Back in 1874 a ghost attracted widespread interest and his story was printed in the Shoalhaven News, the Empire (Sydney), the Queanbeyan Age and more.

Mr Robert Williams, who had recently gone to reside at Bamarang, had been terrified, his faithful watch dog driven mad, and his whole household routed and thrown in the the greatest consternation by the appearance of an apparition.

One night the Williams' family was startled by what seemed to be a man walking up and down the verandah with heavy nailed boots.

The dog, who appeared to have heard the noise, and it would also seem saw the cause of it, was rushing about in a frantic manner and would make a desperate spring at the intruder, but finally gave up the contest in sullen silence.

The ghost entered the hours and Williams then saw the figure of a man, dressed in the garb of a bushman.

It went to the bed where Mr and Mrs Williams were lying and pulled the bed clothes off and laid down on Williams, who could feel nothing when he put his hand out to touch it.

After a while the apparition went to where there was a cross-cut saw standing, which it sounded several times as if beating to music.

After keeping the Williams' family in a terrified state for some time, his ghostship departed.

Williams said he heard or saw this strange visit several times again. Other people reported to have seen similar apparitions and one gentleman swore he saw a low-set man with a manilla hat on, dressed in moleskins and a blue guernsey, carrying an axe over his shoulder, enter his bedroom.

It was asserted by the very old hands of the district that one or two men had been found murdered in the locality many years ago. The murdered man referred to may have been George Wood whose mutilated remains were found, but there was no sign of the two men who came to the district with him.