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| TFC founder Casey Linda Unger asked any spirits who were around to give an audible indicator of their presence. Her College Station-based group joined forces with a Montgomery County-based ghost hunting group search for the dead at a Spring Creek Park Civil War monument Oct. 25. |
Group hunts ghosts in Spring Creek Park
By ANNA SCHUMANN
To the naked eye, a monument in a clearing in the woods of Spring Creek Park is the sole reminder of the area’s Civil War history. To people who explore the paranormal, the monument is only a symbol for what they see, hear and feel: the spirits of those who once stood on the very same ground.
The writing on the stone states three men died in an explosion at a confederate powder mill in 1863. The monument does not mark the site of the mill, which is said to be a bit west of the stone memorial.
“There used to be a cannon here,” said Jennifer Enochs, pointing to a tree down a dirt path just past the monument. Enochs said she was able to see the cannon as clearly as anything else.
“They’ll show you what they want you to see,” she said.
In the meantime, other members of her Montgomery-based group, Vast Eco Exploration and the College Station-based TFC paranormal research team, wandered the area to see what they could find.
The groups are made up of two kinds of paranormal investigators: those who explore using only what they feel, see and hear, and those who also use equipment to confirm what they feel. Equipment they use includes a digital recorder and omnidirectional microphone, a camcorder, a device to detect changes in the electromagnetic field and an Infrared thermometer.
The groups began their reading of the monument by turning on the digital recorder and camcorder.
TFC founder Casey Linda Unger asked any spirits who were around to give an audible indicator of their presence and immediately, her walkie-talkie had resounding feedback.
Field investigator Mike Gomez said he could see one of the men who died at the mill, though he could not see a face. He said he could see a man wearing an apron with his sleeves rolled up.
Unger continued to ask questions of the spirits.
“Are you wandering here because of unfinished business,” she asked. “Are you stuck here?”
With each question, more static feedback came on her walkie-talkie and only hers, though several other investigators were wearing their own.
After leaving a sound recorder at the monument to be listened to later, the group traveled down a dirt path beyond the monument.
Electromagnetic field meters tell the investigators the answers to questions they ask of spirits, based on a system of flashing lights for yes or no answers.
Enochs said overall, the group found both Confederate and Native American energy, though the Native American energy was more intense. The group members also saw masonries and determined a spark caused the explosion at the powder mill, and saw a lot of activity from soldiers, who fought in a nearby field - their energy lingering.
The groups’ members, who have masters’ and doctoral degrees ranging from psychology to nursing, say they enjoy their hobby of exploration for the natural high.
Enochs said she believes everyone has the ability to explore and experience paranormal activity, but said she believes many people train themselves not to pay attention to what they experience because it’s believed to be strange.
For Unger, who grew up in a former 1800s funeral home, experiencing the paranormal has never been unusual.
“The paranormal has always been normal to me,” she said.
The writing on the stone states three men died in an explosion at a confederate powder mill in 1863. The monument does not mark the site of the mill, which is said to be a bit west of the stone memorial.
“There used to be a cannon here,” said Jennifer Enochs, pointing to a tree down a dirt path just past the monument. Enochs said she was able to see the cannon as clearly as anything else.
“They’ll show you what they want you to see,” she said.
In the meantime, other members of her Montgomery-based group, Vast Eco Exploration and the College Station-based TFC paranormal research team, wandered the area to see what they could find.
The groups are made up of two kinds of paranormal investigators: those who explore using only what they feel, see and hear, and those who also use equipment to confirm what they feel. Equipment they use includes a digital recorder and omnidirectional microphone, a camcorder, a device to detect changes in the electromagnetic field and an Infrared thermometer.
The groups began their reading of the monument by turning on the digital recorder and camcorder.
TFC founder Casey Linda Unger asked any spirits who were around to give an audible indicator of their presence and immediately, her walkie-talkie had resounding feedback.
Field investigator Mike Gomez said he could see one of the men who died at the mill, though he could not see a face. He said he could see a man wearing an apron with his sleeves rolled up.
Unger continued to ask questions of the spirits.
“Are you wandering here because of unfinished business,” she asked. “Are you stuck here?”
With each question, more static feedback came on her walkie-talkie and only hers, though several other investigators were wearing their own.
After leaving a sound recorder at the monument to be listened to later, the group traveled down a dirt path beyond the monument.
Electromagnetic field meters tell the investigators the answers to questions they ask of spirits, based on a system of flashing lights for yes or no answers.
Enochs said overall, the group found both Confederate and Native American energy, though the Native American energy was more intense. The group members also saw masonries and determined a spark caused the explosion at the powder mill, and saw a lot of activity from soldiers, who fought in a nearby field - their energy lingering.
The groups’ members, who have masters’ and doctoral degrees ranging from psychology to nursing, say they enjoy their hobby of exploration for the natural high.
Enochs said she believes everyone has the ability to explore and experience paranormal activity, but said she believes many people train themselves not to pay attention to what they experience because it’s believed to be strange.
For Unger, who grew up in a former 1800s funeral home, experiencing the paranormal has never been unusual.
“The paranormal has always been normal to me,” she said.
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For more information on the Vast Eco Exploration group, go to www.vasteco.com.
For more information on TFC, go to www.freakuency.org.
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