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The Ghost Story
The Bird & Bottle Inn in Garrison has stood since 1761, first as Warren's Tavern serving travelers on the Albany Post Road during the Revolutionary War. The property's most persistent ghost is Emily Warren, a woman who lived at the inn in the 18th century and died under mysterious circumstances. She appears after closing time, wandering the upstairs hallways in period dress and rearranging objects in the tavern below. Guests staying overnight have woken to find their belongings moved to different locations, doors locked from the inside of empty rooms, and the smell of lavender perfume lingering in the halls. Continental Army soldiers once used the building as a meeting place, and their heavy bootfalls are occasionally heard on the stairs.