Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic Farmstead
 
I had plans to do another ghost town it was one I been wanting to do for awhile and of course we followed the directions we had and they did not lead us to a particular country route. So I asked a young girl at a gas station and I was stoned so it sounded like blah blah blah blah to me she goes you go past the tracks make a left then a right etc she gave me landmarks not streets so at this point I told Andrew turn on the GPS system and will just take roads to the get within range of this place.
 
We did find the old wagon road which cuts threw the ghost town. Actually its not much of a ghost town we found a few houses and parks surrounding the homes including two pioneer churches but remnants of the old town forget it.
 
I wasted a long time at this ghost town cause you see I have photos from a book showing all the abandoned places including the cemetery but after over an hour of driving down the wagon road I assumed it all was either torn down or very well hidden. We drove down the towns only two little roads found two abandoned cottages not even worth setting up for an investigation.
 
I left the car running and walked up to the church a deer ran past me man that thing leaped like 6 feet in the air over a bush and fence. I figured I would do a story on the town with what was around me but after looking around more I probably will not add this ghost town to the site just not enough to work with and the name is anonymous cause at this point I would hate to see people go up here find these places and abuse them cause I am sure in broad daylight it would be easier.
 
Anyhow I am including the ghost town with the farm stead cause I simply worked so hard trying to produce a nice adventure. At this point I was surprised at how much energy I still had. I took this road which led right into woods the first time I took it I followed it up for about a mile so I figured this was a logging road or hunting area so we turned around.
 
Well after looking around town and not finding any of the structures in the photos I seen I thought perhaps these roads were wagon roads where the town once stood. I took us very far in the woods it was risky their is no houses, no gas stations, no phone booths, etc just straight up off roading down grassy over grown roads and sandy roads.
 
I was off roading for awhile the truck was flying over bumps and pot holes Jason was sleeping his head was bobbling around. I then drove faster on purpose just so I could see his head all over the place in the back seat going left and right.
 
I took this road straight for a long time and eventually the tire grooves were so deep I had to back out or my truck would be stuck on the bottom and we would be screwed. I then took another road to the left it curved around for a couple miles it was rough and we found a small gate that said beware it just felt pretty off I mean this is not some driveway this is a series of maze like dirt roads that are so over grown that brush was flying in our windows.
 
I went further down the road came across a house it was a newer home but just very secluded the dogs were barking and I took it to the end when I ran out of road or rather it was to over grown. I almost got stuck turning around I had to do a 7 point turn lol but I pulled out very quickly cause the house with the dogs was becoming active and I got us the hell out fast.
 
I got back onto the main dirt road and took another side passage which became so narrow and horrible I had to back us out for a few hundred feet and Andrew was getting hit in the face with branches he was like hey man your letting ticks in the truck. Oh man this was so much fun I got us out of the ghost town I gave up on it some things are just left better untouched by man this place is probably buried by brush on these wagon roads but it was cool being in bigfoot country.
 
Finally after this charade I moved onto our next and most active place which was the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic Farmstead. Not to far away just up the road was our last place on a woodsy road a few homes near by but for the most part the place is surrounded by streams and two lakes.
 
I had to pull off this place cause it connects with another location we investigated last summer you'll understand when you read the prologue. We parked walking up on the dock looking for some gator's then I started shining my light on a house oops thought it was the old farm stead my bad lol. It happens the house looked like a historical home but it turns out that it was a home built on the edge of the park.
 
We went away from the house and around the boat launch where we were in a park with swings, benches, and giant trees. Jason and I went past the brush and found a very slow moving creek more like a swamp good thing no gator's were on shore cause we were in an area that looked like it was full of them.
 
I then took off ahead cause we seen another structure and that turned out to be the parks maintenance garage. I was starting to feel a little like a moron cause I did a lot of research on the place and was like what the hell where did an entire farm go? Well along a barbed wire fence their was a gate so we entered the dark path.
 
As we walked further down the twisting path we seen lights up ahead almost eerie in a way cause you know nobody is here yet the property is alive at night. Andrew was a little worried and Jason was being loud as ever lol I just sat back and thought man am I going to have fun investigating this place.
 
In the dim lights I could see an old farm house, chicken coop, garden, citrus trees, a barn, laundry lines with clothes etc It appeared that the entire farm stead had been restored to look like when Rawlings resided here. I did open the coop and took some photos of some cocks sorry ladies to disappoint you but these ones only peck.
 
We stood in front of the barn and something behind it was moving around I have no answer for this cause we visited this area a few times and heard it everytime. Even when I found out where the sound came from and shined lights it persisted. Not to mention something moving around in the barn. Their are no animals in the barn keep this in mind its just used for tours but yet something was big and banging all around inside.
 
We made our way back to the house it was quiet so we walked around on the dark side walked behind it and came to a back porch. All of sudden we heard something bang inside the farm house. Then it banged near the door and soon enough a huge bang on the porch. Something was on the porch watching us as I took photos from just a few feet away.
 
Jason was off playing in the duck pen they were acting up and Andrew sat in silence listening with me to noises heard from within this historical home. Andrew wanted to get on the jungle trail that is what its called based on the little board that we read. We figured things would calm down on the trail actually its probably safer to so we explored the woods behind the farm.
 
Talk about eerie their were cold spots and this trail was like a jungle just very overgrown and full of turns. We almost got lost as we took quite a few turns and an owl was very close by screeching in the night. I mean a lot of noises out their in the night going on the moon was shining strong with its bright crescent.
 
Afterawhile I was anxious and took our team back to the farm stead I wanted more photos. It came out at this smaller cabin which had the screens on the doors so you could view the old kitchen, wash buckets, small beds and things you would see being used over a half of century ago. We then moved on back over near the house where I stood in front of the house and heard a loud bang inside. Then I heard foot steps on the front porch it went clunk clunk clunk and stopped right on the porch. We were being watched if that is not a ghost who knows what is but at this point I got my wish for the night some good ghost activity which usually does not happen often at this extreme.
 
We backed away from the house and noises persisted something was watching us from that home and it was loud. Jason was way over on the other end of the farm we could not see him but the ducks were going crazy no comment their. Andrew and I carefully investigated the sounds and came to the conclusion that something is going on with the house itself.
 
While sitting their in silence above us we heard a giant soaring sound almost sounded like a hum or do you know how a military jet passes by then you heard the sound two seconds later? Well it sounded like that. Andrew and I could feel it like something moved fast over our heads it was not high up their was no planes but whatever it was made a soaring sound and was causing a rip through the atmosphere or air. You could air it cutting through the air kind of like when you whip a stick, a belt, sword etc you can heard the object cutting threw the wind that is how this sounded but it lasted a few seconds instead of a quit whip sound.
 
At this point we had no explanation my theory is we had a UFO move at such a high speed so low to the tree line that we heard it ripping past us we probably did not see it cause they use inner dimensional travel then again if something is moving so fast its like the speed of light you blink its gone. Being I was stoned driving all night etc Andrew and I just shrugged our shoulders and said oh okay it did not phase us at this point when its 4am and you been driving all night your just to exhausted to care if the devil stood in front of you lol. We handled things fairly calmly and discussed theories and this just adds another odd experience on our journeys.
 
As a warning sign we felt we over stayed our welcome we heard the activity, felt things, and what was above our heads was something non ghostly. It was a lot of fun here I felt like this was another chapter wrapped up in connection to The Yearling Trail investigation. Just to tour such a site that looks like it did over 50 years ago was a treat. Oh almost forgot to mention an old antique car is in the driveway completely looks like it did 50 years ago so the entire place was made to look like general farm life would back many years ago here in FL. Very pioneer like and lots of history here. I believe that Rawlings spirit still roams the homestead.
 
We arrived back at the car we toked up again in celebration for a wonderful night of adventure. I mean the driving, hiking, photography, research etc and work that goes into this we have to be thankful for such feats. I mean its a lot of other factors to some places are hidden so they are not always easy to find. But our investigations en tell a lot of things going on at once we don't just do one set thing.
 
Our night however was not done we still had to make it home I was beat at this point and we still had other adventures. We encountered a very heavy rain storm on the way home it was scattered but it came down hard. Not to mention all the heavy fog we encountered between the investigations my eyes were glossed man I was seeing rain, fog and everything else it was like a nightmare.
 
We hit some patches of fog going home then hit the train storm. Then I hit a forest fire yes that's right their was a heavy fire and the road was almost a white out. We could not see and smoke was filling the truck. It appeared the fire chief had his warning lights on so either this was a controlled burn or they just arrived on the scene but the woods were on fire and I drove right between it all lol.
 
We eventually stopped at a gas station I got a hot dog and a sausage the buns were stale their was no onions and the sausage tasted like a pig pen so yeah it went flying out my window. We had about 65 miles more to go and we made it home in the morning. I did not get a chance to get out the report till now cause Lys came to visit me from Miami and she treated me to dinner did my dishes for me and rubbed my back you do not find many friends like that but then again she is not from Florida or this country lol.
 
I am fairly exhausted still I think that this investigation was team effort it was a very costly investigation we went threw a couple full tanks of gas and trust me in my truck that's alot. I would like to make a return trip to Gainesville I do have other haunted places as long as I do not go near the college I will not be side tracked lol. But overall I think everybody is going to enjoy the history, photos etc from this trip these are some pretty well known places we visited and full of odd activity.
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