Tillamook Rock Ghost.

Jim Gibbs was once stationed as a keeper at Tillamook Rock. He tells of lighthouse keepers working up to their necks in water to keep the light going during winter storms.

Gibbs says that Indian legends told of an underwater tunnel running from the mainland to a hollow room inside the rock where spirits resided. He tells of numerous lighthouse keepers who heard a ghostly cry as they climbed the circular staircase to the tower.

And to this day mainlanders claim to see at times a ghostly glow from the lamp room of the deserted lighthouse.

Two other ghosts are said to reside at the Rock, one a former keeper who loved it so much he wanted to be buried there. Of course, he wasn't, but his spirit is said to have returned to Terrible Tilly to spend eternity. When he died they of course took him away, but they say that the old man loved the lighthouse so much that his ghost returned.

The one thing nice is that he is a peaceful ghost and some people have claimed to have seen him or heard him.

Then there's the tale of another keeper who threatened to kill the next one who took his job. When his replacement showed up, he tried to make good on his promise and chased his replacement up the stairs. When they reached the top, the new guy pushed the slightly insane old keeper down the stairs, and he had to be taken away in a strait jacket.

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