Stories of the unexplained from around the Sunshine Coast

A RESIDENT spectre walks the halls of the hotel, with locals and staff apparently aware of a presence that has even been given a name – Darby.

Pomona Hotel, Pomona:

A resident spectre walks the halls of the hotel, with locals and staff apparently aware of a presence that has even been given a name - Darby.

Footsteps are heard from time to time throughout the venue, and doors inexplicably open and close of their own accord.

It is said the phantom prefers the hotel's Darby Room Restaurant, which is named after long-time Pomona resident and the now deceased Darby Schrieber.

However, no one is sure if the presence is Schrieber.

 

Noosa River and Wooroi Creek, Tewantin:

A ferry operated on the water here, and in 1976 two men were fishing at night from the moored vessel.

The sound of branches breaking disturbed the men and when they looked back to the river bank they saw a misty figure - with two dark holes for eyes and its hand held to the side of its head - leaning on a fence a few metres away.

They rushed back to their car and shone the headlights towards the area but saw nothing. When they switched the lights off the figure was visible again.

They did this several times with the same outcome.

The men drove to the Tewantin police station and persuaded a constable to accompany them back to the area. When they arrived the figure was gone and there were no footprints or marks in the grass.

The three sat for two hours, staring into the darkness, but the apparition never returned.

 

Marcoola and the Redcliffe peninsula:

For a few weeks in the spring of 1991, residents of Marcoola allegedly heard a frightening rumbling sound coming from the sea, despite there being no storms, seismological activity or warships in the area.

The same sound was reported from the Redcliffe peninsula on one occasion, accompanied by thousands of fish rising to the surface and fluffy little clouds moving in the opposite direction to the wind.

People described it as frightening. It has not been heard since.

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