New York – Buried Treasure, Liberty Island
Once upon a time, when pirates – like Captain Kidd – roamed the seas, Liberty Island was known as Bedloe’s Island, and there was no lady upon it. Kidd was hanged in 1701, and eventually Fort Hood made the island home. In the 1800s, a psychic told two soldiers stationed there that there was buried treasure. Her instructions were to find the largest flat rock at midnight on a full moon and to bring a divining rod. Supposedly, the boys found the treasure, along with a pirate ghost. The ghost was somewhat less than friendly, and when the boys returned with fresh pants, both the treasure and the ghost were gone.
You missed the boat on New Jersey! THE JERSEY DEVIL is most definitely the official haunting creature of the Garden State. Long before NJ was even a state, the legend of the Jersey Devil began. It was the 13th child of Mrs Leeds, who had no desire for another baby. According to legend, she cursed the baby even before it was born. At its birth, the creature assumed otherworldly dimension and flew up the chimney of the home. Since then, the Devil regularly haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, frightening all it encounters. On the eve of a National tragedy, the Devil is said to appear at many varied places in the state to warn of evils to come (most notably in December 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.)