Staring At A Ghost Across A Table Set For Two...There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

This is one of the most famous photos taken at Bachleor's Grove Cemetery in Midlothian, Illinois (143rd Ridgeland). Taken by the Ghost Research Society (GRS). "This photograph appeared in both the Chicago Sun-Times and the National Examiner. It was taken during an investigation in Batchelor's Grove Cemetery on August 10, 1991 with a group of GRS members. The picture is an enlarged black and white infrared shot taken of an area where many of the group noticed something unusual with some of the equipment they used. It shows a young woman sitting on a tombstone with parts of her lower and upper body being somewhat semi-transparent. The dress she is wearing is also out-of-date. It was taken by member, Jude Huff-Felz."

I have been there more than a few times! Each trip brought something different for all of my friends. Myself and a few other guys went when we were in high school. You have to park about a mile or two away because we went at night and there is no parking any closer than that. What people do not know is that the whole mile walk along the Turnpike is haunted as well. The one time we were walking there was a man taking out his garbage, an older man. He kept insisting that we go into his house but he would never tell us why? There are several reports of ghost cars and people on that street.

The walk into and out of the actual cemetery is the hardest part. It is a very thin path that has trees all around. It takes a while to walk that path...You always feel like things are watching you, and some have seen glowing eyes as they are walking in. The one time we were leaving on the path; we were all holding hands and my friend turned around and asked why I was standing at the gate of the cemetery looking around and then he called out to me...I was still holding his hand at this point.

The cemetery itself is not that large and it is all fenced in. I have had friends that have seen orbs, including myself in a large clearing. I had a friend that heard a voice in a dark corner that we all refused to walk near. One time we saw two high school kids walking around in the cemetery...They came up to us and asked us where we were from. They told us they went to a high school near by that we have never heard of. They left about one minute before we did and we never saw them on the long path or on the mile walk back? My friends camera (that was working fine before entering) did not work as we walked into the cemetery...It worked fine after we left. I have seen lights floating in the woods looking out from the cemetery. That goes along with the myth about a ghost house that disappears as you walk near it. They say you can see the front porch light in the woods. We found a house foundation and a few wells in the woods. In the back of the cemetery there is a super creepy swamp that just gives everyone an odd feeling.

There are other myths that include something coming out of the swamp...If you turn around while you walk in or out something is supposed to follow you home...The stories are endless and interesting! The bad thing is that you can never go there near a full moon or Halloween because of all of the freaks aaaaand cops. There are even cops there on normal nights. I was there during the day with my family once, but I would love to go again and shoot some photos if any of you would be interested.

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