User:Rybec/Ayers Island, Maine

=original article by Kilinscout= Ayers Island mill is former Striar Textile Mill, which was built in 1890 and last operated in October 1996, as well as the former Orono Pulp & Paper Co. Most of the buildings that remain there were built around 1907.Since 1838, the mill complex has undergone a lot of changes and additions. The biggest additions were in 1907, when most of the buildings that are currently on the island were built. More additions were made in the mid-40s, when the mill was converted from a sawmill to a textile mill. The mill finally closed down in 1996 when the owners went bankrupt.

It also has a reputation for being haunted. In the summer of 2006, the cable network VH1 filmed two episodes of “Celebrity Paranormal Project” on the 62-acre island titled “Tanner’s Ghost” and “Wooden Lucy.” According to local legend, the island in the Penobscot River, located two miles from the University of Maine campus, is haunted by the ghost of a foreman killed in a mysterious accident who is said to haunt the mill seeking revenge, and the ghost of a young girl whose father accidentally killed her after being tricked by a 300-year-old American Indian curse.