| The Beechwood Cemetery |
Date(s)- October 22, 2003
Times- Ahh 9:15 to 10:00
Those Present- Diana, Patty, Donna, Hank and Kenny
History- We haven't done any real research on this cemetery. A quick
survey on the internet reviels only that the place is reported to be haunted
and that it's an "evil" place. Two of the members on this investigation were
here a few years ago, with another paranormal team. During that investigation,
there was something evil felt and seen by two investigators (one of which
was here tonight-Kenny). Both visits were done at night and we didn't get
a chance to study the headstones, to get the ealiest dates. All I can tell
you is that the cemetery is divided into two sections by a line of trees.
It is within that tree line that the "evil thing" was.
Report of Events- On a whim, we hastily through this investigation
together. Unfortunately, Mrs. Fate was working against us. First, we had
a few people drop out (for good reasons). Then Kenny & Donna were held
up becaus ethey were looking at a house (which they bought!). This meant
that Patty and Hank were held up (Kenny was their ride). We were supposed
to meet up with another team, which ended up not being able to make it. And
through it all, Diana was the only one who showed up on time! The down side
to that was that she sat in a dark, spooky, "evil" cemetery by herself for
45 minutes! Yes, this night was doomed from the start.
When Kenny, Donna, Patty and Hank finally
arrived...we got in touch with Diana and attempted to save the night. We
wondered around the "nice" section for about a half hour. No one picked up
on anything. Pictures weren't showing anything that could really be taken
for anything other then dust. The was only one instance in which Kenny's
brand, spankin new video camera simply shut off. No reason, it just shut
down. Other then that, the mood was calm.
We then moved over to the evil section of the
cemetery, located at the intersection of Hulmeville Rd. and Bensalem Blvd.
We walked down tot he area where Kenny had witnessed an apparition/shadow
on his previous visit. (Kenny's description from
his first Beechwood Investigation- Debbie came up to me and said she had
felt a cold spot in the far corner of the lot, near the edge of the woods.
I walked down with her but I didn't feel anything. She said it wasn't there
now. We started to walk back to the group. Out of the corner of my eye, I
saw a dark shape on the edge of the woods. I slowly turned my head so I could
look directly at it. I stopped. About 8 feet away I saw a small black blob.
It was about 3 to 3 and half feet tall. It was oval shaped with no extremities.
What really stuck out was how black it was. Being in a cemetery at night,
everything is black or darn near close to it. This thing was the deepest
black I have ever seen. I can't be sure, but I thought the middle of it had
depth. Like you could go inside it. I didn't! I also had a strong feeling
of caution, like it didn't want anything to do with me. After a few seconds,
the blob shrunk. This happened so fast that I almost didn't realize what
it had done. I turned to Debbie to ask her if she had seen it. She looked
scared and she described the same thing I saw. I approached the edge of the
woods where we had seen it. There were bushes all around and a large tree
limb on the ground. If it were an animal, it would've had to either jump
over the limb or come out towards us to run away. It didn't disturb anything
when it left. I pointed my thermal scanner into the woods and watched it
go from 87 to 24 degrees, then back up to 87 where it stayed. We got the
others and told them what had happened. Lew pointed out the place to us!
He said he had seen two black forms in the same place. After several pictures
and readings taken, we collected into a group.) This time around,
nothing appeared but a pair of skunks!
We thought briefly abbout attempting some EVP
recordings, but the bugs in the trees and the nearby traffic made it extremely
noisy. Any recordings would have been useless. We packed up, apologized to
Diana for being late, and headed to Nifty Fifires for some food.
Conclusion and Impressions-
Kenny- If I had to judge this place
soley on what we experienced on this night, I would never bother coming back.
There was too much noise, too many shadows bouncing around from all the traffic
and to be honest...I was simply too pissed off about everything going wrong
with this investigation. But, since I had such a strong experience before,
I'm willing to try this place again. We'll have to schedule our next visit
on a much cooler night when the whole team can be there.
This report was compiled- Members of PIRA
Date- September 11, 2003 (Never forget)