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stux the tribune thursday october 21997 p13 ill be presenting a spinetingling salute to the unusual rural route ruth ruth leblanc october comes and the last traces of summer life disappear with the falling leaves days become shorter and nights longer and darker with each one that passes the month of october leaves us with ghostly figures travelling down our rural roads in search of sugary treats accounts of actual hauntings have little to do with trick or treating during the month of october we will be investigating these events in what 1 call rural route ruths salute to the unusual together we are going to share in the chilling spinetingling tales of the macabre and paranormal all the sto ries are supplied and attested to be the truth by fellow rural routers houses are legion when it comes to stories of hauntings one local rural router shared a story that still lurks in the recesses of her mind a reminder that we are not alone shortly after the death of her beloved grandfather she purchased his heritage home in gananoque for a weekend and holiday retreat along with her husband and three- yearold son they set off to see the property and what upkeep was required originally it was a train station built in the 1800s with a rock foundation it was in the basement that the grandfa ther would spend many hours tinkering away on various projects arriving at their destination the young son set off exploring and found his way to the cellar coming upstairs minutes later he told of his encounter with an older bald and blueeyed man in the basement alarmed his mother asked what did the gentleman say to you the little boy answered he was asked what his name was and had replied nicho to which the older man replied thats my name too the deceased grandfathers name was nicholas and he did indeed have blue eyes and was also balding deciding it was time to go they headed to the car as they pulled away the little boy exclaimed theres the man mom cant you see him hes waving good bye in unison they said who to which he said the man from the base ment just two years later the property was sold and rented out by the new owners since then renters have reported feeling uneasy and uncomfortable reports our rural router who will never forget that bathroom facelift as low as 985 00 try our low prices on all renovations versabuild inc master builders since 1 977 905 6400446 partners in your success income taxes business startups business consulting accounting profit improvement bookkeeping peace c mind bob hagerman jeff greenfield chartered accountants 9054709292 9054709557 memorable day when her grandfather visited from beyond the grave over the next weeks we will visit farmhous es where apparitions have reportedly been seen some not very welcoming one rural family will share their story of a ghost that loved children and lived among them in the dark of night i will investigate strange occurrences that have been reported til then rural routers sleep well ruth leblanc s column will now be appearing on thursdays our best sale of the season starts this saturday stores open early at 830 ara m just twice each year with over 250 deals storewide trans canada sale october 4th to 19th eatons