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2. Green Mountain Inn
Stowe, Vt.
If you feel a peculiar chill near room 302 of the Green Mountain Inn,
stop and listen closely. You may also hear the singing or staccato
clicks of a tap dancer.
Boots Berry was born in room 302 in 1840, and many believe his
spirit remains there. The son of one of the Inn's chambermaids, Boots
grew up and took over his father's job caring for the horses that drew
the Inn's stage coaches. One summer morning, Berry stopped a runaway
coach, saving its passengers. He received a medal for his dramatic
heroism, and a local legend grew around his act. But then Berry started
to drink heavily. He lost his job at the Inn and eventually drifted to
New Orleans. He landed in jail, where he learned to tap dance and earned
the nickname "Boots."
After his release, he returned to Stowe, where he committed a
second heroic act. A young girl became trapped on the roof of the Green
Mountain Inn during a violent snow storm. Berry ran to the roof over
Room 302 through a secret route he'd learned as a child, and saved the
little girl. But Berry wasn't so lucky — he ended up falling from the
roof over the room where he was born.
Berry's spirit remains at the inn he called home a century ago
and he sometimes can be heard tap dancing on the roof or entering his
former Room 302.
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