Bara-Hack, Pomfret


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Bara-Hack was an abandoned 18th-century settlement in Pomfret, Connecticut, with a reputation for being haunted by disembodied voices, sounds of livestock and farm animals, streaking lights, and apparitions, including a ghost baby and a bearded man. The "haunting" also included reports from the period's enslaved people of similar phenomena, such as voices and orbs. The site is now closed to the public due to trespassing and its status as private property. A former settlement in Pomfret, Connecticut, founded around 1780, that was abandoned more than 125 years ago. It contained family homes, slave quarters, a community graveyard, a waterwheel, and a mill. Disembodied voices, including sounds of talking, laughing, crying, and screaming, as well as the sounds of farm animals, livestock, and horse-drawn buggies. Streaking lights, orbs, shadowy apparitions, a ghost baby, and a bearded face or man. Reports of unseen forces restraining individuals and guiding them toward the cemetery. Reports of the paranormal from the enslaved people of the settlement at the time of its operation. Closed to the public due to excessive paranormal tourism and trespassing, with "no trespassing" signs posted in the area. Only the foundations of buildings, the ruins of a bridge, and the village cemetery are left today.

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