History & local legend
Lynne and Larry Moisey restored Larimer Mansion in North Huntingdon and came to regard its reported spirits as protective residents. In October 2015, Lynne linked that belief to a much more ordinary problem: a missing Halloween decoration.
Around 5:30 one morning, she woke and looked through the blinds. The brightly colored witch she had placed outside to draw attention to the mansion’s ghost tours was gone. It was heavy enough that she doubted the wind had carried it off, and a search of the grounds found nothing.
Moisey told WTAE that she believed the spirits had awakened her to warn her about the theft. She publicly urged whoever had taken the ornament to return it, saying the house’s ghosts appreciated the restoration work and had plenty of time to pursue the thief.
