Wabana Iron Ore Mines — phantom miners on Bell Island, Newfoundland

The Wabana Iron Ore Mines on Bell Island, Newfoundland, were once among the most important mining operations in the British Empire, producing iron ore from undersea tunnels that extended far beneath Conception Bay. The mines operated from 1895 to 1966, and during their peak employed thousands of miners who worked in dangerous conditions miles beneath the ocean floor. Cave-ins, floods, and accidents claimed many lives over the mines' 71-year history. Since the mines closed, Bell Island residents and visitors have reported seeing apparitions in and around the mine entrances — shadow figures in miners' clothing, carrying phantom lanterns that glow in the tunnel openings at night. The sounds of pickaxes striking rock and mine carts rumbling on rails have been heard from sealed tunnel entrances. Some residents describe a persistent feeling of being watched near the old mine buildings, and dogs are said to become agitated near certain mine openings. Bell Island itself, accessible only by ferry from the mainland, has an isolated, windswept character that enhances its supernatural atmosphere. The island was also struck by an unexplained bolt of electricity in 1978 — a phenomenon investigated by both Canadian and American military that remains unexplained.