Post by kathyghosthunter on Jan 8, 2009 22:15:52 GMT -6
Breaking a Legend…Maybe
Last year has been a wild spring for Minnesota, cold and wet. Finally when it became warmer but still wet, the projects that I have wanted to try has been beckoning me to start no matter how the weather was.
The first location that I wanted to check out had excited me. There had been stories circulating around this area for some time and I wanted to find out what was causing the phenomenon to happen or if it really was happening. This involves an old building next to a cemetery. I won’t say exactly where this area is, as I do not want to encourage trespassing and vandalism. With the popularity of ghost hunting on the rise, some new want-a-bees have been breaking into old buildings and destroying the locations. This is giving ghost hunting a bad name. More serious groups like mine, not only record and document locations but also try to find an explanation as to what is happening. I am not knocking down new groups, (which new ones are forming every day) fresh eyes and new blood are always welcomed. Who knows they may discover something new that had been over looked. But I do detest people breaking into buildings, or roaming into cemeteries knocking down the head stones that stood for nearly 100 years. By destroying these things, they are destroying a part of Minnesota’s history. These sites are someone’s home, gravesite as well as buildings, and should be respected at all times. Now that has been said, I can continue with my story.
I had asked several members if they could come, but this day was a particular stormy day and only myself and 2 other hardy members, Kathie and Jack, braved the storms. The location wasn’t to far from Jordan and when we arrived we could see the storms all around us but that area was dry and storm free. Each member had a tape recorder, camera and an emf meter. (Electromagnetic field) I wanted to test the area to see if there may be a natural explanation such as a high emf that may be causing the sightings. As we prepared for our investigation each of us turned on the tape recorders, and our emf meters. As we walked the area, from time to time we would get a slight spike on our meters. In one area Kathie’s meter went wild, as I approached her and placed my meter near hers, mine did not go off. My meter was on and the batteries were good. At this time I cannot explain as to why this happened. My meter would register low then at times spike up very high then this high spike would disappear. This also was happening in various locations to the other members. Jack had said it was as though someone was walking around the cemetery and we would run into them from time to time. We walked around the grounds; there was one spot where Kathie felt a sudden chill and a feeling of “weirdness”. It was also near that spot where all of Jacks equipment had lost power the batteries completely drained from power. He too said just before that happened he had a feeling of “weirdness”. Even though I took a photo of him when that happened, nothing showed up on my camera. “I wonder if the storms around us has anything to do with it?” Jack asked. This is an interesting idea and we will have to return on a nicer day to see if we get the same readings.
At one time I went back to the car to retrieve my other camera and sit by the benches they have in the back of the cemetery behind the building. As I returned from the car I walked besides the building. There is a small dirt road behind the building where the benches are. As I emerged from the side of the building and walked on to the road, I looked down the row of tombstones and I saw Kathie bending over a grave reading the name on it. I could see that she reached down to the flat stone; it looked as though she was moving something aside to read the name on the stone. I didn’t think much of it and I looked down at my camera to check the settings on it. I reached the bench sat down and looked up and I saw Kathie and Jack standing at the far end of the cemetery. I yelled out, “Kathie, how did you get there so fast?” They were puzzled at my question and teased me about something wrong with the cigarette I just had. I told them that I just saw Kathie by a gravesite on the other end of the cemetery not more then 6 seconds ago. Jack assured me that Kathie was with him all that time. And it would have been impossible for her to travel that distance in just a few seconds. The lady I saw wore modern clothes and was in the newer section of the cemetery. I had stared at her for a good minute, She was solid as anyone and at that distance I had thought it was Kathie I was seeing. The Cemetery is in an isolated area and you can see all around the area. There was nowhere a person could hide. Who or what I saw I cannot say.
We closely examined the area. We could see a few towers in the distance one with red lights the other with white. “The lights on the towers could explain the red and white lights on the photos we saw.” Kathie said. So we had to dismiss those photos for we found a possible explanation. We waited until dusk and made another walk through. As it grew darker we noticed some small flashes in the building. At one point it looked as though someone lit a candle. The soft glow was unmistakable. We stood there amazed, and we watched the flickering of the light. Then it went out. We stared at each other. “We did see that didn’t we, how on earth did that happen?” We all thought. No one was in the building. It was locked. Once again the light appeared, once again it looked like a soft glow of a candle through the windows. Then as it disappeared I noticed what caused it. The car in the distance had it headlights on and it’s light filtered through the windows making it look like a candlelight. You could feel our disappointment. Kathie voiced our thoughts “Why do we always have to find the logic in things?” This is true; finding the explanation for things can be disheartening at times.
We were quite disappointed. As it became darker out, we took another sweep of the area taking photos. Jack saw a small light in the back of the cemetery. That was the area where I had saw who I thought was Kathie. As we approached the area where the light was it disappeared. We carefully picked our way back to the road and took more photos. In one area as I took some photos I saw something brightly glow green at the far end. I mentioned this to the others. Kathy also took some photos towards that area but I did not see the green glow. I thought that perhaps it was a street sign that picked up on the flash. When I would examine my photos later I should be able to notice that. It was getting late and it was time to go. We has been able to find explanations for the sightings and for now all we were leaving with was some strange emf readings, that may have been caused by the static in the air, and my sighting of Kathie at the far end of the cemetery. There was no proof, and I was the only one who saw her so I cannot say that it was evidence. Disheartened we walked to the car. Before we left the grounds, Jack knocked on the building’s door and said, “Hello, is anyone home?” That was the last of the rumor we had to dispel. And we waited outside the gate to see what would happen if anything. As we stood there, looking like a couple of kids peering in the window of a store that had a toy display out for Christmas, I was ready to say “well, lets go.” When Jack said, “Look at that!” As we stared where he pointed, we all saw a large pale green glowing ball of mist weaving in and out of the tombstones. It moved slowly and all of us were able to see it. It was close to us no more then 4 rolls away. It came from the far end of the cemetery, where I had seen the green glow earlier, towards the building. We were dumbfounded. This we could not explain away. We were not able to capture this with our cameras. As we tried to take a photo of it, it turned red then disappeared.
We all said thank you to the spirit that showed itself to us and we got ready to leave. It would seem that they knew we were upset that nothing could be found and they wanted us to know that yes we are here.
At this time I cannot say I have any photos to share with you, and I am examining the tapes we made. Here I did find some evp’s. At one time Jack and Kathie were talking about a hitching post that is still on the property. And a man’s voice popped up saying “it’s the people’s now” Also in another location Jack asked, did you die in the Indian war? And a voice answered “Yes” There are still more on the tapes but I need some time to post them. There also was a warning “Don’t take anything.”
So is this place haunted? Well most cemeteries do have some spirits in them. But we have been able to explain most of the happenings that have been reported. This place is no more haunted then any other cemetery
Last year has been a wild spring for Minnesota, cold and wet. Finally when it became warmer but still wet, the projects that I have wanted to try has been beckoning me to start no matter how the weather was.
The first location that I wanted to check out had excited me. There had been stories circulating around this area for some time and I wanted to find out what was causing the phenomenon to happen or if it really was happening. This involves an old building next to a cemetery. I won’t say exactly where this area is, as I do not want to encourage trespassing and vandalism. With the popularity of ghost hunting on the rise, some new want-a-bees have been breaking into old buildings and destroying the locations. This is giving ghost hunting a bad name. More serious groups like mine, not only record and document locations but also try to find an explanation as to what is happening. I am not knocking down new groups, (which new ones are forming every day) fresh eyes and new blood are always welcomed. Who knows they may discover something new that had been over looked. But I do detest people breaking into buildings, or roaming into cemeteries knocking down the head stones that stood for nearly 100 years. By destroying these things, they are destroying a part of Minnesota’s history. These sites are someone’s home, gravesite as well as buildings, and should be respected at all times. Now that has been said, I can continue with my story.
I had asked several members if they could come, but this day was a particular stormy day and only myself and 2 other hardy members, Kathie and Jack, braved the storms. The location wasn’t to far from Jordan and when we arrived we could see the storms all around us but that area was dry and storm free. Each member had a tape recorder, camera and an emf meter. (Electromagnetic field) I wanted to test the area to see if there may be a natural explanation such as a high emf that may be causing the sightings. As we prepared for our investigation each of us turned on the tape recorders, and our emf meters. As we walked the area, from time to time we would get a slight spike on our meters. In one area Kathie’s meter went wild, as I approached her and placed my meter near hers, mine did not go off. My meter was on and the batteries were good. At this time I cannot explain as to why this happened. My meter would register low then at times spike up very high then this high spike would disappear. This also was happening in various locations to the other members. Jack had said it was as though someone was walking around the cemetery and we would run into them from time to time. We walked around the grounds; there was one spot where Kathie felt a sudden chill and a feeling of “weirdness”. It was also near that spot where all of Jacks equipment had lost power the batteries completely drained from power. He too said just before that happened he had a feeling of “weirdness”. Even though I took a photo of him when that happened, nothing showed up on my camera. “I wonder if the storms around us has anything to do with it?” Jack asked. This is an interesting idea and we will have to return on a nicer day to see if we get the same readings.
At one time I went back to the car to retrieve my other camera and sit by the benches they have in the back of the cemetery behind the building. As I returned from the car I walked besides the building. There is a small dirt road behind the building where the benches are. As I emerged from the side of the building and walked on to the road, I looked down the row of tombstones and I saw Kathie bending over a grave reading the name on it. I could see that she reached down to the flat stone; it looked as though she was moving something aside to read the name on the stone. I didn’t think much of it and I looked down at my camera to check the settings on it. I reached the bench sat down and looked up and I saw Kathie and Jack standing at the far end of the cemetery. I yelled out, “Kathie, how did you get there so fast?” They were puzzled at my question and teased me about something wrong with the cigarette I just had. I told them that I just saw Kathie by a gravesite on the other end of the cemetery not more then 6 seconds ago. Jack assured me that Kathie was with him all that time. And it would have been impossible for her to travel that distance in just a few seconds. The lady I saw wore modern clothes and was in the newer section of the cemetery. I had stared at her for a good minute, She was solid as anyone and at that distance I had thought it was Kathie I was seeing. The Cemetery is in an isolated area and you can see all around the area. There was nowhere a person could hide. Who or what I saw I cannot say.
We closely examined the area. We could see a few towers in the distance one with red lights the other with white. “The lights on the towers could explain the red and white lights on the photos we saw.” Kathie said. So we had to dismiss those photos for we found a possible explanation. We waited until dusk and made another walk through. As it grew darker we noticed some small flashes in the building. At one point it looked as though someone lit a candle. The soft glow was unmistakable. We stood there amazed, and we watched the flickering of the light. Then it went out. We stared at each other. “We did see that didn’t we, how on earth did that happen?” We all thought. No one was in the building. It was locked. Once again the light appeared, once again it looked like a soft glow of a candle through the windows. Then as it disappeared I noticed what caused it. The car in the distance had it headlights on and it’s light filtered through the windows making it look like a candlelight. You could feel our disappointment. Kathie voiced our thoughts “Why do we always have to find the logic in things?” This is true; finding the explanation for things can be disheartening at times.
We were quite disappointed. As it became darker out, we took another sweep of the area taking photos. Jack saw a small light in the back of the cemetery. That was the area where I had saw who I thought was Kathie. As we approached the area where the light was it disappeared. We carefully picked our way back to the road and took more photos. In one area as I took some photos I saw something brightly glow green at the far end. I mentioned this to the others. Kathy also took some photos towards that area but I did not see the green glow. I thought that perhaps it was a street sign that picked up on the flash. When I would examine my photos later I should be able to notice that. It was getting late and it was time to go. We has been able to find explanations for the sightings and for now all we were leaving with was some strange emf readings, that may have been caused by the static in the air, and my sighting of Kathie at the far end of the cemetery. There was no proof, and I was the only one who saw her so I cannot say that it was evidence. Disheartened we walked to the car. Before we left the grounds, Jack knocked on the building’s door and said, “Hello, is anyone home?” That was the last of the rumor we had to dispel. And we waited outside the gate to see what would happen if anything. As we stood there, looking like a couple of kids peering in the window of a store that had a toy display out for Christmas, I was ready to say “well, lets go.” When Jack said, “Look at that!” As we stared where he pointed, we all saw a large pale green glowing ball of mist weaving in and out of the tombstones. It moved slowly and all of us were able to see it. It was close to us no more then 4 rolls away. It came from the far end of the cemetery, where I had seen the green glow earlier, towards the building. We were dumbfounded. This we could not explain away. We were not able to capture this with our cameras. As we tried to take a photo of it, it turned red then disappeared.
We all said thank you to the spirit that showed itself to us and we got ready to leave. It would seem that they knew we were upset that nothing could be found and they wanted us to know that yes we are here.
At this time I cannot say I have any photos to share with you, and I am examining the tapes we made. Here I did find some evp’s. At one time Jack and Kathie were talking about a hitching post that is still on the property. And a man’s voice popped up saying “it’s the people’s now” Also in another location Jack asked, did you die in the Indian war? And a voice answered “Yes” There are still more on the tapes but I need some time to post them. There also was a warning “Don’t take anything.”
So is this place haunted? Well most cemeteries do have some spirits in them. But we have been able to explain most of the happenings that have been reported. This place is no more haunted then any other cemetery