Cold, wet, and creepy

Today's investigation at the cemetery near the paper mill had the team and myself slogging through damp, snowy ground in very windy mid 30 degree weather. "Sarah" the 12-year-old influenza victim that died in the 1920s and 9-year-old "Myra" were no-shows, but the investigation did have a few interesting encounters.

Club President Toby held the sensitive EVP recording machine in his hand continually imploring the ghosts "if you wish to be heard please speak into the black box in my hand," while psychic Michelle wandered the grave sites trying to pick up an extrasensory activity with the help of the two other attending members, Evan and Melissa, who also took random photos to check later for lights, or other evidence of spirits that they said occasionally appear in photographs or video footage.


Caption: UM Paranormal Investigations Club members walk toward the rear of the cemetery where the spirits they'd previously contacted through the Ouija board said they resided.

And though they were unable to locate the two female spirits they claim had spoken to them through the Ouija board, all of them at several points said they felt strange energies around certain grave sites or parts of the cemetery. The newest member of the club, Evan, repeatedly said he felt very off today and even after the investigation when the club had lunch at a restaurant downtown, he was very nervous and kept remarking how he was sensing energies in the area and that any loud noises were making him jumpy.

Personally the only thing I felt was a gradually intensifying cold sensation spreading through my body, but that could be just that the wind chill was in the 20s today and I was outside for about two hours at the cemetery. The group is already busy planning their next outings to take place next weekend (April 5th and 6th); on Saturday they are taking part in an on-campus Spring Carnival where they hope to do tarot readings, talk about their club and so on; and Sunday is a return to the town of Corinna where the group claims to have previously had many encounters with the supernatural.

Caption: Group psychic Michelle tries to get a better reading on a tombstone she said had a strange energy around it as Melissa looks on.