Finally as a paranormal investigator I can actually say I been to Savannah
GA rumored to be the most HAUNTED city in the country. I know that some of
you have been asking me about the trip like when it was going to take
place and since I had no choice to put it off I thought that it would be
wonderful to do the tour of Savannah the day after Christmas.
Speaking of the holidays I hope all of you had a very safe and lovely one.
I had a beautiful month not just Christmas. I mean I look at the entire
month as a whole such as all the trips we completed....the new live show
we have going on...the fact that I had the opportunity to spend a night up
in Savannah...and to be blessed with such beautiful sons and seeing the
look in there eyes when they got the gift certificate for a WII game
system.
Before I get into my Savannah report I wanted to give special thanks to
Carol, Jill, and Anna. Those donations helped believe me this trip was
rather costly. When someone puts someone ahead of them that just proves to
me they are a true loyal friend and unselfish person. The world is full of
many but the ones who are loyal fans I wanted to give you guys an
adventure that you were going to love so it was between New Orleans...and
Savannah I went with Savannah.
Someone from another paranormal group the other day called me nothing but
a thrill seeker and big headed neither are true. If you want to know the
truth I spent the entire night on the streets not for me but because I
work hard at what I do. Anybody that is big headed would stay inside
warmth and would hope to make money off of this but rather for me Savannah
I felt is a place everybody should visit and for those that do not you
will get to see it first hand from how I seen it.
I was able to complete all my goals in Savannah unfortunately there were
three locations I could not investigate because they were just to far of
away of a hike and since nobody volunteered to partake in this weeks ago I
made it a closed investigation meaning only I would do this. Reason being
is that there was 18 to 21 miles of active hiking on the itinerary and
lets face it....very few people are trained to do what I do especially
being that it involved climbing, hiking, woods, wolves and other things.
Of course I did not just do all my investigations in Savannah either I did
hike to another town as well which has a few strange locations.
I wanted to make sure that we gave our members a little bit of
everything...cemeteries...forts...historical sites...and even railroads.
This investigation would be much different then anything I faced since the
entire adventure would be done on foot...no cars...no bikes...no
taxis....just a back pack and me.
What would make the trip special is it is the last one of the year but
probably the last one for a few months till I go out west. I need sometime
to heal up my wounds..spend sometime with my sons and relax. Its been
quite the journey enough to make me sit back and enjoy life a little for
awhile.
My objective is merely to share what I know and what I see and when this
is all put on our site you will be wowed trust me on this. I took hours of
EVP...Photos...and data gathering. I could not afford to be anything but
flawless...one wrong turn meant getting lost on foot....spending time at
one place to long meant losing out on another place....making sure I
plotted each site had to be done in order so I would not back track. So
basically the trip took place from Northern Western Savannah to...South
East...to North East....To East...back West...then North...then cut right
into the heart of the city and back to my starting point for those that
understand how the city is set up which is giant squares which make up the
city.
I sort of bounced around during the investigation so the report will be a
little out of order but the places I checked out were Savannah which
includes various historical squares...downtown....the old harbor...eerie
alley ways...gardens...parks...and various historic structures which are
often visited by ghost tour groups. I also visited Laurel Grove Cemetery,
Savannah Colonial Cemetery, Lepageville Cemetery, Old Fort Jackson,
Bonaventure Historical Cemetery, Savannah Catholic Cemetery, and The
Savannah Train Museum. Which in between a few of them the City Of Savannah
itself.
I wanted to do the cemeteries separately since each one has its own ghost
stories and tales to the area. I took a greyhound there its not that bad
really to have someone drive you so you can relax...read a book...chill
out especially with the high gas prices. I had boarded on time in the
morning....and it was a pretty full ride but I had my seat to myself till
I got up to New Brunswick where this female preacher talking about faith
etc took up both the seats including mine grrrr.
It was hard cause my wisdom tooth is broke still have not had it removed
and this time nothing was working for it so I was in pain the entire bus
trip. On top of it my youngest boy is sick and gave it to me so I was
congested with a massive tooth ache on the bus it was so bad I passed out
until I woke up in Savannah and so my adventure began here.
. Historical Savannah
I was so excited to be here was wondering what
happened it was really sunny and warm two hours south of me but in
Savannah it was nippy out and the clouds were very low very dark. I
thought great I am going to be doing this in the rain that is how it
looked but luckily no precipitation at all.
I had to unpack my gear get it all equipped so that I would be ready to
just go to each place on foot. I liked the whole adventure and freedom of
it all. So many people come here staying at fancy inns...eating expensive
dinners, taking tours etc but the real freedom of such a place is being
able to go where you want and see it first hand.
I cut down an industrial area there was an old brick abandoned
warehouse....and the visitors center which was made out of brick. I went
into the center went right into the chamber of commerce just to have a
look around. This place also houses the museum for the city so it was a
neat place just to take a peak.
I went back outside grabbed a few pamphlets. I noticed a lot of material
for the city is out even passed by the trolley stop tours. They actually
will take you to various historical sites I recommend it unless you want
to walk for 12 hours like me.
I walked down the road and noticed to my right a revolutionary war
battlefield I stood right on top of the mound. I figured I would come back
here later at night when I finished my other investigations. I entered the
opening which is in the mound that the soldiers could fight from sort of a
barracks. I took some photos and noticed some trains way off in the
distance.
I went to the gates and it turns out it was the Savannah Train
Museum....and an area that use to be a train yard for Savannah. I could
see the caboose...locomotives etc off in the distance. Unfortunately they
wanted to charge me to get in and they were about to close. I would come
back later to investigate here you can read the report further below.
After visiting these sites during the day I started to head further down
Martin Luther King it was amazing how the area went to historic looking to
almost ghetto gangster land instantly. There was burnt buildings to my
left...a few fast food restaurants...a beat up church...and the projects.
I no longer seen tourist walking around just a lot of people hanging on
the streets staring me down. Trust me I did not feel like I was in Kansas
anymore lol.
I had to cut through this area to get to a cemetery which in my opinion is
one of the most awesome cemeteries I ever been to. The sun had not gone
down just yet and I did not enjoy cutting through all these complexes as I
was stared down hard. I mean I was holding my camera walking down
communities full of spray paint.
I did make it to Laurel Oak Cemetery see the report below to learn more in
depth about my investigation of it. Anyway's after I finished that it was
getting dark and I was randomly trying to get myself eastward which would
put me back into the historical area. It was not easy I had almost a mile
of poor stricken neighborhood to walk through and of course no matter
where you go people are trouble. So some guy on a bicycle tried to pick a
fight with me I did the right thing and walked away like he did not exist
without even looking at him and sure enough it worked he went his own way.
People never cease to amaze me they are so bored with life that they
entertain themselves by sharing there misery with others. I felt relieved
when I started seeing more larger historical apartments....buildings...and
brick streets. I knew I was getting back into a much nicer area. All was
confirmed when a blonde was jogging alone and those boobs were bouncing I
knew for sure the Lord was saved heh.
At this point it was Forsyth Park which had a plaque...statue at the
entrance an a giant brick walkway that ran between many large trees on
both sides. I noticed a lot of joggers here I also noticed that the park
was dark and some people hid within the darkness as I walked through it.
This is Savannahs most prestigious park it is what it is gorgeous for a
city park.
At the end of the walkway is a garden you can walkthrough at night its
locked up with bars but they have plants...walkways and small fountains. I
thought that felt kind of eerie. Near the garden was a little up Christmas
tree. The main attraction with the park is the giant fountain which is
gorgeous. I belched real loud at some tourist and they ran off. I am
telling you this park in some areas is so dark from the tree cover that
you cannot see your hand in front of your face and well they freaked out.
You see what happened was is I swallowed to much clove oil it upset my
stomach so I was belching like a goddamn drunk pirate haha. So it came out
on accident and I sent people running for there lives. Which left me
standing in front of one hell of a gorgeous fountain by myself. The
engravings...and mermaid like creatures blowing water from there horns
really was unique.
I moved on leaving the park past The Armstrong Junior College...what an
eerie stone building sort of gothic looking all gray I read the plaque.
From this point on I would see many plaques in front of many structures
throughout my hike which would go into the cities history....certain
structures...and prominent figures.
I would at this point visit my first city square which was the Monterey
Square which had a giant monument in the center...brick walk
ways...decorated old lamp post and plaques. The monument in the center was
the Pulaski one it had Christmas lights around the outside. My first
paranormal experience would be at this square. I looked up and seen a soft
glowing light move along the tree tops no explanation it. It was not an
orb...it was not a car light...it was just a soft glow hovering right
above me pretty fascinating really.
Across the street was a Israel Church with its high steeples organized in
the early 1700's and behind that was some historic buildings it appeared
to be housing. Its amazing how they have taken all these mansions and
turned them into apartments and housing. The streets are so dimly lit with
giant trees draping brick laid streets.
Behind this church was another called the Wesley United Methodist Church
another massive beautiful church. I love churches I just am not a
religious guy but the real churches are the ones with the wonderful
architecture such as gothic revival. They do not make churches like this
anymore and the tall towers and steeples just were an amazing site.
Strangely I passed by this little old book shop which is the headquarters
for The Midnight Garden Of Good & Evil. The book does tie into a place
I visited later on during the night called Bonaventure Cemetery.
Everything I did on this investigation has a connection the ghost...haunting's..history
etc so believe me everything was very well organized. I visited also a
mansion with towers at the ends of it which they turned into a giant
restaurant with live music. It was all decorated I took a few photos then
went up the road to Candler Hospital.
The hospital was probably one of the most awesome places in downtown
Savannah its very old very gothic looking with tall columns...tall
windows...very eerie. It appeared from looking inside with my light that
it was abandoned but the new wing to the hospital is not. I bet you the
stories to this place are pretty strange. Behind the hospital in a grass
knoll area lays a historical tree known as the Candler Oak. The tree is
around 300 years old and it has a plaque with stats. Supposedly nearby is
another tree or even a much larger one then this. I did not have time to
fit it in the journey but this one was on the way so I grabbed some
photos.
Upon heading down the street I visited another historical square. The
squares were my favorite places with the walkways...fountains...and
memorials. Behind that off beyond the trees was The Cathedral Of St. John
The Baptist which has the tallest steeples in Savannah. What a beautiful
church and you bet I took some photos of it. Also the moon finally was
starting to come out so gorgeous of a night perfect to be out
investigating.
Behind the Cathedral is Savannah Colonial Cemetery which I will post later
in this report. After visiting that cemetery I went down some quiet
historical streets took some photos of a small art college with an eerie
tower. The streets were very quiet not a lot of people out down some
streets I went nobody was present not even cars. A lot of the houses were
decorated for Christmas some with candles in the windows. One street I
went down I came across the Fireman's Bell...which is this old historical
bell with a firemen memorial across from the fire Dept.
Another street I went down I noticed two separate ghost tours going on. I
almost laughed to myself because it really is amazing how people have
taken this place and turned it into a money making opportunity. On one of
the tours this girl was all dressed up in colonial clothing...while on
another the lady giving the tour was loud obnoxious and I thought who
cares lady give these people what they want some adventure lol. I had to
work around them because I was taking photos of what they call the
Lafayette Mansion which has these locked up gardens at night...winding
staircases out front etc a really eerie place and very haunted. Nearby was
the Wesley Square Monument and near that was downtown Savannah which
Oglethorpe Ave cuts through the center of the city.
I did get away from the ghost tour groups I seen a lot of ghost tours
going on and that's all fine but when your trying to do your job and
people are staring at you it kind of gets uncomfortable lol. As soon as I
took some streets with many old wood homes a hearse pulls up behind me and
guess what? It was another ghost tour they put the people on the back of
the hearse and drive around showing people these haunted places. Well the
driver which was a dick head thought it would be funny and to F$$$ with
me. So he slowly starting to follow me...then started to laugh..and I know
he made a smart remark. I thought to myself maybe I should give these
people what they are paying for grab the guy by his shirt pull him out of
the hearse knock him out and they probably will think its part of the tour
haha.
I have noticed over my years of doing this most people associated
with the paranormal...ghost tours...other founders of other groups have
become total dick heads. There are very few nice people left who have
respect for there fellow man. This guy knew what I was doing there was no
reason for him to play scare tactics with me like I am going to be scared
of some hearse following me around. So that was that I let it go.
After this I cut on into Emmet Park briefly I would come back later on but
wanted to get a picture of the old harbor light. I did not explore the
harbor area yet but their was a cobble stone road leading down into it and
a wall. The harbor is the oldest part of Savannah full of pirate tales. I
walked down the road visited the Pirate Restaurant I did not eat here it
was to expensive and all the people were dressed very nice. Beneath the
restaurant is a tunnel that is locked but goes out to the river rumor has
it. There was carriages with romantic couples in them reminded me of being
back in time.
I did take a few photos and was getting hungry it was getting late and my
food supply was running low. There really are not many gas stations or
fast food places in Savannah and the ones I seen were in a very poor bad
section of town which I was way to far away from at this point.
I took this road around and it led me to an old set of train
tracks..nearby was a fenced off area that said Fort Wayne...where some old
structures sat up on. I did not get into the Fort Wayne area it was all in
ruins and just really a wall remaining. I kept on and started to head to
the nearby town called Thunderbolt on foot.
There were no sidewalks nothing but wet lands...woods...and businesses for
a few miles. It seemed to be the industrial section outside of Savannah a
lot of factories...and even a refinery. I did not see any fast food I was
so hungry it was cold and the wear along with the tear was setting in. I
was getting more sick my sons always pass on there flus and colds to me
regardless so it was just bad timing.
Eventually after a couple miles there was two gas stations both had the
same name lol weird huh? I went into them both they had no hot dogs...no
hot food....there restaurants inside were shut down and imagine it was
still early. The one had old stale coffee I grabbed a cup it sucked but I
wanted something warm. I did not get any food it was hard cause I already
had did miles of walking starting at 4PM and here it was almost 10pm and I
still had not sat down or had a break.
Surprisingly behind one of the gas stations something caught my eye while
I was sipping my coffee. I noticed wrought iron so I went back there and
found an old abandoned cemetery called Lepageville Cemetery. I will get
into that in a bit further below. So after investigating that I got back
onto the road in hopes to find Old Fort Jackson. Finally after going up
the highway for awhile I found the easy to miss road to it. I would
investigate it the report is also further below to that.
After surviving Fort Jackson...I made a call to Christy she helped me with
the investigation a few days ago up in Cedar Key...I needed someone to
talk to it was a very tough investigation for me. I had no car...no
investigators etc and I had another 4 mile hike ahead of me. I was pushing
on with will to want to see more but the truth was is that I was really
tiring out my asthma was kicking in could not find my inhaler funny thing
is it was with me just in the wrong pouch of my backpack grrr.
I was on a quest to find Bonaventure Cemetery this is not just a normal
cemetery either keep that in mind it was a plantation at one time to. Also
labeled to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the country
definitely worth the hike. So I hiked down a middle class
neighborhood...parts of it were ghetto I seen a few drug dealers and
trouble makers out but nobody bothered me. Eventually I turned the bend
and there it was McDonalds trust me man I never shouted so loud in my life
I freaking danced on the sidewalk.
Well I got there and they were closed the drive up open so I went up there
jumped up and down to activate it...it did not work. So I knocked on the
window and a young man opened up the window for me he was scared but I
asked him if I could get a burger felt homeless cause I told him I was
cold and hungry that the gas stations had no food etc etc and he was like
I really cannot do this. So I told him get the manager of course he was
the only white guy and the manager came up and I seen the look he gave me.
Like ha is this guy serious and he was about to walk away and say no and I
said look man I just want a hamburger that's it I broke down and I am
starving and ranted on...well they gave in lol so I walked up to the pick
up area and the kid snuck in the bag an apple pie for me to. So there are
nice people in the world. The manager however did not want to do it he
went on about rules and how I am supposed to have a car. That is the
problem with society everybody is a puppet they follow rules set forth by
a bunch of rich people instead of doing what is in their own hearts.
Anyway's I waited at pick up some guy in his car was being a jerk to me he
kept pulling up trying to force me from the window almost hitting me. Then
he sticks his head out of the window and says man you must have ordered
the entire restaurant I looked at him and was like ummm its just a
hamburger. As soon as I got it I downed the burger in 30 seconds no lie.
When I am hungry nothing stands in the way of my food Ill chose food over
sex lol.
So anyway's I had a one mile more hike to go to the cemetery...eventually
I seen it way up the road in front of me the giant gates and did my
investigate of Bonaventure Cemetery. The report for that is below. Leave
the cemetery was not so easy my feet started to swell a little or the tops
were starting to blister it felt like. On top of it I had a rash on my
legs I wore some special material that the US military wears to keep me
insolated and well from sweating it caused a little heat rash so now I was
sick...tooth was killing me... had a rash and my feet were on fire not
cool. I did not have a given map of the area just good with directions and
the city was north. So I went north east and ended up eventually on a main
road that went right downtown into Savannah. That road was a rough part of
the city a lot of cops out....more ghetto some guy came up to me wanting
the time just a lot of people up to no good you can always tell by those
who are up to something. But it was a well lit area I just had more
projects I had to go through. Strangely I was not paying much attention
and looked to my right. I seen a grave stone a few feet away from the
sidewalk. I was like wohhh no way man lol. To my right was Savannah
Catholic Cemetery I stopped in for a few to gather some photos and evp
report is below of that also.
I finally made it back into the city and my first stop back on into it
would be the Pirates House which was now closed so nobody around. So I
walked around it took some EVP and some photos. Then went up to the Fort
Wayne site where I was actually on top of the wall rather then below it.
At that site was a fenced off abandoned property looked sort of like a
jail with bars on the windows I did not go in it was alarmed so they
probably were storing valuables from the site inside who knows. I just
wanted an outside photo of it...it was a pretty cool looking building.
I hopped a wall over and cut right on into the Emmet Park and Old Harbor.
You have to understand that this is the oldest part of the area so it was
very important for me to go down to the water to investigate. The park is
really cool they have the old harbor light....memorials...anchors....and
of course the stone wall which is around 50 feet high sort of looks like
at one time they had cannons that would fire upon an intruders the way it
faces the water. I took the stair case down it winded around and was very
steep down to the river.
I took some photos of the waving girl statue which is a famous site and
also visited the Olympic Torch. These two sites are well visited and I
made sure I got a couple photos. As I started walking down the river I
noticed a set of train tracks I think they have some trolley that goes
along the water. Along the river was many old inns and B&B's most are
proclaimed to be haunted I only visited one which is called the Old Harbor
Inn which was all decorated and cozy for Xmas. Also in front of the inn
was a dock there was around 4 tugs...or small ships here. I took a quick
photo the river is well known for its passing ships and just across the
river is South Carolina. As a child I grew up visiting SC many times I was
so close to it again lol.
Anyway's I went back up the stairwell to another part of the Harbor Wall
and found a few more plaques along with a Celtic cross which was dedicated
to the Irish who were very involved with the history of Savannah. Their
were also a few cannons near the wall. Some parts of the wall crumbled and
trust me you would not want to stand on it unless you want to fall to your
death. So I did not get to close.
It was really odd the set up of this all because here you had the old
harbor wall and below that was the river front. The only way to get down
there was either to take the steep stairwells...a cobble stone road...or
to take these tiny metal bridges that would lead to the various inns, pubs
and shops on the river front. It was really awesome reminded of Pirates Of
The Caribbean really.
Eventually I came across the George Washington's Cannons display...and the
amazing City Hall. I made sure I got photos of this. By this time I had
came across over 40 plaques with a time schedule I could not read them and
of course the cannons came with plaques to. The entire town is historical
its like the Gettysburg of the south really. There was also the Cotton
Exchange...and Manticore Fountain which I visited briefly. I probably
spelled it wrong but a Manticore is technically a chimera or lion with
wings more of a cross bred mythological creature pretty cool really if
your into strange beast.
I started to head away from the harbor area and had one last mission which
would be to check out Wright Square which is one of the oldest squares
laid out in Savannah. It also is the site of a famous Indian who is buried
here his grave stone is a giant boulder...and there is a giant
monument..fountains etc actually I visited this square and another just a
few hundred feet away. This is an old area there is the court house nearby
and a lot of very prestigious buildings. I seen nobody out it was a
GhostTown...two drunk guys were out wandering around that was about it.
I made sure I captured a shot of downtown Savannah all lit up with the
Xmas lights and old buildings. Everything is old hell one building was a
home that had giant white columns at the entrance to it. Even the banks
were historical looking. My last visit in this area or stop would be the
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace which is this giant mansion very pretty
sort of eerie looking.
I had a few hours to catch my bus back so I wanted to go and visit the
battlefield again but at night less cars out easy to get EVP and such. I
did visit the battlefield it was a good mile walk and it was on the edge
of the bad neighborhood I walked through during the day. It felt a lot
different here at night you could feel a stronger presence or energy. I
did not spend a lot of time here wanted to just wrap up the night I had
done my job gathered photos...evp etc enough to put on the site from
Savannah itself. I closed out the investigation of Savannah and I made one
last little stop which would be the Roundhouse Railroad Museum which also
has a historical Significance to the area. When you read the report from
the museum you will also read my final conclusion to my journey in
Savannah so make sure you go all the way to the end of the report to read
my final thoughts. Savannah is a feast for historians and paranormal buffs
like myself it was well worth the pain...and obstacles to have done this
journey and so I will get on with the other reports.
Please turn off graphics compression so
you can see the ghostly faces better for some reason the web makes the
detail a little blurry with some peoples browsers and pcs.
The Above Photo Has 5 entities with
its mass. Below you will find a dissection of each entity with red tracing
to give you a general idea. If you study one of the entities you will see
a photo of Deacon Hooker next to it. I do believe that I caught his
manifestation since the battlefield is not far from the church that he
served at.
To the left above you will see the
curly hair and goatee in the photo and to the right is Deacon Hooker
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