Ajax Whitmire Theory

A long time ago, there were big sailing ships on the river. One night in a storm, a big ship sank. All the lanterns on board were lit as the ship went down. Now, they say that on stormy nights you can still hear the flame of the lanterns being extinguished as they clashed with the water, at exactly 11 O’ clock. There have also been sightings of ghostly figures roaming on the nearest shores or shadowy figures laying on pieces of debris afloat in the enormous body of water.
Reports of this happening have been reported quite a few times over the years, and creepily enough it’s usually by younger children. Some people say this is because younger children have a stronger connection with spectres. Others say it’s because these ghostly figures target younger children due to the fear factor. …show more content…
Some say that it was just a simple accident, one of those rare ship crashes. Others say it was something more, such as the ship being already haunted.
The most popular theory is that the first captain of the ship, Nicolas Whitmire. He built the very ship himself, and named it the Sea Eagle II, after his father’s ship before him. He first set sail in 1826, and his ship was on it’s way to New England from the Americas. It would be a six month trip, so him and his crew of fifteen men prepared themselves. Legend says that when they were near Portugal when the ship was said to have ran into a rock protruding out of the sea. It split directly in half and all of the crew