If you noticed that I've missed a significant story, please let me know . Vinton County's Lake Hope area has a few spook stories. Possibly the best-known is the Ghost of Moonville. Moonville lies in a valley several miles east of lake Hope. Over a century ago, it was a railroad and mining town.
Legend has it that a breakman was playing cards with friends in a shanty near the tracks.
He became very drunk and stumbled out onto the track with his latern, hailing the train. He was run over by the train and killed. Many area residents say that at night, you can still see the ghost and his bobbing latern light near the moonville tunnel. Another Moonville tunnel ghost is said to be the restless spirit of a young girl who was hit by a train and decapitated. Her headless ghost can supposedly be seen on the lonely stretch of railroad track between the tunnel and what used to be Ingham station.