NORTHERN MICHIGAN EXPEDITION

2004

CEMETERY #2

# OF INVESTIGATORS= 11

MOON PHASE= NEW

WEATHER= 66F AND CLEAR

THIS CEMETERY CONTAINS SOME OF THE OLDEST GRAVES WE HAVE COME ACROSS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS. VETERANS FROM THE CIVIL WAR ARE BURIED HERE, AS WELL AS ALL WARS SINCE. VICTIMS OF SHIPWRECKS ON LAKE MICHIGAN ARE ALSO LAID TO REST HERE. MANY GRAVES IN A CERTAIN SECTION OF THIS CEMETERY CANNOT EVEN BE TRULY IDENTIFIED-THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM A SITE IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, WHERE IT WAS DECIDED IN 1878 TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOLHOUSE. (PHOTOS OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE PROPERTY CAN BE VIEWED ON ANOTHER PAGE WITHIN THIS REPORT)

IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN JUST HOW VERY DARK IT GETS IN THIS CEMETERY AFTER THE SUN SETS. BLOCKED BY DUNES ON ALMOST ALL SIDES, AND COVERED WITH TREES, HILLS,  AND BUSHES, THIS GRAVEYARD BECAME SO DARK THAT WE COULD NOT SEE OUR HANDS IN FRONT OF OUR FACES. HERE ARE TWO PHOTOS TO SHOW THIS:

THESE PHOTOS ARE THE SAME- EXCEPT- THAT THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT HAS BEEN LIGHTENED CONSIDERABLY.

DURING OUR VISIT TO THIS PLACE, WE HEARD OWLS HOOTING, AND ONE MEMBER WAS QUITE SURE SHE SAW A BEAR RUN BY HER. IT IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A "HAUNTED GRAVEYARD" AS SEEN IN NUMEROUS HORROR MOVIES. IT WAS "SPOOKY" TO SAY THE LEAST.

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PLEASE ENJOY THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS FROM OUR INVESTIGATION

(CLICK IMAGES FOR LARGER VIEWS)

A NICE ORB CAPTURED BY FIONA	A NICE ONE BY LINDA	A YELLOW ONE CAPTURED BY ROSE
A BEAUTIFUL PINK ONE BY FIONA	A BIG BLUE ORB BY LARRY	A SMALLER BLUE ONE BY CHRIS
A LOVELY PINK ONE BY FIONA	FOLLOWING US DOWN THE ROAD? TAKEN BY FIONA	CLOSE-UP OF A NICE YELLOW ONE BY CINDY