The floor creaks. The railings of a winding staircase rattle after each step. A cold breeze brushes up against your face, as it seeps out from a closet door. Portraits hang on the wall with figures that seem to be staring directly at you.

Over the centuries, Woodlawn Plantation has become a local focal point for mysterious occurrences and reported ghost sightings. The mansion sits atop a hill overlooking George Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon, just a few miles north of Fort Belvoir.

The mansion was a gift from Washington to his nephew, Maj. Lawrence Lewis and Eleanor “Nelly” Custis, the mansion’s first family. Today, visitors come each year to partake of Woodlawn’s haunted tales passed on from employees, security guards or those who stayed at the mansion.

Craig Tuminaro, who is now the assistant director of historic preservation, has been working at Woodlawn Plantation for the past seven years. But during his first year, he admits to having one odd occurrence.

Tuminaro was walking from the parlor to the center hallway – a path he had taken a number of times before. “I was right about here and I heard a whisper in my ear,” Tuminaro said, standing about a foot from the doorway leading from a yellow-painted parlor to the center hallway.

“ All I heard was ‘swing’ or ‘sweet’ or ‘sshh’ like that,” he said making a sound similar to a hissing noise. “It was just so, so quick,” he added.
“ It was just at the end of the day. It was late. I’d say like five o’ clock,” he said.

Tuminaro never heard anything out of the ordinary after that, but said his encounter leaves him questioning the possibility that that people leave an imprint on a house.

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