Phantom Finders

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.

The third is one of the photos we are studying. The picture was taken of Don who is holding one of the automatic cameras. In front of Don, by his head, is a small orb of light. Behind Don is an empty corn field where there was no light source. This picture was taken at a different time on our first investigation to the cemetery."

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