Ghost
      Ship
     
     
      Researched
      by
      David
      Weale
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fishermen
      were
      reported
      to
      have
      seen
      burning
     
     
      ships,
      ships
      without
      crews
      and
      ships
      coming
      to
      a
     
     
      harbour
      in
      the
      dark
      of
      night
      and
      just
      as
      mysteriously
     
     
      disappearing
      from
      view.
      A
      fisherman
      tells
      the
     
     
      following,
      a
      true
      story
      of
      his
      own
      experience
      as
      a
     
     
      fisherman
      on
      the
      North
      side.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      were
      fishing
      lobsters
      this
      other
      fellow
      and
      me.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      were
      fishing
      out
      of
      season.
      Today
      they
      call
      it
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      poaching.
      Well,
      we
      used
      to
      go
      and
      sell
      our
      lobsters
     
     
      at
      night.
      It
      was
      about
      12
      miles
      by
      water
      from
      the
     
     
      Phee
      Shore
      to
      where
      we
      sold
      our
      catch.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      remember
      well
      the
      night.
      We
      were
      going
      with
      a
     
     
      load.
      It
      was
      calm,
      calm.
      It
      was
      a
      beautiful
      night.
     
     
      We
      left
      with
      a
      full
      load
      of
      lobsters.
      I
      tell
      you,
      there
     
     
      were
      lobsters
      then!
      We
      sold
      part
      of
      our
      load
      to
     
     
      One
      man
      and
      the
      rest
      to
      his
      father.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well,
      we
      started
      back
      to
      the
      Phee
      Shore
      with
      the
     
     
      empty
      boat.
      There
      were
      capes
      all
      along
      the
      shore.
     
     
      We
      could
      see
      boats
      fishing.
      By
      this
      time
      it
      was
     
     
      about
      10
      o’clock.
      We
      saw
      a
      boat
      coming
      towards
     
     
      us.
      The
      fella
      with
      me
      said,
      "Let’s
      scare
      him.
      Let’s
     
     
      get
      after
      him
      with
      the
      boat.".
      We
      turned
      the
      boat
     
     
      toward
      him
      and
      off
      we
      went.
      He
      seemed
      to
      be
     
     
      coming
      from
      the
      shore
      when
      we
      turned
      towards
     
     
      him.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Before
      we
      knew
      it
      our
      boat
      hit
      shore.
      Form
      our
     
     
      boat
      to
      the
      Cape
      it
      was
      about
      the
      width
      of
      the
     
     
      house.
      Lo
      and
      behold,
      in
      front
      of
      my
      eyes
      the
     
     
      other
      boat
      turned
      on
      the
      sand
      in
      that
      small
      space.
     
     
      It
      was
      a
      schooner
      fitted
      with
      sails
      flying
      full.
      When
     
     
      it
      turned
      the
      arm
      which
      holds
      the
      big
      sail
      passed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      just
      above
      my
      head.
      Remember
      that
      boat
      was
      still
     
     
      on
      the
      shore.
      It
      continued
      turning
      and
      sailed
      over
     
     
      the
      water
      heading
      full
      into
      the
      Nor’west.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Did
      you
      see
      that?"
     
     
      "I
      saw
      it
      all
      right,”
      says
      he,
      "and
      I
      tell
      you
      it
      won’t
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      tomorrow
      that
      I
      will
      go
      out
      at
      night
      to
      sell
     
     
      poached
      lobsters."
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well,
      the
      schooner
      was
      an
      American
      ship.
      Many
     
     
      years
      before
      an
      American
      ship
      with
      seven
      sailors
     
     
      aboard
      had
      gone
      down
      in
      a
      bad
      storm
      near
      the
      very
     
     
      spot
      we
      had
      seen
      the
      boat.
      This
      particular:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ship
      would
      be
      seen
      before
      a
      really
      heavy
      storm
      at
     
     
      sea.
      Well,
      the
      episode
      ended
      my
      night
      trips
      to
      sell
     
     
      lobsters.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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