“Have you ever ever seen ghosts whereas photographing deserted buildings at night time?” It’s one of the widespread questions I’m requested. I’ve been locations which might be allegedly haunted in any case.
The creepiest place I’ve ever photographed
The creepiest place I’ve ever photographed is Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia. Why? It’s a big stone Gothic behemoth of a penitentiary. This imposing place was a final cease for murderers, rapists and thieves. Nearly 1,000 males misplaced their lives right here. Between 1876 and 1995, these prisoners had been hung, electrocuted, bludgeoned or have dedicated suicide. Some met grisly deaths within the outdoors weightlifting space.
A most unsettling room
I started photographing within the Sugar Shack.
This room was mainly a free-for-all, a spot the place the guards regarded the opposite manner, a spot the place playing, preventing, rape and homicide befell. As you may think, there was indescribable mayhem, violence and accidents on this room. Chuck Ghent, our information throughout our day tour, stated, “Issues occurred on this room that made folks name it the ‘Sugar Shack’ … one thing you could not wish to assume an excessive amount of about, heh heh.”
Paranormal investigators have reported listening to whispers, arguments, unexplained noises and chilly spots in Sugar Shack. Ghent has stated, “I’ve had footsteps strolling behind me, and I’ve had doorways shut behind me.” Ghent labored as a correctional officer within the facility from 1986–1995. “In right here, there wasn’t a day while you didn’t surprise if at this time is perhaps your final day.”
“It simply went darkish in right here!”
Worse, my head lamp died whereas I used to be organising. I completed off an extended publicity photograph. I felt extraordinarily uneasy there. And on condition that I repeatedly discover deserted locations at night time, I’m usually not the uneasy type. I left after that one photograph. None of my different mates ever went there.
Was this attributable to malevolent spirits, ghosts of ones bludgeoned? Or was it as a result of it was darkish and creepy? Or as a result of I already knew the historical past?
I don’t know. However I needed to depart.
A haunted deserted water park
The caretaker of the deserted water park had been giving me a tour. “The reward store is haunted. There’s a portray of a lady on the wall inside. Folks preserve tagging it. However the paint by no means stays on.”
I requested how lengthy this had been occurring. “I’m undecided. It’s been occurring for some time, although. Don’t fear, they gained’t hassle you,” he assured me.
Later that night time whereas photographing, I got here throughout the reward store.
I ventured in, noticed the portray of the lady, and smiled. I shined some blue mild on her to provide an eerie, daring and cartoonish high quality. This kind of mild portray would by no means keep on her. True to the caretaker’s phrase, the spirits by no means bothered me.
Shortly after that, an eerie chilly wind blew in from nowhere. The air had been nonetheless and sizzling, however the sudden wind was gusty and cooler. Then simply as immediately, it stopped. Whether or not this was an atmospheric anomaly or the final vestiges of a seance, who can say?
The haunted ghost city from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child” movie
I photographed the Grafton ghost city in Utah. It was first settled in 1859. Later, it was the positioning of a number of films, together with the bicycle scene in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child.”
And naturally, it’s rumored to be haunted.
Whereas photographing there, a automotive pulled up, and a few younger folks received out and started exploring the world for ghosts. They stated that they’ll report on their iPhones, and typically, voices that they didn’t hear initially would present up there.
I’m sad to report that I by no means received any creepiness, bizarre actions or sounds there. However the folks had been fairly pleasant.
Creating my very own ghost
Since I’ve had a dearth of encounters with ghosts, I believed I’d create my very own ghost. I created a lightweight drawing of a ghost floating over a swing. If you wish to learn the way I created this, take a look at this text!
Ghosts
Thus far, I’ve had no verifiable, particular encounters with ghosts. I’ve outlined a few of my experiences, discussing them right here, different articles, and on The Nightaxians YouTube podcast episodes. These might have been the results of paranormal exercise. Nevertheless, they might simply as nicely be attributed to lively creativeness, climate anomalies, or one thing else.
Nevertheless, I’ve had a lot of scary encounters. I’ve had bats immediately whizzing previous so shut that I might really feel the “whoosh” of their wings flapping. I’ve had scary encounters with indignant burros, frightened birds and curious deer sneaking up on me. And naturally, the same old scurrying rodents and different critters.
However for now, I’ve not seen one thing unusual in my neighborhood. I’ve not seen one thing bizarre that don’t look good. And I ain’t seen no ghost.
