As you can see from the pictures, the Ray P. Flower Library in Watertown, New York is a beautiful library inside and out. The library opened in 1905. The funds for the library were donated by Emma Flower Taylor in 1903 as a memorial to her father. Another girl with Daddy issues, am I right? Maybe that explains why these statues are there. Still trying to get daddy’s attention even in the after-life? Emma, when will you ever learn?
I’m here tonight writing this from within the library. (The call is coming from inside the house! Who remembers that line from the movie When a Stranger Calls?)
The ghost of Emma has been spotted by both librarians and others visiting the library. Also, many have reported blood-curdling screams in the basement. If there wasn’t a security guard and other people here I’d do a whole Blair Witch thing for you right now.
I am sitting in the room in the library that is dedicated to Emma Flower Taylor. My parents were both from this area and I share a surname with Miss Emma Flower Taylor. Could we be related? I have no idea, but it seems likely.
I spent about 90 minutes hanging around this spectacular library. Sometimes I’d sit in one room or area for a bit and at other times I meandered through the halls and stairwells. Unfortunately, I couldn’t go to the basement. It was roped off.
I even spoke aloud to Emma when no one was around. Nothing. Hoping to provoke a response from her ghost I even did a cartwheel when no one was looking.
Between my cartwheel and my salt & pepper hair, I don’t know how a ghost with daddy issues could ignore me!
If you’d like to hear some first-person accounts, here’s a video with some of the library staff discussing their experiences with Emma.
Have a great Thursday, and thanks for reading! ~Phil
I think it might have been the shorts that threw Emma off. After all she might have thought you were in your underwear.
Hey, if me in underwear can’t attract a female ghost I guess I’ve lost my touch with the ladies
😁
The cart wheel was incredible. Not sure how that didn’t grab her attention!
You are too kind. I know it was a mediocre cartwheel at best. I had to rush it because I didn’t want the security guard to catch me and kick me out.