History & local legend
A photograph taken at Allenberry Resort near Boiling Springs appeared to show a man in jeans and white sneakers stepping into Room 205. His face was hidden by the doorway. Photographer Jared Culton told The Patriot-News that he took the picture on September 21, 2009, when his group had the lodge to themselves.
Service manager Kelley Heinlen recognized Room 205 as a place where guests had complained that someone kept walking in. She also recalled an earlier scouting visit by Culton when other people were present, raising the possibility that the photograph came from that visit. Culton maintained that his September date was correct.
Heinlen had worked at Allenberry for eighteen years and told the reporter of unusual experiences of her own, including a bed spinning on a stage set. Her memories and Culton’s disputed photograph appeared in M. Diane McCormick’s October 29, 2009, report.