There is a stretch of land down by Spear Harbour called Long Shoot. It is located between two ponds, Grant's Pond and Scotch Pond. This place is said to be haunted. The story of how this place came to be haunted was told to me by Del Forward. He was living in Spear Harbour at the time. One Fall day many years ago, a fishing schooner from Newfoundland came into Spear Harbour. The crew of the schooner were all Roman Catholics except for one man who was a Protestant. In those days Roman Catholics and Protestants did not get along very well. The crew decided to go in towards Grant's Pond. The captain decided he would stay onboard the ship. So all the crew set off. As the story goes that evening the crew of the schooner returns, but one man was missing. It was the Protestant man. The next morning the schooner lifted anchor and left Spear Harbour. People say that the Roman Catholics took the Protestant man in there that day in order to kill him.

Years ago people used to go everywhere on dog team. If a person in those days wanted to go to Murray's Harbour, Spear Harbour or Fox Harbour they had to pass through Long Shoot. If you passed through Long Shoot at day you were fine, but those who passed through Long Shoot at night on dog team would all have the same strange experience.

At night the dogs would stop dead in their tracks. They would see something that would frighten them and they would not make one step forward. The dogs would come back and sit on the cart and try to get as close to you as possible. Some people would strike the dogs, yell and swear at them, but no way would those dogs budge. All you could do was wait. Then all of a sudden the dogs would get up and you had to hold on tight because they took off like lightening.

Usually when dogs have been working all day they would be starving for something to eat, but when those dogs got home they would not even touch the food. The dogs would be too frightened to eat. The next day the dogs would be okay and would be back to their old selves again.

What many people believe is that the dogs seen the spirit of the murdered Protestant man. This event happened many times and to many different people. Many people experienced the strange event of going through Long Shoot at night and in each case they all told of the same things happening.