| Jekyll Island Ghosts | | | | It happened on the 4th of July, and the boys were |
| Some say Jekyll Island is haunted. At least, the Jekyll | | | | heading to meet their family for the fireworks. |
| Island Club Hotel. The hotel was built in the 1800's as | | | | According to the boys, Big Foot was around 6 feet tall, |
| the clubhouse for a group of wealthy, industrious, | | | | and covered with longish gray hair. The creature's |
| influential men (say robber-barons). Their names are | | | | arms were much longer than a man's. |
| familiar: Vanderbilt; Goodyear; Morgan; Pulitzer; and | | | | This sighting is documented at The Bigfoot Field |
| more. | | | | Researchers Organization, Report 8405. |
| Abandoned in the mid-1900's, the clubhouse was | | | | Enemy Tanks on Jekyll Island |
| renovated and re-christened the Jekyll Island Club Hotel | | | | In April of 1942, a German sub torpedoed 2 tankers |
| in 1986. It now stands as the primer hotel on the island - | | | | off the coast of Sea Island. Cases of paint, chicken, |
| and it comes with its own complement of ghosts. | | | | and beef quarters washed ashore at Jekyll. |
| Meet Lloyd Aspinwall, late president of the Club, who's | | | | Understandably, this caused consternation in a lot of |
| said to walk the planking of the Riverfront Veranda | | | | folks, especially Jekyll Island's resident millionaires. This |
| (renamed the Aspinwall Room). | | | | incident, among others, caused the formation of watch |
| Or you could run into Samuel Spencer in the 2nd floor | | | | patrols on Jekyll Island. |
| apartment of the Club's Annex building, where he used | | | | One evening, a Coast Guard sailor patrolling the beach |
| to have a room. He's been known to read guest's | | | | discovered a chilling sight - tank tracks leading from the |
| newspapers and sip from their coffee mugs. | | | | surf to the dunes. He rushed to tell the island caretaker, |
| Then there's the phantom Bellhop, who's been spotted | | | | excitedly exclaiming that the Germans had dropped |
| walking the halls of the Club in period striped pants and | | | | off a tank during the night and that the island was |
| pill-box cap. He's noted for taking guest's dry cleaning | | | | under invasion. |
| and returning it cleaned and pressed. | | | | The caretaker quickly dressed and accompanied the |
| Other ghosts have been sensed. Some claim to have | | | | Coast Guardsman back to the tank landing site. He |
| caught the scent of J.P. Morgan's cigar in the Sans | | | | discovered a track, all right - the track of a loggerhead |
| Souci building, and to have seen vague apparitions in | | | | turtle. The turtle had left the surf, lumbered up the |
| the Hollybourne Cottage. | | | | beach, laid its eggs, then returned to the sea, laying |
| Dolphins- Smarter Than Humans? | | | | down a parallel track that looked just like tank tread |
| What's weird about a dolphin? Well, some experts | | | | impressions. |
| claim these mammals have an intelligence that is just | | | | The caretaker had to dig up the eggs and show them |
| below that of man. They have their own language, and | | | | to the sailor to alleviate his fears. |
| use sonar to help them find prey. | | | | Jekyll Island Beer |
| A dolphin's intelligence is nowhere more apparent than | | | | Ever had a Jekyll Island brand beer? Well, you wouldn't |
| when they're on the hunt. They work as a team, and | | | | have - unless you were on the hit T.V. series "Lost". |
| have learned to use their environment as a tool for | | | | One episode of "Lost" introduced Jekyll Island beer. |
| catching fish. | | | | It's a fictional brand. Apparently, fictional brands are |
| Dolphins have been observed herding fish up tidal | | | | created for television shows and the movies when |
| creeks into shallow water, and then running them onto | | | | producers can't always get the rights to place real |
| a beach shelf - even sliding onto the sand themselves | | | | products on their productions. |
| to eat their catch before using their flukes to work | | | | According to the website TopTenz.net, Jekyll Island |
| themselves back into the water. | | | | beer was created by Independent Studio Services, |
| They also corral fish. In the flats, a lone dolphin will | | | | one of the largest suppliers of props - and fictional |
| swim in a tight circle around a school of fish, while his | | | | products - for film and television. |
| friends watch and wait. The circling dolphin's actions | | | | Some things about this great family destination may be |
| stirs up silt, which forms an opaque circle around his | | | | weird, but take them with a grain of salt. Enjoy the |
| prey. The fish think the circle is a wall, and jump out of | | | | pristine beaches. View the wildlife. Eat at some |
| it - straight into the other dolphin's mouths. Mmmmm - | | | | scrumptious seafood restaurants. |
| sushi. | | | | But, also - keep an eye out for ghosts. Be on the alert |
| Big Foot's Jekyll Island Adventure | | | | for Big Foot. Don't match wits with a dolphin. Watch |
| In 1963 a teen and his younger brother supposedly | | | | out for those pesky German tanks. |
| spotted a Sasquatch while driving the island's back | | | | And order a margarita - because you won't get a |
| roads. | | | | Jekyll Island beer. |