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INVESTIGATION REPORT

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2003

WEATHER=CLEAR, 36F, CALM MOON PHASE=3/4 WAXING # OF INVESTIGATORS= 5

EMU, LIKE ANY UNIVERSITY, HAS ITS STORIES AND URBAN LEGENDS, ALONG WITH A LOT OF HISTORY. BUILT IN 1849, THE COLLEGE WAS ORIGINALLY A TEACHERS SCHOOL. MARY STARKWEATHER WAS A MAIN FOUNDER OF THE COLLEGE, AND HER PORTRAIT HANGS IN THE BUILDING NAMED AFTER HER-STARKWEATHER HALL. WHILE INTERVIEWING STUDENTS & STAFF, WE HEARD STORIES ABOUT PIPE ORGANS PLAYING BY THEMSELVES, APPARITIONS OF A WOMAN HANGING FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING, AND FOOTSTEPS HEARD WHEN NO ONE WAS AROUND. THERE IS ALSO A STORY ABOUT PART OF THE CAMPUS BEING AN OLD CEMETERY IN THE PAST. A LOCAL HISTORIAN TELLS OF THE WISE & BUELL HALLS NOW STANDING ON WHAT USED TO BE ST. JOHNS CEMETERY. MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ROBBED GRAVES TO GET CADAVERS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1838 & 1910- SO THE STORY GOES...HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND: (CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)

STARKWEATHER HALL. THIS IS THE BUILDING SOME SAY HAS THE APPARITION OF A WOMAN HANGING FROM THE ROOF.	TWO DIFFERENT PORTRAITS OF MARY STARKWEATHER. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS SAID TO HAVE DEVIL'S HORNS-UNKNOWN WHY	A CLOSE-UP OF THE "HORNS"
EASTERN ECHO NEWSPAPER STAFFERS CAME ALONG WITH US AND SHOWED MUCH ENTHUSIASM & HOSPITALITY! THANKS TO KRISTINA, ANDREW, AND ADAM!! TAKEN BY FIONA	AN ORB ON HIS BACK. TAKEN BY FIONA	ORBS ABOVE THE BUILDINGS. TAKEN BY FIONA
ORBS AGAINST THE BUILDINGS TOO. TAKEN BY LINDA	ORBS AT STARKWEATHER HALL. TAKEN BY LINDA	A NICE PINK ORB ABOVE THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE. TAKEN BY FIONA
A CLOSE-UP OF THE PINK ORB. TAKEN BY FIONA	NICE BRIGHT ONES NEAR THE TREES	ECTO IN THE TREE IN THE AREA WHERE THE OLD CEMETERY WAS SUPPOSED TO ONCE BE. TAKEN BY FIONA
A WEAK ORB IN THE ECHO OFFICE	STARKWEATHER HAD AN EERIE GLOW...	...SO DID THE OLD SCHOOL
CONCLUSIONS: WE CAPTURED SOME QUESTIONABLE ANOMALIES AT THIS SITE. I CANNOT SAY CONCLUSIVELY THAT IT IS HAUNTED, BUT WE HOPE FOR A RETURN VISIT ONE DAY FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ARTICLE THE EASTERN ECHO WROTE ABOUT OUR VISIT.