NORTHERN MICHIGAN EXPEDITION

2004

CEMETERY #1

THIS IS A SMALL CEMETERY IN AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY AREA IN THE FRINGES OF THE TOWN. THIS INVESTIGATION WAS DONE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. WE FOUND IT TO BE A PEACEFUL SPOT FOR THE MOST PART, WITH ONLY ONE EXCEPTION. WE ALSO DISCOVERED WILD PRICKLY PEAR CACTUSES GROWING HERE.

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AN EXAMPLE OF THIS SMALL RURAL CEMETERY. TAKEN BY CINDY

ANOTHER EXAMPLE TAKEN BY FIONA. (THIS MAY HAVE A COUPLE SMALL ORBS IN IT)

HERE IS THE EXCEPTION PHOTO. ONE MEMBER WAS DRAWN TO THIS FAMILY PLOT DURING OUR VISIT. SHE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY SHE COULDN'T SHAKE THE FEELING THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. TOWARDS THE END OF OUR INVESTIGATION, SHE ASKED ME TO COME WITH HER TO THIS SPOT. WHEN I DID, I REALIZED THAT IT IS THE GRAVE OF SOMEONE I KNEW IN THE PAST! THE M.G.W. MEMBER THAT WAS DRAWN TO THE PLACE HAD NEVER MET NOR HEARD OF THE PERSON BURIED HERE! TAKEN BY CINDY

NORTHERN MICHIGAN CACTUS!!