History & local legend
The Emporium of Curious Goods on Broadway in Jim Thorpe had an unofficial resident called Spooky: a large gray cat that owner Barrett Ravenhurst and customers said appeared and disappeared inside the shop. In a July 2006 account, Ravenhurst described encounters dating back through years of operating the business.
One involved four teenage boys browsing the books. Ravenhurst heard one calling to a cat and asked what they had seen. They described a large gray cat turning the corner of the counter. The counter stood against a wall, leaving no passage for an animal to take. When the boys looked again, the cat was gone.
Another customer reportedly reached to stroke a cat lying on a counter, only for it to vanish. Ravenhurst and a clerk also felt something brush their legs while seated behind the counter. Staff adopted the name Spooky and blamed their elusive companion whenever they arrived in the morning to find merchandise knocked onto the floor.
