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This photo of Haig Point Lighthouse was taken by Ohio resident Brittany Mosley, who visits Sea Pines each year with her family. “I actually took that shot while on a dolphin tour,” she said. “I thought it was such a beautiful building and it has a great story behind it.” Find more of her work on Instagram (@casuallyphotography).
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THE TRUE STORY OF MAGGIE CORMER AND THE HAIG POINT LIGHTHOUSE BY CAROLYN MALES
Let me state it right off. The Haig Point Lighthouse does not have a ghost named Maggie who pads up and down the stairs of its two floors. Nor does this specter spend evenings mingling with present-day guests on its porch overlooking the Calibogue Sound. Oh, yes. She’s certainly part of the folklore surrounding the iconic 1873 structure-turned B&B in this Daufuskie resort community, but the real life Maggie’s tale isn’t anything like those you may have heard. Folklore, spread by imaginative souls, is often perpetuated like a game of “Gossip” where someone whispers something in someone’s ear, who whispers in another’s, and so on down the line until you get to a story that is nothing like the original. Hang in with me because we’re going to do a reverse “gossip” on this one. I’ll walk you through the tall tales first; then we’ll end up with what really happened.
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