Bara Hack Settlement Since at least the time of the American Revolution, the Welsh-emigre settlement known as Bara Hack has been the site of paranormal goings on. Abandoned and overgrown since the last century, Bara-Hack became known locally as the Village of Voices because one could clearly hear the sounds of another era at various times of the day or night. In this photo, a 1971 investigation captured this photo of what appears to be the figure of a reclining infant on a tree limb. Years later, investigators were amazed to find an early 19th century reference to just such an apparition at this site. Located off Rt.97 in Pomfret, the lost village of Bara-hack, often referred to as the “village of ghostly voices”, lies eerily dormant deep within the woods of northeastern Connecticut. The village was founded and first settled in 1790 by the two Welsh settlers Obadiah Higginbotham and John Randall. Obadiah Higgenbotham (1750-1803) was a deserter from the British Army. He fled from Cranston, Rhode Island to this region of northeastern Connecticut to avoid separation from his American bride, Dorcas. Another early settler was Jonathan Randall, also from Cranston. The Randall and Higgenbotham families fill the settlements small cemetery. The families, perhaps of Welsh extraction, named the settlement Bara- Hack, meaning breaking of bread in the Cymric (Welsh) tongue. Later, the village took on the name Pomfret. Soon after the first burials took place in the early 1800s, some villagers claimed to see ghosts reclining in the branches of an elm tree at dusk. By the time of the Civil War, most residents had moved away or died. Today Bara-hack is little more than an overgrown cow path. Its remains include some old stone foundations, cellar holes and a graveyard. Those that have dared to venture into the lost village have reported hearing disembodied voices, the laughter of children and the rumble of a horse-drawn carriage traveling along a ghostly road. We do not recommend anyone go to Bara-hack. The village lies within the boundaries of private property that is sufficiently dotted with the occasional “No Trespassing” sign.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:43:18 +0000
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