park is a ghost town called West Castleton, it was disbanded in 1929 if I remember correctly. One night I was walking around the remains of the Slate Mill building, as soon as I stepped inside of the remains of the build I was overtaken by a nervous feeling. I had some of the motion sensor balls that you see them use on TV and set them on top of a mug of beer with a cardboard cone used to hold the ball Safley above the beer. The ball light up 3 times in about 15 minutes, I tried stomping the ground around this set up to make sure it was just vibrations, but I could not get it to go off by stomping the ground. Pretty creepy hope to return sometime with a few friends for a real investigation.