Although it was far too beautiful of a day to be scary by any means, it did feel very sad there. Not ominous or foreboding, just very glum and heavy. I felt grief at the obvious history lost by weathered tombstones washed smooth, upturned either by angry winds or troubled hands who knows and no matter, they are lost and gone none the less! There are numerous, in fact most of the remaining stones and markers are nearly illegible, but one thing that was noticeable was the number of infants and children buried and marked there. It must have been really tough back in those days to not only bear the children but to be able to care for them! If there was hardship, I am sure there was negligible if any care for the mother during the pregnancy, then the child is likely going to be just under robust to say the least! Poor things, it is heart breaking, but it also serves as a reminder to be grateful to these strong and willing people. If they had not persevered we would have a whole different history in our nation! It is sad to see this history and know that most if not all of these stories are gone to us. Yes, I am sure there are a few recorded here and there, but nothing can compare to what I am sure is gone!
Now, according to wagging tongue, this is supposed to be a very haunted place, I was not given any other details, only that it was super haunted! So, last but not least here, I wanted to say that the creepiest and the most heart wrenching of all was the MANY, MANY markers with a simple tin stamped "UNKNOWN" taking up one whole section of the first right hand corner! It was uncanny! Why so many? All grouped together too? A post from a census type report from 1974 listed that number marked "UNKNOWN" as 50! 50? OMG WTF?
So, I snapped a bunch of various shots of these in different areas. Then when I get home and start working on downloading the pictures, I start looking for and wondering where all the pictures of the "Unknown" markers were? I knew I had shot at least 12-14 but I was sure it was more than the (1) ONE I currently had on my computer! So I took the memory card back out of my camera and opened the files on it to look around, I could still only find about 6 shots of these! So, I copied the files again and put them in my picture folder again, BAM, next thing you know, they are NOT THERE AGAIN!! SWEAR TO GOD! I could only get the ONE to download! So out of more than a dozen shots I get one lousy picture to co-operate! I wish it could give me more information than "UNKNOWN"!! :(
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| So, now I am a little freaked out that only this ONE picture out of 12+/- that I shot shows up! |
Well I went here and took pictures at night,after going home I went to check the picture finding that all my pictures on the camera were gone(everything not just the cemetary pictures), A few months later I got a new camera and was able to use my old memory card just fine, but when I tried my memory card in the old camera, it said no files exists just like before? Well that is the only experience I have, I would like to add that the city of Anderson should really try to fix up the cemetary(grow some grass and or flowers)
ReplyDeleteOkay, well we have a trend going on that then, I too lost All files on my card after taking more pictures at a later date, in fact I blamed my Camera which then subsequently quite working altogether shortly thereafter! I agree, I wish it could be gussied up some! I do believe they have a gathering to do that on occasion, I will have to find out more info on that! I think I can find out through the Anderson Historic People? IWS! :)
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