Thursday, October 16, 2003

EVP in Gettysburg

One of our recent stops in Gettysburg, at the end of September 2003, we drove to the park to arrive early in the morning, before all the tourists and bus traffic arrived...  We went to Devil's Den...and there were a couple of cars in the parking lot but it was VERY quiet...  My husband and I walked away from the rocks...to a footbridge which crosses over Plum Run...  My husband went on a trail as I stood on the bridge....listening to the babbling sounds of water running.....very peaceful... I wondered if there might be any spirits nearby....???  What better way to find out than to ask....  So I began my digital recording...thinking of the civil war...of how that peaceful stream once was blood red....during the civil war....and was known as "Bloody Run".   I asked if there were any soldiers who wished to speak...  Of course when I asked... I heard nothing.... UNTIL... I played the recording back.... and I heard a man....whisper... "NIGHTMARE"......  One word...from the world beyond...no more...but enough.....to convey what it must have been like to be there....whether in blue or gray....  I wished that soldier may find peace .....