Although the Alagias had originally dismissed the ghost stories they had heard about their home, they soon came to give them greater credence as more family members experienced ghostly manifestations. One daughter, Rose, heard such loud talking and laughter one day while she was alone in the house on the second floor that she started down the steps to the first-floor living room to investigate. As soon as she reached the landing between the two floors, all of the sounds suddenly ceased. She was unable to find anyone in the living room or anywhere else in the house, for that matter.

Another daughter, Loretta, had a considerably more frightening experience, Walking up the stairs between the first and second floors, she saw a hand appear on the stairway. The strange hand grabbed the girl’s ankle, forcing her to fall forward onto the steps. Unable to release herself from the mysterious fingers, Loretta screamed for help. As soon as other family members came to her side, the hand disappeared as inexplicably as it had appeared. No one was ever able to account for either its appearance or the bruises it left on Loretta’s ankle.

Another episode which rivaled the ankle-grabbing in terms of sheer scariness occurred one evening when the family was in a second-floor sitting room watching television. After an extraordinarily loud noise caused them to jump in surprise, a look at the bedroom from which the noise had appeared to come revealed disturbing evidence of a supernatural nature. A crucifix on a wall over the bed had been ripped off its hanger and apparently thrown across the room.

Other strange things about Frenchtown Tavern included a bizarre cold spot on the third floor which everyone seemed to notice, and the sighting by Alagia grandchildren of a man in a uniform whom they called "the gray man."

Despite the fact that some of the Frenchtown incidents were frightening, Mrs. Alagia says that no one in the family ever felt threatened by any of the tavern’s invisible guests. Although a clear explanation of the supernatural activity was never found, there were some oddities about the property which may provide a clue to solving its mysteries. A secret, windowless room was discovered by the Alagias in the tenant house. The room may have been used to hide slaves escaping north to freedom. There is another local legend that a boat full of slaves burned on the Elk River in front of the tavern with the loss of all the slaves, who could not escape from their chains. Unfortunately, the secrets of Frenchtown Tavern will never be revealed. Two fires, the first probably started by a faulty furnace, the other by kids playing around, completely destroyed the house in the 1960s.