Drakor and I have stumbled upon a long-forgotten graveyard.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:20 pm
We got bored playing in our yard, so we decided to journey out into that cornfield I described on Halloween (check the "scariest thing in the world" topic). Anyway, we trampled through the disgruntled remains of cotton stems that had remained from the scoring of the farmer.
We reached what we thought would be a path closer to the Korean food store (about 3/4 of a mile back into the field). It went into the abrupt change from cotton remains to deciduous forest, up a hill. When we began the ascent up the hill and the cotton left our site, we discovered what looked like a vast sign off into the foilage.
We veered off-course to a beaten, weather-worn, forgotten, path that led to gigantic rocks sticking out of the ground. Upon closer inspection, we discovered that the woods we had veered into were covered with these rocks. We moved closer and discovered that they weren't rocks, but old 1800-ish tombstones.
We had stumbled upon a forgotten 1800 grave site. There were simple rocks marking some tombs, others had large, vast, elegant and intricately designed markers. Every one of them was grown over with moss and vines. The gates that were obviously once beautiful are now rusted and lie in shambles. We looked at the dates. The older ones had no dates (guessing perhaps late 1700s-early 1800s), and the newest we could see was 1905. It was obviously forgotten.
You might ask how a graveyard can just be forgotten like that. I swear to god, it was just a chance that we ever stumbled upon it. It was way back into the woods. There were also old structures (angels and such perhaps?) and rock walls that were cumbled. Something that stuck with me was this wall around a small cluster of graves. There was a child's grave and a woman's. They both died on the same day in 1855. Perhaps she died during child birth? I didn't bother to check the other graves the cluster, maybe they all died the same day?
I swear to god none of this is made up, and because I know some of the people on this forum live near me, I will not give away its location.
As we walked passed, we looked down the path and the only thing that filled our view passed the trees were just tombstones. Perhaps there is a whole, forgotten villiage back there? Probably a church or cabin back there waiting to be discovered.
What do you guys think?
We reached what we thought would be a path closer to the Korean food store (about 3/4 of a mile back into the field). It went into the abrupt change from cotton remains to deciduous forest, up a hill. When we began the ascent up the hill and the cotton left our site, we discovered what looked like a vast sign off into the foilage.
We veered off-course to a beaten, weather-worn, forgotten, path that led to gigantic rocks sticking out of the ground. Upon closer inspection, we discovered that the woods we had veered into were covered with these rocks. We moved closer and discovered that they weren't rocks, but old 1800-ish tombstones.
We had stumbled upon a forgotten 1800 grave site. There were simple rocks marking some tombs, others had large, vast, elegant and intricately designed markers. Every one of them was grown over with moss and vines. The gates that were obviously once beautiful are now rusted and lie in shambles. We looked at the dates. The older ones had no dates (guessing perhaps late 1700s-early 1800s), and the newest we could see was 1905. It was obviously forgotten.
You might ask how a graveyard can just be forgotten like that. I swear to god, it was just a chance that we ever stumbled upon it. It was way back into the woods. There were also old structures (angels and such perhaps?) and rock walls that were cumbled. Something that stuck with me was this wall around a small cluster of graves. There was a child's grave and a woman's. They both died on the same day in 1855. Perhaps she died during child birth? I didn't bother to check the other graves the cluster, maybe they all died the same day?
I swear to god none of this is made up, and because I know some of the people on this forum live near me, I will not give away its location.
As we walked passed, we looked down the path and the only thing that filled our view passed the trees were just tombstones. Perhaps there is a whole, forgotten villiage back there? Probably a church or cabin back there waiting to be discovered.
What do you guys think?
