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 Teach's Light - The Ghost of Blackbeard - Ocracoke Island, NC
N 35° 06.221 W 075° 59.346
18S E 409855 N 3884988
Local fisherman on Ocracoke Island tell tales of the ghostly appearances of Teach's Light, thought to be the ghost of Blackbeard the pirate, in the channel where he met his ghastly end.
Waymark Code: WM6GM1
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2009
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The infamous pirate Blackbeard, whom history knows as Blackbeard, terrorized the seas of the Atlantic and the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy, much of it from his favorite hideaway -- called Teach's Hole -- off Ocracoke Island.
There, he hosted a wild pirate party with drinking, dancing and large bonfires. The party lasted for days, and several North Carolina citizens sent word to Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia. Governor Spotswood immediately ordered two sloops, commanded by Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy, to go to Ocracoke and capture the pirate.
On November 21, 1718, Maynard engaged Blackbeard in a terrible battle. Outnumbered, the pirates put up a bloody fight but were defeated. Stories tell that it took a total of five gunshots and about twenty stab wounds and cuts to bring the nefarous pirate down. dead.
After his death, Blackbeard was beheaded and his head hung from the bowsprit and his body thrown overboard. Legend says that as the body hit the water, the head hanging from the bowsprit shouted: "Come on Edward" and the headless body swam three times around the ship before sinking to the bottom.
From that day to this, Blackbeard's ghost has haunted Teach's Hole, forever searching for his missing head. Sometimes, the headless ghost floats on the surface of the water, or swims around and around and around Teach's Hole, glowing just underneath the water. Sometimes, folks see a strange light coming from the shore on the Pamlico Sound side of Ocracoke Island and know that it is "Teach's Light".
Public access?:
Teach's Hole, where Blackbeard's ghost is said to haunt, can be viewed from the shoreline of Springer's Point. Once called Blackbeard's Plantation as a favorite hideaway of pirates, Springer's Point is now a recognized nature preserve. There is no parking at the nature preserve which much be reached by walking from public parking to the preserve entrance located in a residential neighborhood.
Visting hours:
Daylight Hours Only
Website about the location and/or story: [Web Link]
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