The Fate of Jacob Wright

While there are many events that have happened in the crib are worth describing, some we feel compelled to tell.  This is one of those events.   The event takes place in the 1930s, shortly after the mill started producing the Rose of Idaho flower.  At the time the supervisor of the mill’s granary was a man named Jacob Wright.  His duties included overseeing the grain entering and leaving the grain silo of the granary. 

The last few weeks of the grain harvest, Jacob because irritable and distracted.  He claimed there was a prankster ghost that was always pulling “tricks” on him.  He said he swears he could hear it whispering unspeakable things in his ears.   The last day of harvest Jacob was supervising as usual in the rafters of the grain silo.  The day progressed normally, until the grain auger stopped working.  An investigation as to the cause revealed a bloody, mangled Jacob, or at least part of him, that was clogging the grain auger.  No one knows exactly what happened, but what they do know is that Jacob fell from the rafters into the grain silo that day.  The weight of the grain being poured on top of him prevented him from escaping after he fell.  Jacob’s predicament was intensified, because they were removing grain from the bottom of the bin, as grain was being added to the top.  The removing process created a very strong pull within the grain sort of like making the grain seem a lot like quicksand.  So, with the grain pouring on top of him and being taken from below, poor Jacob didn’t have a chance.  He was caught into this wheat-quicksand and buried alive.  Eventually, Jacob’s fate was revealed when the auger stopped. 

Many workers became convinced that Jacob became a victim of a prank pulled by the ghost that he thought was plaguing him.  Others wrote it off as a terrible accident, but nothing more. Yet, since then, others have also claimed to have heard the whispers and some have claimed to have seen the ghost of a man up in the rafters of the now empty grain silo.  Some believe it is the prankster ghost still trying to pull tricks and others think that Jacob now haunts the place of his tragic death. The owners of The Haunted Mill believe there are many ghosts who make this place their home, including both Jacob and the prankster’s ghost.  Yet, there are still some who think there is nothing more than rotting lumber inside the grain silo and that the whispers are nothing more than the over-active imagination of simple farm hands.  One thing is certain: There sure seems to be a lot of “accidents” happening at this particular mill, especially around harvest time.  Therefore, as you are touring The Haunted Mill this year, be sure to keep your eyes and ears open.  We would hate for there to be any more “accidents”.