Our Paranormal Adventure in a Park

Welcome back!

I hope you had a great summer.  I really enjoyed mine, but it was very busy.

On my last blog post (5/12/14), I said that I would resume writing posts for this "Spirit Photographs" blog in September.  Well, September has arrived, and here is my first post since May:

Two or three times a month, Greg and I take a little time off from work to go on little outings, especially during the summer months.  We especially love being outdoors on warm, sunny days.  On one of those excursions, in August, we went to visit Jackson in West Tennessee.  We enjoyed the usual tourist spots, one of which was a park called Cypress Grove Nature Park.  Cypress Grove is a cypress forest and wetlands with raised boardwalks.  The 6,000-foot-long boardwalk winds through the 165-acre forest.

When Greg and I first arrived at the park, we were amazed that there was only one vehicle in the parking lot besides ours.  Sure, it was hot (low 90's), but this was a beautiful day on a weekend during the summer, and admission was free!  We shrugged this off and went on into the park.  We loved how the boardwalk wound us around, further into the forest.

The Beginning of Our Paranormal Adventure into the Forest

We went by raptor cages which housed owls, eagles, and hawks.  We knew someone fed these birds and generally tended to the park, but we saw saw no attendant or park ranger the whole time we were there.

As we made our way into the park, we started hearing noises, like fireworks, gun shots, and/or knocking sounds.  We also heard what sort of sounded like a dog barking in the distance.  But, the thing that was so eerie was the sound of twigs breaking.  What was making them break?  Besides these sounds, we heard nothing else.  It was deadly quiet.

We came upon a sign that said that a lake was 3/8 of a mile ahead.  We felt a little unnerved and discussed what to do.  Should we go forward and see the lake or turn back to the safety of our car?  Just then, we heard voices.  It was the people from the other vehicle.  We briefly talked with them about what was up ahead, and decided to venture forward.  After all, we'd driven all that distance to be there, and we wanted to see all that we had come to see.

We were rewarded for our effort, because the view of the lake was beautiful, and we got some great pictures, especially from the wildlife observation tower.  Some of these pictures were (bet you guessed it!)-paranormal.

We didn't stay in that area very long, for we could hear an approaching storm.  In fact, we ran back most of the way, both to avoid being caught in the rapidly advancing storm and to avoid whatever was making those strange sounds that we had heard earlier in the park.

Looking back on our adventure, we were stunned by the fact that the whole time we were there, besides the birds of prey in their cages, the only wildlife we encountered was a small lizard on the boardwalk railing and a white heron at the lake.  According to one of our brochures, this forest was supposed be "a haven for birds, deer, rabbits, squirrels, minks, raccoons, frogs, and turtles."  Where were they?

What do you think?

Greg and I both decided that Bigfoot might possibly be living in that swampy forest, and, next week, I have some startling evidence to tell you why that assumption might be true.

Please stay tuned!

Thanks for visiting!  Until next Saturday, Becky

The Last Paranormal Blog Post Until September

Welcome!

A lot has been going on for us the past few days as far as the paranormal goes.  Three days in a row last week, something supernatural happened at our house.

The first incident was after supper last week when I was in the kitchen, working with some dishes.  All of a sudden, I felt something lightly touch my upper arm.  I looked down, expecting to see a bug, but nothing was there!  That was the first time I've ever had the sensation of being touched by anything I couldn't see.  Very creepy!

The very next day, I couldn't find a silver earring that I decided to wear.  It should have been in the blue container where I keep a few pieces of jewelry that I wear more often than others.  (That same container was featured in my April 12, 2014 blog post entitled "Another Strange Incident.")  I carefully looked through the container, checked on the floor, etc., to no avail.  I finally just gave up and put on another pair of earrings.  However, later that day, I went back to that same container to look for something else, and there, as plain as day, was my missing silver earring, right in the middle of the container.  I asked Greg if he had found it and put it there, but he said he had not!  Chills ran up and down my spine, as I contemplated what had happened.  I was in shock!

Finally, the next day, Greg told me that he had noticed  as he went by the laundry room that the basket of towels had fallen over and wanted to know if I wanted him to take care of it.  I told him that I would go do it.  I couldn't believe it when I saw the basket of towels lying against the dryer.  Earlier, I had put a couple of towels on top of the pile, but there was no way that would make the basket fall over on the dryer like it had done.  I also thought about the cats, but I've very rarely ever seen them in that laundry room since we've lived here, and I just can't see them pushing over a basket of towels in that manner.  I knew that this had to be in the realm of the paranormal, along with the other two incidents that had just recently happened.

Basket of Towels in the Laundry Room

The very next day, after the above incidents had transpired, Greg and I left on a trip to Savannah.  A lot of paranormal things happened to us there, as well, in the form of paranormal pictures that I and some other people took.  One restaurant in particular was very haunted.

Savannah is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in the world which, I believe, is very true, and I can prove it!  I'll detail it all in a new book that I'm currently writing which I hope to have out next year.

I have a lot of irons in the fire right now, so this will be my last "Spirit Photographs" blog post until September.  However, you may keep up with my latest on the paranormal, via my "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" Facebook page, www.facebook.com/pages/Photographic-Encounters-of-the-Spirit-Kind/134892953371993?fref=ts ,where I'll feature updates, videos, etc.  Please give a like while you're there.

Thanks so much for your support!  Until September, Becky

The Latest on the Paranormal

Welcome!

I'd just like to share with you the latest info I have on the paranormal.

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who helped my "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" Facebook page exceed the goal of over 100 likes!  I said that when we reached that goal, I'd have a contest for all those who'd like to participate.  I decided to begin the contest sometime around the first of September.  It should be fun!

I'm reading an interesting book, "You are a Medium" by psychic medium Sherrie Dillard.  She says that you can learn to "communicate with the other side using your natural psychic abilities."  She gives insightful messages from the other side.  They help us and, we can help them!

A strange thing happened to me this past week.  I was sitting in the living room, meditating, when I heard a noise like the front door opening, twice, within minutes of each other.)  I kept waiting for Greg to come through the door, but he didn't get home until fifteen minutes later!

Our Front Door

This is the same unusual phenomenon which I wrote about in my book  "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind."  Pick up a copy and see for yourself!

And, how was your paranormal week?

Thanks for visiting!  Until next Sunday, Becky

"Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," from the Heart

Welcome!

On this blog post, I want to share with you, from my heart, a little of the behind-the-scenes part of my paranormal book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind."

"Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" is a paranormal book containing around 110 paranormal photographs that were taken by me, my husband, my brother, and a couple of other people we know.  They are one hundred percent real, taken from our many photo albums we'd compiled throughout the years.  (One day, after going through these albums, I decided these would be great published in a book.)

We aren't professional photographers with any special skills; we're just ordinary people who've had extraordinary encounters with the spirit world through the pictures we've taken.

Being able to take pictures like this is a psychic gift; instead of seeing and hearing spirits like some psychics, we just take pictures of them.

I've had mixed reactions about my book since it first came out.

Many people I know have just tried to ignore it (even people I've given it to as a gift!-no thank you, nothing), It's like they're hoping it will just go quietly into the night and disappear.  This reaction could be due to fear of the unknown-or you name it!

Others have been very supportive-complimentary, encouraging.  Some have thought I was very brave for presenting this book to the world.  (I appreciate the compliment, but I just had a story to tell, and I was determined to tell it, no matter what!)

Today, I just want to thank all of you who have been positive toward me and my first paranormal book.  (I hope to have another true paranormal book out whenever I get everything compiled and written.)

Thanks to any of you who have helped promote "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" in any way-through reading my blog, buying my book, giving likes on Facebook, selling my book in your shops, telling others about my book, etc.

I'm just one person trying to get the word out in my own way about the spirit world being real.  It's not all evil.  There are good and bad spirits there just as there are good and bad people here.  (My husband and I have a couple of spirits living in our home right now that are attached to two of our antiques.  They don't bother us, and we don't bother them.  We're all getting along just fine!)

I'm just a little first-time author with no connection to big-time publishing companies, book stores, television networks, or the good-ol'-boy/girl network, etc. who needs your help!  Thanks so much for your support!

F.Y.I.:
"Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind"
By Becky Arnott
Order online:
-www.fastpencil.com  (See the picture of my book [widget] at the top of the blog post.) (book and e-book)
-www.amazon.com  (book)  (Coming soon: my e-book on Amazon!)
-www.barnesandnoble.com  (book)
To buy locally in the Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and the Columbia, Tennessee areas, please see my 10/28/13 blog post, "Ghosts of the Gap."

Thanks for visiting!  Until sometime next Friday through Monday, Becky




 

Check Out My "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" Facebook Page!

Welcome!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

I thought that today would be a great time for you to check out my "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" Facebook page.  I have some really neat, even fascinating, paranormal photos and videos I've posted there from many different sources.  I even posted a funny paranormal video earlier today.  (As I mentioned in my book, the paranormal is not without its humorous side!)

Either type in "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" or 134892953371993?fref=ts to access this Facebook page.

Enjoy!  And, please give a like!  Thanks!

Thanks for visiting!  Until next Saturday, Becky

Another Strange Incident

Welcome!

It seems that I'll just be doing normal, everyday things like moving a few things from one room to another when suddenly something strange happens.  That happened to me a few days ago.  I decided to finish getting myself ready for the day in our downstairs bathroom, so I gathered a few items I needed and temporarily lay them on top of a chest, and went back for a couple of more items.  When I got back to my first group of items, I was amazed to see a small container where I keep a few of my earrings, etc. precariously perched on the edge of a white basket.  Although I had only gotten about five hours of sleep the night before, I thought that I surely wasn't that far gone, to have placed the small container the way it was sitting.  I'm always careful, because I hate for stuff to fall on the floor, and I can't imagine placing the container like that.  I asked Greg if he had moved any of my stuff, and he said that he hadn't.

If I didn't do it and Greg didn't do it, then there was only one more explanation, and it wasn't a normal one.-It had to be paranormal!  It seems that the paranormal has become the new norm in our new house.

The room where I'd placed these things does have a haunted piece of furniture in it; I know that as a fact, because a visiting psychic saw the spirit in that very room next to her apparently favorite piece of furniture.  I'm going to tell everything the psychic told us (It's fascinating!) in another paranormal book I'm currently writing.

Anyway, I do believe that this spirit moved the small container to the place I found it sitting.  Why?  Who knows?  Maybe she wanted to let us know that she was still in the house or maybe she just wanted a little excitement or attention.

That's okay.  After my initial shock wore off, it really didn't bother me.  She seems harmless enough.  However, if things things ever stop being harmless, that piece of furniture is out of our house-heirloom or not!

"Intelligent hauntings are (when) they're trying to communicate with you, like tugging on your clothes."
-Grant Wilson

Thanks for visiting!  Until next Saturday, Becky

The Latest on the Paranormal

Welcome!

I just wanted you to know the latest happenings in the paranormal world, mine and beyond.

First of all, I had a weird incident happen earlier this week while I was by myself one night.  (To appreciate this more, you might want to refer back to my story and picture in my March 22, 2014 post entitled "Haunted Living Room.")

Anyway, like Paul Harvey used to say on his old radio show, "Here's a strange!"-I was sitting on our living room couch as I do almost every night, doing some paper work.  Our cat Kallie was lying in the big chair and our other cat Mitzi was up on the back of our couch on the extreme right from where I was sitting in the middle.  Both cats were asleep.  Suddenly, I hear the distinct meow of a cat directly behind my head.  I turned to look around, thinking that Mitzi had moved from her spot on the couch, but she had not moved at all.  It was like one of our cats had thrown its voice.  I remained calm, as I have learned to expect the unexpected, in this house, as well as about everywhere else as far as the paranormal goes.  I thought about it and figured that it might have been either our cat that had passed away a few years before or a spirit cat that was just passing through.

Tonight, Friday, April 4 at 10/9 c on "Destination America" is the season two premier of "Mountain Monsters" which is about Appalachian hillbilly investigators in West Virginia.  I've never seen the show since we don't get that channel, but I really enjoyed the videos on the "Destination America" website.

"During the day, I don't believe in ghosts.  At night, I'm a little more open-minded."
-Notable Quotes

Thanks for visiting!  Until next Saturday, Becky