Catoctin Furnace near Thurmont Maryland by Beverly Litsinger
In October 2002, Beverly Litsinger and her team conducted a paranormal investigation at Catoctin Furnace near Thurmont, Maryland. During their visit, they recorded a temperature of 114°F and an EMF (Electromagnetic Field) reading of 10 milligauss. According to local lore, near the end of the Civil War, a Union soldier assigned to guard the furnace was killed by a passing Confederate unit, who then disposed of his body in the furnace fire. Since then, witnesses have reported sightings of the soldier’s apparition, described as a Union soldier in uniform carrying a rifle, patrolling the furnace grounds. Some accounts claim that the apparition has attempted to shoot at tourists before vanishing.
We went to check out the Catoctin furnace. We got a reading of 114 degrees and 10 on our EMF meter.
Just before the Civil war ended, a soldier was assigned the duty of defending this small furnace that was being used to manufacture the Union weaponry. He was there for about a week when he was shot and killed by a passing Confederate unit. They tossed his body into the furnace fire.
People began to seen his ghost roaming the grounds guarding the furnace. People have described the Union soldier dressed in uniform with a rifle in his hand. He vanish right in front of people’s eyes. People say that the soldier is still guarding the furnace. It has been reported that he has tried to shoot the tourists.
SOURCE: v1 MGSA Oct 2002
