5. Carolyn Believed That Bathsheba Thayer’s Spirit Inhabited Her Body
Bathsheba Thayer’s haunting at the house allegedly began as harmless poltergeist activity. The family members might find themselves prodded, poked, or pinched; objects would be mysteriously moved from one place to another. Much was attributed to the friendly ghouls, until things got much, much worse.
The local lore says that Bathsheba Thayer, a witch, made a pact with the devil in which she was granted youthful beauty, but at a high cost: she was turned into stone upon her death. As a ghost, she was condemned to torture people, possibly out of jealousy for beauty that could never again be hers. Enter Carolyn Perron, a beautiful woman and the wife of Roger Perron. Andrea believed that Bathsheba wanted Roger and was prepared to do anything to get him.
Carolyn claimed that Bathsheba tormented her, both emotionally and physically, as if the ghost was actually possessing her. She claimed that Bathsheba stabbed her in the leg with a knitting needle and was continually hiding things, making her feel as if she was going insane. At the least, she always felt drained. Roger, on the other hand, only saw Bathsheba’s sweeter side, with loving caresses and innuendoes.
