Boston Harbor is the site of mysterious occurrences.

According to Ebenezer Clapp’s History of Dorchester, “there were strange sights seen about Castle Island, and the Governor’s Island.” One is a figure, “in form like a man, that would sometimes cast flames and sparkles of fire. This was seen about eight of the clock in the evening by many. About the same time a voice was heard between Boston and Dorchester upon the water in a dreadful manner, crying out, ’Boy, boy, come away, come away. . .'” About fourteen days after, the same voice was heard in the like dreadful manner; divers sober persons were witnesses thereof, at both times, on the other side of the town, toward Noddles Island.”