I just got in this morning from traveling out to Tampa Bay and I am not even sure how to put this trip into words without sounding like a basket case. Its been a long night and I did not get any sleep so I will try to make as much sense in this report then do some revising for when it goes up on the website.
 
This adventure marks our October Special I always each year near Halloween put out a series of awesome adventures. I am also fairly laid back and allow anybody to join them. The paranormal is best shared amongst friends who care one day some of you will understand if you ever decide to work along side with  me or help out.
 
I was really pushing tin with my car actually was quite scared to take it last night the few hundred miles I had to go. Because the CV axle is busted up badly at the joint so it shakes. Heading out to St. Petersburg/Tampa was like the space shuttle reentry for me to keep that car steady for that long was rough. On top of that I have an oil clog problem so the engine was ticking which means it could have ceased up at anytime or blown a head.
 
I ended up running late when do I not I am a stoned ghostbuster that enjoys holding hands with a lady in a cemetery lol. But Anyway's I made up for good time arrived at McDonalds at 10pm sharp on the dot yay...almost did 90mph a few times up there.
 
It was a great ride Tampa is a real pretty city its right on this bay of course which when you take the bridge over it goes into St. Petersburg which is really a city on a giant island with loads of Indian Mounds and other historic sites I feel deserve national attention and preservation.
 
See unlike other groups I do not sugarcoat my investigations they are what they are but some groups just care about bragging its the uniforms....outfits...etc well what we do is extreme adventuring head on into the paranormal so these sites were advanced. Unfortunately the lack of help...funds....and games people played somewhat took a little away from each place.
 
Anyway's do you ever feel as if something tries to stop you when your working so hard at something..for example this week my EMF detector was not working.....6 people dissed me for the investigation including Ghost Chasers let them be pissed off its not my fault they are upset over sweating up there uniforms or because they wore uncomfortable steel toes up in that ghost town two weeks ago.
 
Part of the reason why I am moving is cause I am tired of peoples games some of you are lucky to have a chance to go on an outing with me. Do you know how nice it is to be under the stars just wandering around each curve never knowing what might jump out at you.
 
But anyway's I was supposed to meet Ms Innocent (Patricia) at McDonalds we had all these plans to investigate....watch the sun rise at the beach.....hang out all day today etc. Well sadly when I pulled in she was not there it put some real sorrow in my heart. You think someone is a great person and you start to care about them and they just have no respect.
 
So things were hard for me I spent 2 hours waiting for her cause this is someone I have grown close with and well Ill leave it at that she knows others in the St. Pete area so yeah that was that. So I ended up running to a gas station the phone didn't work...the guy sent me the wrong way ended up running through a toll booth so now I am going to be probably fined $100 I do not have. I turned around got off one of the islands....went to another gas station paid out almost 5 dollars to call her house....the photo was busted her daughters were picking up laughing.
 
After that I had to run to Walmart to use a 4th phone stand in line for change...I used that her son was like ummm I do not know she has any cell phone...she is out blah blah blah so I got the run around so already 2 hours of the investigation was gone and so was a lot of my gas in my car trying to locate her. Message to her cause I know she will read it do not ask me to get rid of your stalkers anymore this Lord is tired of being kind.
 
So Anyway's I left McDonalds...and decided it was time to do my investigations I did not give up on her because that is how I am. I don't just give up on others cause I realize that you can get lost or things happen hell I got lost last night a few times...doing U-turns...etc St. Pete has ALOT of number streets ohhh yeah.
 
So Anyway's I did pull out a productive night alone at Fort DeSoto, Maximo Park & Mound, Jungle Prada, Sunnyside Cemetery, Glen Oaks Cemetery Mound. As you can see this was primarily a native american ancient site type of investigation.
 
I had more places lined up but the late start with things...and the fact that the more hood I seen the less interested I became in venturing into it with my bright orange shirt and tattoos all showing lol. As it is people were staring me down at the gas stations I was going into trust me.
 
Anyhow I noticed a rim was missing off one of my tires now my vehicle really looks odd to make matters work. Speaking of Odd...I am sorry Odd I did not call yo so we could do lunch man....I just was so upset about some things that I ran straight for home after the adventures.
 
Anyhow the adventure started at Fort Desoto which sits on this dark...gloomy island. At night nobody is really on the island except a few boaters that's it so I could not wait to get on the island and so the adventure begins.
 
Fort DeSoto
 
I have been on a few islands the last few years this one was one of the best. There was a light house across from it sending out a rolling light. Not a lot of lights on the island or even a car out. There was a few parks...harbors...and foot trails.
 
I parked over at the fort and some pier...a few people were fishing and perhaps eating at the local restaurant. But not a lot were out. The wind was blowing crazy off the gulf and I set out towards the fort which is hard to see at night cause its overgrown and there are no lights near it.
 
Right away I climbed the giant steps it reminded me of a temple at first. Ya know its not easy to take photos of yourself I had to do a few self timer shots so when you see the update and wonder who was with Rick well simple I took them of me so show I was here because this place was my main reason for the Tampa Tri cause its a cool place.
 
I walked up the steps looked at the lighthouse on the other island....the moon was NOT out so it was dark as hell. The one side of the fort to my left was just a hill and overgrown with the fort built into it. The other side which was the right side was all open and I was pretty high up. A few times I almost climbed the do not enter areas cause I seen some odd chimney and thought hmmm that's odd. I think there are areas people cannot get to here that contain things the public does not get to tour.
 
I then walked down the back side and entered the fort area. It was obviously this was just some concrete shell but it was all wide open. You could walk into the storage rooms....weapon rooms...etc etc you will just have to see the photos. Some of the rooms I went in I could feel ghost in them with me but no strange EMF readings. I took EVP and EMF at every site visited last night including this area.
 
I heard some footsteps everything echoes the concrete makes noise. I spent a long time here it was not a rushed investigation at all I went into every room....walked around the guard post areas....inspected all the cannons etc these cannons are nothing like I had ever seen man there massive again you will see.
 
There were two court yards within the fort those areas I felt watched it was wide open and at times a light would flicker on the fort then turn off. It seemed to be a self timed light that went on then off for awhile. But it got me a few times.
 
Most of the fort is just a series of rooms some of the long halls are foreboding not sure about what kind of ghost haunt it but when your alone you tend to pick up on certain parts of the fort not being welcoming.  On my way back from walking around I seen a cat dart out in front of me. It stopped looked back ran around the corner.
 
I followed the cat same thing he stopped looked at me then ran up the back stairwell. He kept looked back at me out of the corner of his eye as he ran up the steps. I am not sure what the deal was with the cat kind of odd to find a cat living in a fort there is no food source here but cats are pretty feral and they live anywhere but maybe it was a ghost cat. I don't know it just looked weird to me.
 
I should have followed he was trying to show me something but instead I went up some old steps where it says do not enter to these watch post area lol. After this I wrapped it up I really more or less wanted to show we were there and share the stories on this place.
 
I liked visiting here and damn if I had a group of people we could have done more but that's how it is people commit then do not show like the many who wrote me this week. Fort DeSoto is one of my favorite places so far in Florida not to haunted but there is a very dismal energy around it. I hiked along the water back to the car it was nice but went to take a leak and I felt terrible watched from above me.
 
After the fort I sped and got off the island and went all the way out of my time to go look for Patricia again at McDonalds...she was not there I would think someone would be worried...call my house looking for me...check back and sit if they were the ones running late. But she was not there then reality set in that the night was for me and me alone and that the sunset I would watch would be the one I watched alone
 
This island has one of the best beached in the country there is even a sign stating so I can imagine during the day the water must be crystal clear blue grrr I did bring my goggle too. .
 
I moved onto Maximo Mound which is harder to find then you will think.