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Located in Stowe Vermont Gold Brook Bridge is not your ordinary covered bridge. This bridge is also known as "Emily's Bridge" , due to that it is haunted by a ghost named Emily. There are many stories of how she died on the bridge. One story is that she was suppose to elope with a lover and they were suppose to met at the bridge, when her lover never showed she hung herself from the rafters of the bridge. Another version of this Vermont legend is that she met the man who stole her heart, and the couple made plans to marry. The fateful day arrived, and Emily went to the church in her beautiful red wedding dress ready to give herself to the gentleman in holy wedlock. The groom never arrived, and the jilted bride took the family wagon in a frenzy of anger and sorrow. She was merciless on the horses, and whipped them until they were traveling at an incredible pace, planning perhaps to confront the faithless groom. As she approached the bridge she failed to negotiate the turn right before the bridge and drove the horses and carriage over the bank and onto the rocky brook below. Both the horses and Emily were killed in the accident. There is no historical evidence that Emily did ever exist. The first ever mention of the bridge being haunted by someone named "Emily" came after 1968 when a high school student wrote a paper on the subject saying when using a Ouija board on the bridge an entity presented its self as Emily. Other people using Ouija boards have reported that a entity has identified themselves as Emily and said that she was killed on the bridge by her finances mother.
Strange Happenings Many people that have visited the bridge have experienced disturbing paranormal activity. People have reported scratch marks appearing on vehicles that were parked on the bridge, and being touched or scratched by Emily's ghost. Often strange noises are heard on the bridge, noises such as footsteps, ropes tightening, and a girl screaming. Many also have reported seeing a white apparition around the area of Emily's Bridge. People that have parked their vehicle on the haunted bridge say they tend to hear banging noises from Emily hitting the vehicle on the outside, or the sound of something dragging across the top of the car. The most paranormal events tend to take place between the hours of 12 AM and 3:30 AM.
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