posted May 25, 2004 10:35 AM               

As for the lagoon at Bachelor's Grove, I, too, had my daughter (nine years old at the time) with me when we went. She and I actually stood on the bank of the lagoon for a while, but, fortunately, she didn't act strangely or try to go in. Your daughter sounds like she is very sensitive to spirits and that's probably why she felt that calling. However, if I ever go there again, I wouldn't bring her with. Even though we were wearing bug repellant, the mosquitoes were atrocious and she ended up crying because she got so bit up. I felt horrible! My husband and I will go back probably next summer when we visit my family again.

posted July 14, 2005 07:29 PM               

So the truth is the place where you went is called Anderson Johnson Cemetery. yes. ah yes, the one that is still open to the public. and that cemetery is near, yes where again, it's on the map, Palmer, IL. That's not graveyard x. sorry nice try. yes i do imagine that anderson's is a really nice ghostly place, but you need to also realize that it's not gx. GX, is a place that need to be taken care of, and not to have people running about taking picture and looking for ghosts. Let these people rest in peace. I appreciate the CCGS stepping in and saying something for us, yes it is ture. if you want permission there is a lot of steps we have to go thru. the most that i can do for you is send you a picture of the beautiful place.

When i stepped into this place you feel a sense of something has just been lifted from your shoulders. it's just so peacefull there. There are wild animals that run inside the place.

When my parter and i were in there sitting having lunch. a deer walked right past us. We were in plain site deer look right at us stopped, and walked on. This place is just perfect. I love to go there and just sit and relex. I have never found a place so perfect. You would think that a beach near the ocean or something like that would be paradise to some, but when you are at this place. One word PERFECT.

well im otta here hope to recieve some emails on this one

Mike

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man I put away my childish things.

Corinthians I, Chapter 13, verse 11

think about that when you go to a cemetery next time. Don't go looking for a ghost. goto respect the people's lives that have lived. Clean the place up. i need the help if you are interested email me. But there are rules. Follow them!

posted November 05, 2005 05:52 PM               

the graveyard x that everyone is looking for can be found in the books and videos of troy taylor

posted April 02, 2006 03:28 PM               

Real Paranormal Investigations Groups have these basic rules. This protects them, the owners, and the evidence.

The Owner of one of the cemeteries, did contact CCGHS and told them to take the location off their site (even though the location is leaglly available to the public). Plus they told CCGHS that there were people saying they were CCGHS trespassing on the cemetery without permission and damage was done. The owner at that time believed it to be CCGHS, but after spending time with CCGHS, the owner apologized to CCGHS. But the word was already out and it ruined CCGHS. So The bond that CCGHS and the County was broken. Word of mouth is the best and worst advertisment. At this time they were trying to get permission to enter the other cemetery but they were denied because of had happen.

So now CCGHS has to start over with building a trust with the community.

That was not to long ago really.

CCGHS does not lie or withold anything for greed or anything like that. If the owners say "no" to any information and location being disclose then they have to RESPECT that and so do you.

And yes if you do your Research you will see Troy Taylor is telling a different Story. Plus if you do your research you can find what you are looking for. The CCGHS Yahoo Site has links to public locations to the cemeteries, plus there is also the history of some of the cemeteries in the back messages. No it is not a haunted one, plus CCGHS looked up on the net and through books about sitings in the Christian County area.

What ever is public knowledge CCGHS has no problem telling you but if the owners wish it not to be told then CCGHS has to obey by the owners wishes.

CCGHS has never refused to give out info about how to reach the owners. If they have the way to reach them they will give it to you. One of the cemeteries, the owners you need to contact, is one the board entering the cemetery.

CCGHS owns Para Studies web site and the evidience in the Gallery is not doctored up. At least not that is of CCGHS and the owner of CCGHS. They do not even know how to doctor something like that up. The rest of the Evidence is submitted by other groups. Have a problem with their evidence then contact them.

CCGHS does not know about one of the cemeteries spoken here, but the one CCGHS has been to(legally: during open hours) has activity in it. The other one the owner told CCGHS that there is no activity in it.

So do not get mad at CCGHS and slam them for doing what the owners asked them to do. You do not know what is said between the owners and CCGHS.

CCGHS is strict and respects the community. They do not fool around with the Paranormal and neither should you.

posted April 22, 2006 01:34 AM               

I live in Chicago, IL. We investigate all places we can find and do our own research, and find out if a place is truly haunted or not.

We have been to Bachelor's Grove hundreds of times, Robinson's Woods, and many other places around NW Indiana and IL.

About 3 years ago we went to find "Graveyard X" (Anderson's Cemetery). At the time it was so hard to find that it took us all night to find just the Anderson's next to Durbin. That is not the right one, and we never found the actual Graveyard X though we did get some photo and audio evidence from the Anderson's near Durbin.

I now, after tons of research, have found the real Graveyard X, me, my friend, and girlfriend plan to go soon for an investigation. I found it easily just by looking for listed Graveyards in Taylorville. There are two Andersons, the one by Durbin is mistaken for Graveyard X but is itself haunted (some say worse than Graveyard X we ourselves got some evidence and were there early in the AM) We will ask for permission from the owner before we step foot, and NEVER have damaged any of the many places we have been to, actually one day we spent cleaning up Bachelor's Grove.

As far as I am concerned, it seems the CCGHS is trying to monopolize it for themselves, it is obviously a place of strange occurances, or they would not be there! Use common sense...they say stay away, leave the place be (as a final resting place) then why are THEY going there? What makes them better, or more "authorized" to go there? They are not the only ones interested in investigating the place. The evidence we will get from our investigation (if any at all) will be put on the WWW for all to see, then the skeptics can try and explain everything away. Anyone can get the location if they are smart enough and do some research!

Problem is, just like many other haunted places, is that people mess it up for everyone else. They steal, and vandalize places and make legitimate people who actually come to visit loved ones, or are there just to see the place and see if there are truth behind the stories, get into trouble with the owners, the law, or both. Those people deserve to go to jail, but we try and do things the right way.

I do not believe the people covering this up, that they are JUST doing it to "Protect Graveyard X" they are doing it to hog it and gather exclusive evidence. That is not to say they don't care about the place, or want to see it damaged, that just means they are trying to prevent other legitimate investigators from getting there, and with a little research they will not be successful in hiding it.

I believe in ghosts, and can fill websites and hard drives with pictures that cannot be explained, both digital and 35mm photos. Plus audio that cannot be explained, and even skeptics have been impressed by our evidence, and were at a lost to explain them. I investigate, personally, to prove if a place is haunted or not and if so I do my best to gather evidence and record what I find. We use cameras, a non contact thermometer, a digital audio recorder, and plan to get more equipment soon. We are professional about it, are not loud, and don't disturb anything we can prevent. I do not topple tombstones, dont dig up bodies, I am not a satan worshipped, or a vandal. The people I go to places like this are the same way, just believers who like to see for ourselves what kind of evidence we can gather. I know not everyone believes in ghosts, but I have many reasons to.

That would be like me and my friends telling everyone "Stay away from Bachelor's Grove" yet go there all the time ourselves.