INVESTIGATION REPORT

A CEMETERY IN MICHIGAN 2002

WEATHER= 50 F, COOL & CRISP

THIS CEMETERY IS VERY OLD, AND NOT IN USE FOR BURIALS ANY MORE. AT LEAST 50% OF THE GRAVES ARE THOSE OF CHILDREN, SOME VERY YOUNG. WE FOUND NO DEATH DATES NEWER THAN 1916. ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS RESIDENTS, WE CAME ACROSS A MOTHER DUCK SITTING ON HER NEST. IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH HERE-LIGHTS SURROUND THE PLACE ON ALL SIDES.

(CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTOS)

THIS MARKS A FAMILY PLOT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CEMETERY. IT STANDS ABOUT 4 FEET HIGH.

THIS WAS TAKEN NEAR THE DUCK'S NEST. ...IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PICTURE THERE SEEMS TO BE A SMALL BOY VISITING MRS. DUCK. CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT WILDLIFE

MANY STONES WERE BROKEN. FIONA GOT THIS ONE IN AN AREA THAT WAS ESPECIALLY IN NEED OF SOME ATTENTION. THE STONES HERE ARE SO OLD THAT A LOT OF THEM NEED REPAIRS.

FINAL NOTE:

CARVED INTO ONE OF THE OLDER STONES, WHICH HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND LAY DOWN ON THE GROUND, WAS THIS POEM:

BEHOLD YOU STRANGERS PASSING BY

AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I

AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE

PREPARE FOR DEATH AND FOLLOW ME

THE STONE WAS MADE OF MARBLE, AND VERY HARD TO READ. IT HAD WEATHERED FROM THE ELEMENTS, AND WITHIN A FEW YEARS WILL BE COMPLETELY UNREADABLE.

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.