Even the Indians talked of ghosts wandering around the rock. According to legend, star-crossed lovers met their doom there. Different versions of the story are told — one hold that two lovers, forbidden to marry, jumped off to their deaths. Another says that an Indian maiden fell in love with a white man, and her enraged Indian suitor slit the rival's throat and hurled the girl off the cliff.

In more recent times, the ghosts of other victims are glimpsed at the rock. Every year, people fall to their serious injury or deaths while hiking too close to the edge or seeking a thrill. People have committed suicide by jumping off Chickie's. There are even stories of alleged murders committed there. A fence has been erected, but it hasn't stopped some people from climbing over it.

The most famous ghost is hoax. "Chickie's Apparition" was made up by teens in 1969, who claimed to see a gray or silver mist floating above the trees. Hoax or no, others later swore they saw such an apparition.

An armless, dark, mummified ghost runs about with knives protruding from its form, and the ghost of a man who died from injuries in a river accident wanders about the shore. Several ghosts of men appear and disappear on the railroad tracks that go by the base of the rock. A shadow person — the dark silhouetted figure of a tall man wearing a fedora-style hat and flowing cape — walks about the woods near the top of the rock.

Perhaps most peculiar of all are the "Albatwitches," ape-like creatures four to five feet tall who live in the trees and attack picnickers in order to steal their apples. The creatures were originally called "apple snitchers," and the name morphed over time to "Albatwitches."

Rick Fisher, founder of the Paranormal Society of Pennsylvania, has investigated Chickie's Rock for years. He has collected hundreds of EVPs of ghostly voices, some of which he thinks are the victims of deadly falls. Fisher describes the haunting lore and his own spooky experience seeing an Albatwitch in his book Ghosts of the River Towns.

Even if you don't see a ghost, Chickie's Rock makes a spectacular outing. Just don't get too close to the edge!