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St Bathans
St Bathans is a location reputed to be haunted in Otago, NZ. Its reputation comes from reported apparitions, unexplained phenomena and eyewitness accounts gathered over time.
Where is St Bathans?
- Location
- Otago, NZ
- Type
- Other
- Coordinates
- -44.869, 169.808
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Why is St Bathans said to be haunted?
St Bathans, once called Dunstan Creek, boomed as a gold and coal mining town during the Otago gold rush of the 1860s and 70s before slipping into quiet decline once the seams ran dry; mining finally stopped in 1934, leaving behind Blue Lake, a deep flooded pit carved out of Kildare Hill by decades of sluicing. At the heart of the well-preserved main street stands the Vulcan Hotel, built in 1882, whose room 1 is the epicentre of the town's best-known ghost story: the spirit of a woman locals call Rose, a prostitute said to have worked in the hotel in the 19th century and to have died there, possibly murdered by a jealous client. Guests who have stayed in the room describe cold drafts, moved belongings and a distinct sense of being watched, and staff say Rose is generally considered a mischievous rather than malevolent presence, more inclined to hide a hairbrush than cause real harm.
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