History & local legend
The Swiftwater Inn was an old stagecoach stop beside Swiftwater Creek on Route 611 in Monroe County. In 2005, Curtis Morgan, Diane Pryor and Kieran Pryor visited the building to investigate its ghost stories. Two separate experiences from that visit centered on the inn’s working rooms.
Morgan was standing in the pantry when he felt two hands lightly grip his upper arms from behind, then slide down toward his elbows. He called for Kieran to bring a camera. By the time Kieran reached him, the sensation had stopped.
Diane’s experience took place in a back room. Listening through the ordinary sounds of kitchen appliances and traffic outside, she asked for a sign of a presence. When she reviewed her recording, she heard what sounded like a woman giving a long moan. The inn later closed in 2007; these accounts describe the building before its demolition.
Sources
- Paranormal Investigators of the Poconos, on-site account naming Curtis Morgan, Diane Pryor and Kieran Pryor
- Brodhead Watershed Association, 2002 conservation plan, printed page 145, creekside inn and former stagecoach stop
- Pennsylvania environmental sampling report, August 2005, station SWIFCR03, coordinates just downstream of the inn’s old bridge
- Monroe County greenway plan, section 1.1 and historic-site marker 24, closure in 2007 and subsequent demolition
