Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

The owner of a haunted Singhampton restaurant wonders whether its ghost has finally followed the light.

Sandy Hamilton, owner of Mylar and Loreta’s Restaurant, says she hasn’t seen the ghost she calls Mylar since last spring, when she felt a presence and saw a shadow pass by.

Mylar and Loreta’s is located in Singhampton’s first tavern, which was built in the 1850s by Cyrus Sing to house travellers and survey crews who came to town. In recent decades it has operated as a hotel and a general store, and changed hands many times.Hamilton purchased it in 1983 and has been running it as a restaurant ever since.

She says Mylar has been absent for long periods before, which always causes her to question whether she has seen him for the last time.
The wayward ghost first appeared about four months after Hamilton purchased the building.

He usually appears early in the morning or late at night, she says. Hamilton can tell it is Mylar because he is tall and thin and he always wears dark pants, a red plaid shirt and suspenders.

But Mylar is sneaky. Whenever Hamilton tries to focus on his face, she says he disappears.

The restaurant takes its name from a tale in which two lovers, Mylar and Loreta, are separated when Mylar comes to Singhampton to “find his fame and fortune.”

After settling in the new land, he sends for Loreta to join him. But she never makes it; her ship goes down at sea. Mylar, however, never stops dreaming of her and may now roam the restaurant awaiting her return.

Hamilton says that Mylar has never frightened her. “I believe in life after death,” she explains.

However, one customer swore she would not return to the restaurant after claiming to have seen the ghost of a woman wearing 18th-century clothing in the bathroom. And another left the restaurant after witnessing a man open a drawer, close it – and disappear.

But Hamilton isn’t worried about Mylar having a bad effect on business. After all, it keeps people talking. “I think it’s more of a positive than a negative effect,” she says.

No staff member has ever quit their job due to the ghosts.

Mylar has appeared dozens of time and in many different places. Most often, Mylar has been seen in front of the kitchen doors, but he has also appeared at the window at the kitchen.

Once, Hamilton saw a man standing at the back door. But when she asked, “Can we help you?” he disappeared.

Perhaps Mylar is shy. “He doesn’t come when we’re really busy,” Hamilton says.

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