( Coastal Living ) -- The spirit of a mourning mother haunts Heceta Head , a 115-year-old lightstation on the windswept Oregon Coast . Some say the ghost , called The Gray Lady , searches for her infant daughter , who tumbled from the 200-foot cliffs to her death . Heceta Head sits on an isolated stretch of the windswept Oregon Coast . A visitor can get creeped out just by the setting -- an isolated stretch of shore where sudden fog can blot out the sun . Mariners braving the pounding surf depend on the lighthouse to avoid smashing into the rocks below . The beacon , the strongest on the Oregon Coast , is visible 21 miles away at sea . The Gray Lady , usually seen wearing a floor-length gray skirt , lurks in the attic of the lightkeeper 's home , which is on the National Register of Historic Places and now operates as a bed-and-breakfast . One worker saw the silver-haired ghost floating over the floorboards as he repaired a broken attic window . He fled , but the next day the shattered glass in the sealed room had been swept into a neat pile . Others report a mischievous side to the spirit . Lights flick on unexpectedly , doors suddenly lock , and objects placed in one room later appear in another . Coastal Living : Top 10 haunted lighthouses . Photographer Steve Terrill of Portland recalls standing outside at dusk and seeing a translucent figure looking down on him from the attic . `` It moved and then it disappeared , '' he says . `` We knew absolutely nobody was in there . I thought , 'Man this is weird . This must be my imagination . ' '' Steve and a friend were the only ones staying in the building . The next morning his friend called out in alarm . During the night , the inn 's guestbook mysteriously appeared in his room . It was open to a page describing a previous lodger 's encounter with the spirit . `` I do n't know where that book came from , '' Steve says . `` I 'm getting goosebumps now just thinking about it . '' You , too , can see if the spirit moves you during a lighthouse tour . Or reserve a night at the B & B ( rates from $ 133 ; 866/547-3696 or hecetalighthouse.com ) .
Heceta Head is said to be haunted by the spirit of a mourning mother . The 115-year-old lightstation on the windswept Oregon Coast is open to visitors . A B & B in the keeper 's house has rooms starting at $ 133 .