History & local legend
Old Burlington Church in Bradford County was built in 1822, with an octagonal pulpit and a gallery around three sides of the sanctuary. One local story says a minister briefly went to his car for supplies and returned to find every Bible open to the same passage in Revelation.
Jason Gowin of Ghost Hunters Incorporated visited in April 2003. His account describes heavy footsteps from the balcony with no visible source, followed by a green mist forming on the pulpit steps. He said the group left after its cameraman suddenly began choking.
Fellow investigator Nick Foust remembered another incident involving a book thrown across the room. The impact startled him so badly that he ran outside.
Sources
- Jason Gowin, Ghost Hunters Incorporated, Burlington Methodist Church. Signed firsthand account, including Nick Foust’s recollection
- George E. Thomas, Methodist Church, Society of Architectural Historians. Documents the pulpit, steps and gallery of the 1822 church
- United Methodist church archives at Lycoming College, Historic Site Directory, p. 93. Distinguishes the old church on Steam Hollow from its caretaker congregation on Route 6
- Old Burlington Church, historic marker and porch photographed on site in 2023
