And there are stories. "The lodge has three haunted areas-Rooms 3 and 5, and the bowling alley," said one employee. "We call our ghost Mary. In the hallway between Rooms 3 and 5, Mary plays with me all the time."

One spring before the first guests arrived, the manager discovered that the lights were on in Room 3. He turned them off and returned to his apartment. The next time he looked, the lights were on again. Three times he retraced his steps to turn off lights. On his last trip, just short of the door he heard the sound of the switch as the light was turned off. "Good, leave them that way," he said aloud. And she does.

One manager said every time he replaces a light bulb, he scolds, "Mary, please leave it alone!" And she does.

Some workers became accustomed to the unexplained happenings, but one maid was very startled when new logs in the cold fireplace of Room 5 suddenly flamed bright red on their own.

Happenings in the bowling alley and recreation center are more visible. A few years ago, a director was setting up for a play that was to be performed in the recreation center. He was alone. Suddenly a crash reverberated through the building, followed by stumbling, shuffling sounds. With the hairs on his neck standing on end, he left the building and refused to return until accompanied by a lodge employee.

Still stranger is the shadowy figure of a man who keeps showing up in pictures taken in the bowling alley and recreation hall. One guest, who insisted there was no ghost, took his video camera, set it up in the bowling alley and waited. When he heard a noise he clicked on the camera. The view finder was blank. No indicator lights clicked on. The camera was dead.

He took the camera outside and checked the view finder again. It worked just fine-there was the pagoda on the lawn and the lake beyond. Mystified, he returned to the bowling alley and again set up the camera. Something scraped across the floor. He quickly peered through the lens. Blank again!

Is the shadowy figure on film Frank’s brother Harry? Or Frank himself, trying to make it home?