Chretien Point Plantation
Chretien Point Plantation is located in Sunset, Louisiana, and was originally built by Joseph Chretien. His son Hypolite whom was married to Felicite, died in 1839. This left Felicite to do a job that no other female had to do. She became the overseer for this 640-acre plantation by mounting on a horse and keeping the slaves in the field. She became obsessed with her new role in society and began doing things that traditionally only males would, such as smoking cigars, playing cards, and starting up some business deals. It turns out that Joseph had been doing some business with the famous pirate Jean Lafitte. It is unknown how this relationship started or why Lafitte traveled so far inland.
Felicite then in turn let Lafitte use her plantation as a place of staging sales of stolen goods, including undocumented slaves. By 1839 Lafitte had moved on but his followers still used the plantation to conduct business with Felicite’s approval, or without regard for her own wishes. These men noticed that Felicite was rich and all alone on this plantation without any protection. In the middle of night one night, pirates descended upon the plantation to steal some of her riches, including her jewelry. She walked down the steps towards one of the pirates with his eyes on the beautiful necklace she held in her hands.
The pirate was so focused on the necklace that he did not even realize what happened when Felicite pulled out a gun from underneath her night gown and shot the pirate to death on the 11th step. The rest of the pirate’s fled upon this courageous act from Felicite, and her slaves ran to the house to bury the body and clean the stairs to get the blood stains off. The body of this pirate was buried somewhere on the plantation in a unmarked grave. People who work and stay at the house, which is now an inn, have reported seeing the ghost of this pirate. The footsteps of this ghost are heard as he makes his final climb.
The sounds of the pirate are also heard in the dining room and parlor. This pirate ghost seems to enjoy playing with the coins of guests that are left out in the room. The ghost of Celestine, Felicite’s daughter-in-law, is also seen at the plantation. Her portrait can be seen hanging over the fire place since 1846. Her ghost is dressed in a white gown and appears mostly in the dining room. She sometimes appears to the staff during stressful times to give them words in an effort to calm them down during a situation. The ghost of Felicite also haunts this plantation and is seen in the Magnolia room on the 2nd floor. She has been seen in the window here holding back the curtains.
Felicite’s ghost is seen wearing a wide-brimmed hat with black netting that hangs all the way down to her waist. This was the traditional attire of Creole women who were in mourning. A Civil War battle called “The Battle of Little Crow Bayou” is replayed in a ghostly form at the plantation. The battle took place in 1863 and the plantation became caught up in the crossfire. The plantation was almost destroyed but then saved by Hypolite II, Felicites son, who sent out a Masonic distress signal. The Union commander at the battle was also a Mason and he stopped destruction from happening after internalizing the distress signal. Felicite fed the Union soldiers and had her slaves bury the dead Confederate soldiers. The apparitions of the soldiers involved in this battle can be seen walking across the grounds of Chretien Point Plantation.
(Source: Dwyer, Jeff. Ghost Hunter’s Guide to New Orleans. 2007.)
i have a photo of myself, my boyfriend took of me on the stairway
that’s possibly the pirate was killed there is an orange orb of a masked man above my left shoulder. really scary looking masked man with a long
beard.
My friends and i went to the house of nov.14,2009 at night and it got real cold then we went up to the hose and we saw someone in the window and then we turn around and then we went on the bridge and the car stop then it came back on then it cold!! then we just say a white clod go across the bridge! what’s up with that!?
My fiance, best friend and I went last night to the plantation.. we made it to the plantation sometime around 11:00pm… I had heard that the bridge right past the plantation was haunted, but I didn’t know any details other than supposedly a woman would make an appearance on or around the bridge.. so we drove over the bridge twice and stopped for a few minutes each time and snapped a few pictures… As we would snap pictures we would put the windows down on my car… When we put the windows down we could smell the sweet smell of what could have been a cigar or maybe a chimney, but we could only smell the scent on the bridge. the minute we’d get off the bridge we wouldn’t be able to smell it anymore. My best friend snapped a few pics in which we could see orbs.. one orb seemed to have a face consisting of 2 eyes and a nose.. it was very clear to see, but none of believed in ghosts so at the time we didn’t think anything of it. That night when I got home.. I sat in my best and studied the pics that I had on my camera… Thats when the I saw what looked like a woman standing by the bridge wearing a black hat w/ what seemed to be a Vail hanging down to her waist.. I didn’t know for sure what I was seeing so I showed the picture to my fiance and my father and they both saw the same thing. Well tonight I decided to do a little research… only to find that the mistress of the plantation smoked cigars(we smelled it on the bridge). The mistress also wears a black hat with a Vail!! I am in absolute shock and can’t believe my own eyes… We saw these things before we even knew that other witness accounts claim seeing the same things. By the way.. the orb in my bestfriends picture.. I’ve read up on it also… its said to be the face of the pirate!
You know, a mind is a terrible thing to waste!!!!!! I have been to this plantation numerous times alone and nothing of the sort ever happen while I was there. I even placed a digital recorder on the window seal out back, and all I captured was noise, nothing out of the ordinary. The bridge has never had any paranormal activity. Now What!!!!
@Donald
I’m only saying what we saw/smelt.. Believe what you want, but there are other witnesses that saw the exact same things as us.. Do I 100% believe it to be some kind of ghost… No, but what a HUGE coincidence…. It sure makes a hell of a story to tell.. and we’ve got the pics to go with it… The funny thing is that we smelt cigar and saw a woman before we even read up on it..
i recently retrived the old planks of the old bridge that were set aside for the concrete one they built. i moved the planks by pickup to my home in crowley,louisian. i built a shed out of the old planks and i recall seeing an apparition of a beautiful woman starring at me from the bayou side where the creitien plantation is located..however i noticed she had a dark concept about her and my dog-hunter growled at her and she simply vanished into thin air. hunter went to check for her and i continued to load the planks on my truck. i also had the felling that i was not alone while loading the wood..” i felt hands helping me load the planks and then felt like i was being pushed along to finish my chore.hunter was still looking towards the plantation when we left for home and starred at the house like he wanted to attack…i realize the mystery of the SPOOK BRIDGE ..but know someone was watching me.(337)785-0171 chow..mike