History & local legend
Historic Hotel Bethlehem, on Main Street in Bethlehem, tells several stories about guests who apparently stayed beyond their lifetimes. The most specific bedroom account concerns Room 932.
According to the hotel, a couple woke to find a man standing at the foot of their bed, asking why they were in his room. They switched on the light and he disappeared. Other visitors to the room have described strange reflections, lamps flashing, and papers moving on the desk. The man in the bedroom is not given a personal name.
A different figure appears in the kitchen and restaurant stories: a barefoot woman in older clothing. The hotel identifies her in its folklore as Mrs. Brong, who helped run the earlier Eagle Hotel in 1833 and was remembered for greeting guests without shoes or stockings.
