Creepy Virginia Creeper Trail

 Welcome!

Greg and I recently visited the Virginia Creeper Trail which starts not far from where we live.

It was beautiful day. We enjoyed the picturesque scenery, and we took some pictures as we often do when we visit different places, especially when they're new to us.

I started noticing faint ectoplasm in some of the photographs like in the photo above. The horse and the small cluster of leaves behind the horse look washed out.

Not only that, look at the photo that Greg took of me below!

 When I saw this photo, I got a little upset, and said, "Just look at my face, arms, everything, bleached out! What's going on?" Greg assured me that it was okay, and reminded me of the picture I took of him on the grounds of a mansion in Georgia that is said to be haunted. In that photo, Greg's face, body, and most of the tree behind him appear to be bleached.

(The photo I took of Greg is in my paranormal book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" which is on Amazon. For more information, please see the widget above.)

A couple of days later, at home, I ran across an intriguing book that I had bought several years ago that I had never taken the time to read. The book is "Legends, Stories and Ghostly Tales of Abingdon and Washington County, Virginia" by Donna Akers Warmuth. This is the very area where we now live. I had bought the book sometime before we moved to our present home.

I decided to look through the book, and I found a couple of pages that mentioned the Virginia Creeper Trail! According to the book, there used to be train tracks where the nature trail is today. When the tracks were being laid, many of those that worked on the tracks died due to horrible working conditions, and their bodies were dumped along the tracks in shallow graves. Therefore, the area became haunted by the spirits of the men that had once worked there!

Sounds of moaning have been heard there at night, and dogs refuse to go on the Creeper Trail at night.

My advice is to go and see the beauty and walk the trail during the day, but by all means, don't go at night!

Our cabin update: More strange things have happened in connection with our cabin/house. I'll fill you in next month unless something else even bigger happens in the meantime. You just never know!

Thanks for visiting! Until, Saturday, October 17, 2020, Becky

Haunted Buildings in Southwest Virginia

Welcome!

And, I'd just like to thank those that have sent me nice comments about my blogs, "Spirit Photographs" and "The Art of Positive Living."

In past blog posts, I've written that our 1901 farmhouse which we've been in for less than a year is haunted, and that I was doing a space cleansing of our house. I plan to do even more cleansing in the next few weeks. I'll tell you the results of those cleansings, plus more strange stories associated with our house on my May blog post.

Our house is not the only place that's haunted in this area of Southwest Virginia.

There are several other buildings that are haunted, as well. Three of them are below. They all house businesses.

This old house (above) is now a restaurant in Abingdon, Virginia. I blotted out the name of the business since I'm not sure the owners would want it to be known that there's more going on here than the serving of good food! Notice the orbs and ectoplasm on the upper right side of the building.

I'm not sure why this photograph is blurred. It could be that the car moved just as I was taking this photo through the car windshield, or it could be that the eerie energy of the place caused the blurring. Blurred or not, there are several obs and ectoplasm in front of, and near this building which used to be a Masonic lodge. It's now a fine bakery in Bristol, Virginia.

Finally, this is a health clinic in the small town of Meadowview. The orbs and ectoplasm are similar to the first photo on this blog post. Maybe spirits are here because illness is associated with this building.

Elaine Watson, the excellent psychic who advised me when I wrote my book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," which is for sale on Amazon, (Please see the widget above.) would have said that in these three photos (above) that "Spirits can draw on the sun's energy...in order to manifest."

Please stay tuned for more in May!

Thanks for visiting! Until Sunday, May 16, 2020, Becky

Sending Love from Beyond the Grave?

Welcome!

I have a really interesting photo to show you today! This is not one of mine or one of Greg's; it's one that my brother sent me, and it is, as you might guess, PARANORMAL!

A few weeks ago, we were having a little email chat, and on one of those emails that Nick sent was the photo below-

This is a photograph of the old house where Nick and I grew up in Southwest Virginia. Nick was visiting the area so he drove by and snapped this great picture.

I started wondering if there was anything paranormal about this photograph, so I enlarged and studied it. Sure, enough, it didn't take long to find something very unique, very strange in this photo.

In this close-up, notice the glowing white heart on the door! The heart was not something hanging on the door, and it's nothing to do with the curtain. The reason I know this for a fact is that he also (thankfully!) sent me another photo which was taken directly in front of the house, and no heart was there! (However, some ectoplasm did show up in a couple of the windows.)

I told Nick that I thought the heart was sent by the spirits of Mama and Daddy to show their love. Of course, they used to live there, and probably still visit from time to time. (Or maybe they still live there!)

I know for a fact that this house is haunted. I wrote about it in my book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" which is now available either in paperback or as a Kindle download on Amazon. Please see the widget with a picture of my book (above) to order.

Most of the paranormal photos in my book (over 100!) were taken by my husband, Greg, and me (Becky Arnott). Also, Nick has a photo in my book, the regionally famous June Tolliver House ghost photo which is really spooky! See what you think is in the window!

On the outside of a haunted house, most of the time, ghosts and other types of ectoplasm often show up either on the doors or in the windows.

Thanks for visiting! Until Saturday, July 21, 2018, Becky

A Haunted B&B, and More

Welcome!

Every month, Greg and I are still amazed by the paranormal activity that we capture on film.

Last month was no exception.

In September, Greg and I took an overnight trip to visit family. Before we left, on the spur of the moment, I decided to take a picture of our large poke plant. When we looked at the photo, we noticed immediately that there was ectoplasm in at least a third of the picture.

Little did we know that this was apparently a little preview of things to come on our trip!

We stayed at a B&B that was a turn-of-the-century Queen Anne's cottage. It was quiet charming, up to a point.

We really loved our stay there although we kept hearing strange noises during the night. I woke up several times to sounds that seemed like they were coming from one corner of our room. Greg heard a weird noise that sounded like it was right behind our heads while we were in bed.

Nothing showed up in photos I had taken inside the old house that night, but the next morning was a different story. Three pictures I had taken outside on the porch had different types of ectoplasm in them.

The best of the three appeared to have a foggy look, plus there was ectoplasm near two old bicycles, there were weird steaks,etc. in the window and in the glass door., and in the lower right-hand corner of the photo was a bright pink color that looked almost like blood running down off the porch.

Front Porch of Haunted B&B

I showed the photos to the owner who told me that he and one or two others had heard and even seen some paranormal activity there as well. I do believe that to be true!

We've stayed in several B&B's most of our married life, and a few of them have been haunted. Our first one was in St. Augustine which I wrote about in my book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" which is available both on Amazon and Fast Pencil.

So, if you're interested in having a ghostly encounter of your own, might I highly recommend that you spent the night in a B&B, especially one that is rather old! Happy ghostly encounters!

Our sister-in-law Cris told us about two paranormal TV shows she really likes, "Ghost Asylum" and "Haunted Case Files," on "Destination America." We don't currently get that channel, but now, we're thinking about it.

Thanks for visiting! Until Saturday, November 5, 2016, Becky

"Paranormal Photographer"

Welcome!

In a recent local newspaper article about the "Ghosts in the Gap" event in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, I was referred to as a "paranormal photographer."  I guess that's a pretty good description of what I do, but I don't feel I'm any more special than anyone else because I have this ability.

In fact, we all have paranormal or psychic abilities, if we only realized it.  In some people, it's just a little more highly developed than in others.  Psychic ability can take many forms: predicting the future by reading tarot cards, etc., psychic dreams, seeing spirits, and, of course, taking paranormal photos, among others.

During last weekend's "Ghosts of the Gap," one of the people that came by (for my talk about the June Tolliver House and its ghosts and a demonstration of taking paranormal photos), felt like he couldn't take a paranormal photo since he had tried once and had failed.  I encouraged him to try it again, and by golly, he did it!  He seemed elated for having done so.  His picture looked about as good as mine.

The paranormal is a fascinating subject, and if you enjoy paranormal photos and stories, check out my book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind."  It has real paranormal photos that I, and others that I know, took, and true ghostly stories mostly from East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Lately, I have been wearing this button when I go out-

It was designed by talented graphic designer Lynn Ashley who owns Good Shepherd Graphics in Columbia, Tennessee.  It was made into a button by Dan Olson, owner of Imaginart Promotions in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

People ask me how to get a copy of my book.  It's easy.

You can:
Order online from:
- www.fastpencil.com  (See the picture of my book [widget] at the top of this blog post.)
- www.amazon.com
- www.barnesandnoble.com
Buy from local shops:
-June Tolliver House, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
-The Clapboard House, Wise, Virginia
-Atlantis, Johnson City, Tennessee
-The Old Curiosity Book Shop, Columbia, Tennessee

Please let me know how you like my book!  Enjoy!

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Thanks for visiting!  Until next Saturday, Becky