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I have had a handful of paranormal (or what I believed to be paranormal) experiences in my lifetime, but this one is my favorite one to tell.
There is a spot on our university campus that many students know of as the "doorknob to the universe". This is merely an object that, when viewed in a certain manner, looks like a large doorknob against the sky. It is sort of a tradition to find someone who has never heard of it, blind fold them, drive them around until they have no idea where they are and then take them to the doorknob and remove the blindfold. Anyway, this object is locate across a small parking lot from a civil war unknown soldier grave site. This is were this experience took place.
One night, roughly about 4 years ago, myself and a few friends took another group of friends to see the doorknob. After revealing where we were and taking a few silly group photos, a few of us noticed there were two men standing on the grass on the other side of the parking lot watching us. They were dressed as civil war soldiers. These men would walk a little bit toward the civil war grave site and then turn around and walk back to the edge of the grass, cross their arms and stare at us. They did this 3 or 4 times as we watched them..but they always stopped at the edge of the grass..making sure not to step onto the pavement. One of my friends snapped a photo of the men one of the times they stood watching us with their arms crossed.
Finally, we realized there were other men camping out in the wooded area by the entrance to the grave site (which is surrounded by a low brick wall). This lead us to believe that those men and the original two were reenactors that wanted us to check out the grave. But as we headed toward the entrance to the grave site, the original two men began walking in the opposite direction...around the parking lot. They still never stepped on the pavement. The night ended with us visiting the grave site and then leaving.
It wasn't until about 2 or 3 days later when my friend got her pictures developed (she was using a disposable) that we realized something odd had happened. Seconds before she had taken the photo of the two men, she had snapped a photo of a few of our friends standing like the men, with their arms crossed (yes, my friends are dorks). That picture turned out fine...no problems. But in the photo of the two men that she took next, you can see the trees behind the men and can almost make out the brick wall of the grave site. You can even see the university work trailer that was parked just to the left of where the men were standing....but you can't see the men.
They aren't in the picture at all.
Posted : 07/04/2008 8:07 am
wow thats a great story, to bad you dont have the pics that was taken that night, bet they would be cool ones to look over, ty for posting
Posted : 07/04/2008 1:14 pm
Hmmm... That is an interesting story. Did they even make noise at all?
I wonder why the soldiers were physically seen, but were unable to be captured on the camera.
Posted : 07/04/2008 7:03 pm
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Hmmm... That is an interesting story. Did they even make noise at all?
I wonder why the soldiers were physically seen, but were unable to be captured on the camera.
I can't remember if they did or not. I don't remember any significant sounds from the soldiers...but this was several years ago.
It is entirely possible that it was merely a trick of the camera since it was evening time....but we could still see the tree that were behind the men. That's why I made sure to mention that in the post.
I might call my friend and see if she still has a copy of that photo.
Posted : 07/04/2008 10:48 pm
I was just wondering if they made a noise or not, because it would have been weird for all of those soldiers not to even have chatted amongst themselves and make some noise. Also when they walked, you might hear their footsteps on the grass or something, unless they were very far or are lighter then usual 😉 .
I also doubt it was a trick of the camera, since you said there were actually 2 soldiers and your friend took their picture. Unless your friend have a very bad aim, the soldiers were actually evading being exposed, or something else (not to be mentioned 😉 ) . However, if it was very dark outside in the evening, then i would understand how they might have not shown onto the camera.
It would be great if you can re-obtain the photo from your friend and display it here, since I really want to see what you described. However, if you think the "doorknob to the universe" is the catalyst for this experience, you should try it out with another unknowing person and see if anything else happens.
Posted : 08/04/2008 3:13 am
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I was just wondering if they made a noise or not, because it would have been weird for all of those soldiers not to even have chatted amongst themselves and make some noise. Also when they walked, you might hear their footsteps on the grass or something, unless they were very far or are lighter then usual 😉 .
I also doubt it was a trick of the camera, since you said there were actually 2 soldiers and your friend took their picture. Unless your friend have a very bad aim, the soldiers were actually evading being exposed, or something else (not to be mentioned 😉 ) . However, if it was very dark outside in the evening, then i would understand how they might have not shown onto the camera.
It would be great if you can re-obtain the photo from your friend and display it here, since I really want to see what you described. However, if you think the "doorknob to the universe" is the catalyst for this experience, you should try it out with another unknowing person and see if anything else happens.
I don't remember hearing any talking from any of the soldiers at all or any foot steps. Since, at the time that it took place we didn't really suspect anything, I didn't think about things like that. (As I mentioned in the post, it wasn't until the pictures were developed that we questioned their.....existance). I would like to point out that I believe the men camped out by the entrance ( the second group) were real. It is just the two original soldiers that I wonder about.
I don't think the "doorknob" had anything to do with it...that was just a back story of why we were there in the first place. If the two men were, indeed, spirits and the other men were real...my hypothesis would be that the real men doing the war re-enactment might have been the catalyst for the appearence of the soldier spirits.
What I might do, if I can get a chance, is to grab a friend and a disposable camera and head back to the spot at the same time of night. If I have my friend stand in the same spot that the two soldiers were and I stand in the same spot my friend was standing when she snapped the photo..I might be able to recreate the effect. Hmmm..why haven't I ever thought of doing this before? LOL
Posted : 08/04/2008 4:42 am