Zane Grey is mostly recognized for dramatizing the early American West. He has become known as the "Father of the Western Novel". His books often adorned the top seller list, and he grossed over $37 million in his lifetime. The author began his writing career on the Lackawaxen River in the Pocono Mountains, simply detailing his fishing trips. Throughout his life, he traveled great distances in search of giant fish, even owning many fishing records along the way. Grey later moved out to California, but he always had a place in his heart for his home along the Lackawaxen. Some say, he resides there to this day.
Visitors have claimed to see Zane in his house (now a museum), sitting at his writing chair. Others report feeling a "presence" around them, as if being watched. The apparition appears to mean no harm, and thus poses no threat to visitors. Grey would talk about his love for the home, and how we never should have left it. Perhaps he's making good on that statement.
Ironically, while staying in his home in Lackawaxen, Grey wrote about the presence of ghosts to his wife. He said, "Oh, Dolly, the rooms are haunted. Those are our spirits there..." he continued, "For the first time I went into the room where my mother died. Something strange came over me there..." Now, almost 100 years later, the questions of paranormal activity turn to Zane himself.
*Source: Pocono Ghosts, Legends and Lore. Reading, Pa.: Exeter House Books, 1991. Print.
