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Location:
Bloods Point Cemetery, Cherry Valley IL
Date: 11/11/00
Time:
1:30am - 3:00am
Weather:
35 degrees F, Clear, light winds
Equipment used:
Two 35mm automatic cameras, Canon manual 35mm
used to take time lapse photos, Kodak 800 speed film, EMF detector, non
contact thermometer, tape recorder.
Website: http://www.phantomfinders.com
"We just began
investigating this location after receiving many questions about it. There
have been reports of a barn that appears and disappears, phantom cars,
and a report that a man hung himself from a tree next to the cemetery.
The tree is now gone and a house put in its place. We are going to try
to contact the owners to ask of any unusual activity either in their home,
or since they live next to the cemetery, any activity there. After our
initial walk through of the area, we detected no odd
energy fields,
temperature changes or "feelings". We noticed the cemetery is still in
operation, but has sites that date back to the late 1800's. We took a short
break, and while standing next to the car
decided to take
some more temps. While scanning the center of the cemetery, we noticed
odd fluctuations in the temperature. Cold spots dropping as low as 5 degrees
F. These spots were not constant, and after finding one, the temp would
quickly return to normal. The longest one lasted only a few seconds, when
the temp dropped to 15 then 5 and then returned to normal ambient temperature.
After recording this, we walk through with the EMF detector and also received
readings that were not there initially. On the first walk through, we got
normal readings of .1 to .3 milligauss. After locating the cold spots,
we were getting weak energy fields of 1.9 - 2.6. All of the activity was
located in the center of the cemetery. We continued taking pictures and
receiving readings for about 15 minutes, then all readings returned to
normal. There was a definite uneasy feeling in the area. After
the readings stopped, we took the temp of objects in the cemetery to make
sure nothing was that cold and we were reading it by mistake. The ground
was at 38 degrees, the tombstones were at 28 degrees and the tree was at
35 degrees. We reviewed the audio tape for any EVP, most of the tape was
blank, except for an area about 20 seconds long where there is a distinctive
pounding noise that begins faint and then grows louder and ends instantly.
The noise had a definite pattern that sounded like a heart beat. We are
testing the tape recorder to make sure it wasn't the cause of the sound.
We took 5 rolls of film on Kodak 800 speed Gold film. One of the rolls
was taken as two second time lapse photos at one minute intervals. We do
have some anomalies on the film, but we are still studying them to make
sure there are no natural causes. We did find that there is an underground
water source. We are beginning to investigate the theory that underground
water may hold "energy" which can cause residual hauntings. The first
photo is of Don taking temperatures of the cemetery with a non contact
thermometer (top of page).
The second photo
is Shaun looking for electro-magnetic fields with an EMF detector.
© 2000 davejuliano@theshadowlands.net and Phantom Finders