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INVESTIGATION REPORT

HISTORIC FORT WAYNE-DETROIT, MICHIGAN     JULY 7, 2007     # OF INVESTIGATORS=2

WEATHER= SUNNY & HOT 92F    MOON PHASE=WANING CRESCENT

THIS WAS A RETURN VISIT FOR US. WE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT DURING THE ANNUAL EVENT: CIVIL WAR DAYS, HELD EVERY YEAR AT THE FORT, THERE IS USUALLY SOME PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GOING ON. WE DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT. HERE IS WHAT WE FOUND:

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THIS IS ONE OF THE OLD BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY. IT ISN'T BEING USED RIGHT NOW, AND IS IN DIRE NEED OF RESTORATION. CHECK OUT THE WINDOW ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE.

HERE IS A CLOSE-UP OF THE WINDOW IN QUESTION. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT-SOMETHING IS THERE. YET-THE BUILDING IS PAD-LOCKED.

 A BRICK INSIDE THE SALLY PORT HAS BEEN CLEARLY MARKED: "COWAN 1895". THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE GENUINELY THAT OLD BY THE STAFF AT THE FORT.

THIS GRAVE IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EMBANKMENT WHICH SURROUNDS THE FIELD IN FRONT OF THE OLD BARRACKS BUILDING. IT IS MOSTLY UNREADABLE NOW, AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO IS BURIED HERE.

SMALL ORB IN THE PARLOR OF THE COMMANDANT'S HOUSE. TAKEN BY LON

A LARGE BLUE ORB AND A SMALL GOLD ONE, NEAR THE REENACTORS AT THE FORT.        TAKEN BY LON

THE PIANO IN THE COMMANDANT'S HOUSE. THE SAME PAGE OF THE SHEET MUSIC BOOKLET  MYSTERIOUSLY TURN BACK TO THE SAME PAGE WHENEVER SOMEONE CHANGES IT.  TAKEN BY LON.

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.

                   

SOME SCENES FROM CIVIL WAR DAYS.  LEFT TO RIGHT:

A BLACKSMITH DOING HIS WORK, CANNON FIRE, CAVALRY CHARGE, A CAMPSITE (WITH A WONDERFUL SMELLING HAM OVER THE FIRE), FALLEN SOLDIERS IN THE MOCK BATTLE DEMONSTRATION.