One Cobb County, Georgia man says that he had a brush with what may have been a real ghost near Kennesaw Mountain earlier this month.

The man, who doesn’t want to be identified, said he and his teenage son were driving through Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield the night of October 8 when they spotted something about to cross the road in front of their car.

Both Civil More..War buffs, they say the rider appeared to be a Union Army cavalry officer complete with a saber in his hand.

-LiveLeak

This is neat because it puts some belief in what we observe at the Allatoona Battlefield Pass. I hope to investigate the site sometime but I hear it’s extremely difficult to get permission to, let alone sneak in.

Reported to be one of the most haunted battlefields in the Atlanta area, Cheatham Hill Battlefield/Kennesaw Battlefield has been known for strange EVPs and ghostly photographs taken both during the day and through the night. The Illinois Monument, located at the top of Cheatham Hill has been reported to be the most active location at the battlefield. This makes sense as feet directly in front of the monument is the exact spot where most of the soldiers were killed in the battle. Could the strange experiences at Cheatham Hill be the ghosts of civil war soldiers residualing haunting the grounds in which they were killed?

To the south of Pigeon Hill lies land that gently slopes uphill from the Union positions. Johnston assigns two of his best commanders to defend the area. Both Benjamin Franklin Cheatham and Patrick Cleburne command men who are battle tested, hardened to a fine edge. Supported by an intricate web of earthworks and entanglements, these veterans see the hardest fighting of the day. To the west Union Generals Jefferson C. Davis and John Newton form behind Thomas’ line. The plan is to rush the Confederates en masse, hopefully breaking through and routing the boys in gray.

Click HERE to read more on the history of Cheatham Hill and Kennesaw Battlefield

Entering Cheatham Hill was a difficult task… Not only did we have to walk a trail through the woods in the middle of night, but it was difficult to make out most of the trail. At first we followed the wrong path leading us in the wrong direction. It was quite neat, however, to see the glowing eyes of deer roaming the open fields to the west of Cheatham Hill. After about a mile walk through the open fields of deer and a dirt road into the woods we came to the conclusion we were marching down a trail to nowhere. We decided to turn around make to the spot we started and found the correct trail.

Upon entering the woods on the trail I had my most terrifying experience witnessing a bat/bird take off directly from the right of my leg into the sky starling me the most (as I was near the creature). After a 5 minute hike through the woods we reach our destination: Cheatham Hill Battlefield.

We walked to the top of the hill near the Illinois monument and snapped many photos of the battlefield directly in front of us. I did get a lot of oddly colored “orbs” appearing directly in front of us in our photos. Please be aware the temperature was in the 30’s so I am not sure how many bugs were in the air around us. The photos from Cheatham Hill Battlefield are displayed below…

Multi-Colored Balls of Light "Orbs" Around the Illinois Monument at Cheatham Hill Battlefield in Kennesaw, Georgia

Semi-Transparent Ball of Light "Orb" at the Top of Cheatham Hill Battlefield

Blue Ball of Light "Orb" In the Air at the Top of Cheatham Hill Battlefield

Odd, Multi-Colored Spherical Ball of Light "Orb" Moving Through Air at the Top of Cheatham Hill Battlefield

We did not stay very long at Cheatham Hill Battlefield, however, we did have one experience that we could not explain. While standing quietly near the Illinois Monument Jennifer and Emma both experienced whispering coming from the left side of the monument. I stood quietly on the right side of the monument and began hearing a “rustling” in my right ear which I could not tell if it was the leafs in the tree due to the wind it clearly did sound like whispering. At this point we called it a night and headed back through the woods to the car. I’m quite sure Cheatham Hill Battlefield in Kennesaw, Georgia has it’s share of haunted activity which makes us all the more anxious to return soon!

Below are a couple of links I thought were interesting about the paranormal experiences at Cheatham Hill Battlefield, besure to check them out!

1. Cheatham Hill Battlefield EVPs - Illinois Monument
2. A Book Summary Detailing the Ghostly Experiences of a group of Re-enactors at Cheatham Hill Battlefield

Bright Ball of Light "Orb" Flying Through the Air

Blue Ball of Light "Orb" Flying Through the Air at Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia

Could these photos be bugs flying through the chilly air? Or could it really be paranormal phenomenon?

Aside from the orb photos taken at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery I also shot a photo of what appears to be mist flowing from a gated family grave. I’m not sure wether or not this could be a form of ectoplasm. Temperatures were in the 30’s that night.

Strange Mist Flowing from Grave at Marietta Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia

EVPs by Andy

Marietta Cemetery EVP: “Everywhere”

I recorded exactly 1 hour and 23 minutes at Marietta City Cemetery.  Unfortunately the cemetery was right next to train tracks and a fairly busy road so at many points it was hard to even hear myself talking.  There was really no way around this since the train runs non-stop.  However I was able to catch this sound when Jenn and I were walking through the area of unknown graves near the Confederate part of the cemetery.  She ask where the unknown grave are and after a few seconds a reply comes back that sounds like everywhere.  At first I thought it could be me whispering it, but I don’t think I would have waited that long to reply to her.  Thats was the only sound I caught that could no be explained.  But, as I said, there was the almost constant sound of cars and/or train run plus it was pretty windy.  There could have been other sounds but it would have been near impossible for me with my equipment to pick out from the extremely loud background noises.  One thing I would like to note, though it has nothing to do with EVPs, was that the moment we stepped into the cemetery I felt a very distinct temperature change.  I noticed it when Ryan and I explored it earlier that day and Emma noticed when we came later that night and I hadn’t metioned it to her before hand.  That will be all for a while from me since we won’t be heading out until after New Years Day.  I would like to wish everyone who visits this blog a very Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah, Happy New Years, and whatever else you may celebrate during this time!

Do spirits swim with Atlanta’s fishes?

Are specters now among the many species that inhabit one of the world’s largest collections of sea life?

Is the Georgia Aquarium haunted?

Aquarium workers and officials seem to think there’s a possibility, with hundreds of century-old artifacts of the “Titanic Aquatic” exhibit occupying the Georgia landmark’s northwest corner.

-Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Read the entire article

The awesome people over at Roswell Paranormal who run the Roswell Ghost Tour investigated the exhibit.  Wish we could investigate the largest aquarium in the world…

We made our way back out to Roswell, Georgia to check out the flickering lights at the supposedly haunted Bulloch Hall. As odd as it was when the lights turned off and on as we entered the property and left we came to discover last night the lights were in fact timed and not paranormal. We noted that the lights turned off every 6 1/2 minutes for 2 seconds and would turn back on. We also observed this with the street lights in the parking lot and the lights at a haunted confederate cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. If you watch the second video on the Bulloch Hall lights you will note that the video is over 5 minutes in length (lights turned off at the end). This video was recorded seconds after the lights turned off. That means that the lights turned off around 6 minutes later.

Although the lights appeared to be timed we had no explanation for why the lights didn’t go off 2 weeks ago when we sat on the front porch for about 20-30 minutes. Last night, however, while near the porch the lights did in fact go off every 6 minutes.

As the legend goes… A young girl (around age 14) fell down the well in the backyard and is believed to haunt the property. People have also reported seeing a family in the front yard watching them as they walk by the property. As we brought Emma to the hall she kept “sensing” something paranormal in the yard to the right of the museum. After checking out the spot she was constantly pointed at… wala! we discovered the well that was supposedly in the backyard.

A wierd occurence that has happened quite frequently when we visit the hall are loud “thumps” coming from Bulloch Hall. Also, noises are heard quite frequently around the property, I heard a lot of “squeaks” near the well area when Emma reported hearing a little girl screaming. I’m awaiting to hear Andrew’s EVPs for further analysis of this.

Haunted or not, this is an awesome place to check out late at night.