Haunted Location Of The Week: St. Augustine light house

I thought i would start off my "haunted locations of the week" with a place i have been too, here in my home state Florida!

"The St. Augustine Light is an active lighthouse on the north end of Anastasia Island, within the current city limits of St. Augustine, Florida. The tower, built in 1874, is owned by the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, Inc. (SAL&M), a not-for-profit maritime museum and private aid-to-navigation. Open to the public, admissions support continued preservation of the Lighthouse and fund programs in maritime archaeology and education."-Taken from 
St. Augustine Light Wiki page



In the fifth grade i went to St. Augustine Florida. We explored many haunts including this light house.
According to the wiki page:


"St. Augustine was the site of the first lighthouse established in Florida by the new, territorial, American Government in 1824. According to some archival records and maps, this "official" American lighthouse was placed on the site of an earlier watchtower built by the Spanish as early as the late 16th century"



So it began. We were allowed to go to the top of the tower. Now i have a fear of heights but iv never felt sick when up high. As we got to the middle of the tower i got a strange sick feeling,like i wanted to vomit. I wasn't the only one either. a few other people got sick. We stayed in the middle of the tower while everyone else climbed to the top.
The tour guid told us stories of ghosts that haunt the tower. although it being many years ago i do not recall them.
The wiki page has reported hauntings:



"the lighthouse and surrounding buildings have a long history of supposed paranormal activity. Allegedly, visitors and workers have seen moving shadows, heard voices and unexplained sounds, and seen the figures of two little girls standing on the lighthouse catwalk (who purportedly were daughters of Hezekiah Pittee, Superintendent of Lighthouse Construction, during the 1870s; the girls drowned in an accident during the building of the tower). Other reports are of a woman seen on the lighthouse stairway or walking in the yard outside the buildings, and the figure of a man who roams the basement. The male figure is said possibly to be that of Civil War hero and former lighthouse keeper William A. Harn"


Now that i think of it i do recall the story of the former keeper. They had said you could hear him with a metal bucket going up the stairs to grease the light. or something along those lines.

I do recommend stopping by St. Augustine Florida if you ever have a chance. Go on the graveyard tour. go to the "castles" and stuff. It is an incredibly active place!

(all italicized writing does not belong to me and has full credit to the respected authors)