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General Investigation Information
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Investigation Number:
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100607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of Investigation:
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October 06, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Time of Investigation:
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1700-2200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of Investigation:
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Cemetery Investigations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Solar Conditions:
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Solar X-Rays: normal Geomagnetic Field: quiet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moon Phase:
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3/4 Full | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weather Conditions:
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Calm and cool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description of Location:
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The first Church, a log meetinghouse, was erected on this site in 1816. It stood on land originally selected by Griffith and Martha Evans for a graveyard at the death of their daughter circa 1812. Deeds show the Evans family gave two and one half acres of land "for the purpose of erecting a meetinghouse and establishing a burying site."
Camp meetings, religious gatherings popular in frontier Ohio, were held on the hillside west of the meetinghouse. The log meetinghouse burned in 1824 and was replaced with a brick church on the same spot. In 1881, the present brick church was completed and dedicated. |
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Elevation of Location:
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Equipment readings:
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Mostly only baseline readings with an occasional emf meter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Investigators:
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Amity, Brian, Denny, Gene, Penny, Susan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spectators:
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Township Trustee (name with held) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Investigation Setup:
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Mobile instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History of the Home/Area:
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There are many old gravestones, and almost all of them are in excellent condition. In addition to the large zinc monuments mentioned on the Ohio historical marker, there are also two interesting cast iron sarcophagus tombs near the back. The cemetery is very well maintained by the township.
The cemetery basically surrounds the church on three sides. Although the date of death of Griffith and Martha Evans's small daughter varies according to county histories, it indisputably was the first burial. Veterans of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II are interred in the cemetery. Harley Woodard, a local stone carver, furnished many of the gravestones. The cemetery is renowned for its three cast zinc monuments. Far more uncommon than the usual stone monuments, these hollow grave markers, with their distinctive bright gray color, were produced only briefly during the 1880's and 1890's. |
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Activity Witnessed:
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During the investigation there was a knocking sound that would be heard on the fence. This knocking would continue around the entire cemetery- always in a clock wise direction. The sound never revered directions and no reason could be found for the sound. This occurred five times during the length of the investigation. This sound was witnessed by all six investigators. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Information Collected
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Investigation Summery:
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The investigation was conducted over a 5 hour period. Each group spent one hour inside of the church itself. During this time the other two groups each worked the cemetery area on each side of the church. This made it very easy to monitor the chuch itself to make sure no out side sources could tait the investigation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal Experiences:
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During the investigation time that Denny and Susan spent in the church, they spent time singing hyms out of the song books. Then Denny started to play more 'moden' music on the piano. Once this started they both stated the feeling of not being welcomed in the church any longer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Video Findings:
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none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Audio Findings:
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The below evp was filtered to remove any sounds above the 250 Hz rang. This will remove any investigators voices that would be considered to be in the normal human range. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photographic Findings:
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This image was taken by Brian. We can not tell you what it is but we can tell you what is is not. It is not smoke- we do not allow smoking on an investigation.
Pick on above image for high resolution image. |
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Video False Positive:
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n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Audio False Positive:
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n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photographic False Positive:
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n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conclusions
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In our opinion, based solely on the evidence collected at the
time of this investigation we believe this location to be:
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