A couple of weeks ago I went ghost hunting with a friend in one of several small towns known as “The Most Haunted Town in Texas”. This particular little town isn’t very happy about its haunted reputation, so I won’t tell you where it is. I will tell you, however, that it’s not Jefferson.
My friend and I went alone, during the day, to the site of a house that was deliberately burned to the ground some years ago. So many bad things happened there that the owners finally decided just to torch the place. There’s nothing left now of the house except a few traces of the foundations and a dead tree, scorched black on one side. This was the first time I’ve ever done an investigation in the day time, and was certainly the first and probably my only occasion to conduct an investigation while wearing a skirt and sandals. Which might have been a mistake, judging from the number of bug bites I ended up with. But in retrospect I’m relieved we weren’t dumb enough go to there after dark. There’s no amount of money that would get me to go back to this place again in broad daylight, let alone at night.
I’m the first to admit that I’m a die-hard skeptic. However, it’s not the first time I’ve gone into a place that had a decidedly bad vibe. There was something darkly evil about this place, even under a blazing Texas sun at mid-day. It was a perfectly bright, cloudless day, and we had a decidedly Hollywood-esque moment when a stiff wind started up just as we announced we were leaving. I chalked it up to my overactive imagination until I finally got around to listening for EVPs a couple of days later, when what I heard gave me the creepy-crawlies. (Note to self: never listen to evidence just before going to bed.)
My intent in posting this is not to tell you a ghost hunting story. I just want to point out that there are some places that seem to harbor bad vibes. One could argue that the place has negative energy because of the bad things that have happened there. But you could make an equally convincing argument that maybe the bad things happen there because the place has bad energy. I’d be really interested to hear if anybody has anything to add on this subject.
I know the place well. I am "the friend". We had to burn the house to the ground. Too many deaths. As for me, I believe that the bad things did not create the negative energy. The negative energy created the bad things. Some places are just cursed. This land is one of those places.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I knew better than for us to go at night. Some things are best left for the daylight...
I believe that some people are just plain evil. And if enough evil people practice enough evil, they contaminate the physical location. I try to steer clear of evil in all forms.
ReplyDeleteSo do I. That's why I don't follow politics.
DeleteThough I do believe evil begets evil. I find it insulting to those who were plagued by the malevolent force on the land. They, we, were not evil. Only cursed by whatever resides there. Now there were indigenous tribes in the area reputed to be cannibals.
ReplyDeleteBut no tribes resided within that particular location.
By the way, fault lines are considered vortex's for negative energy. Land is on a fault line.
Perhaps a combination of factors triggered this anomaly.
I tend to agree. I've come to the conclusion that some places just have a bad vibe. The question is, is it paranormal or something in the physical makeup of the area? For example, some people proximity to running water or the geology of a place contribute to its energy.
DeleteNow that you mention it, there are underground water tables all over that area. Lake close by. Road used to lead to the lake. Now it is a dead end road.
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