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Seymour Place

Batavia, New York, United States

Other · local-legend

The Story

Seymour Place's bar-area stories feature a tall man in nineteenth-century clothing, sometimes accompanied by a group of men. One visitor reported a seat indenting as if occupied and the smell of cigar smoke. Investigators interpret recordings as throat-clearing and short replies; upstairs, two witnesses separately described a white shadow crossing between rooms.

The Hauntings

Seymour Place's bar-area stories feature a tall man in nineteenth-century clothing, sometimes accompanied by a group of men. One visitor reported a seat indenting as if occupied and the smell of cigar smoke. Investigators interpret recordings as throat-clearing and short replies; upstairs, two witnesses separately described a white shadow crossing between rooms.

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