Tuesday, July 31, 2007

dudleytown

please note: I HAVE NO IDEA WHY BLOGGER DECIDED TO UNDERLINE THE TEXT IN THIS ENTRY. BLOGGER.COM, YOU SERIOUSLY SUCK!

Dudleytown, Connecticut, has been called "most haunted place on earth" and a "village of the damned." The infamous place, which has been host to numerous sightings of ghosts and other paranormal activity, has been featured in magazines such as National Geographic and in four books.

A small farming community established in the 18th century, Dudleytown was allegedly host to a number of strange tragedies, including suicides, death by lightening strike, a smallpox outbreak, and questionable deaths. The town was reputed to be haunted, cursed by the ancestor of the two men who originally settled the town.

The town hasn't been inhabited since the early 20th century, and is now located on private property. Fans of the paranormal have flocked to the site anyway, hoping to catch a glimpse of the ghostly hotspot. However, the owners of the town have begun slapping fines on trespassers, and the state police have begun to patrol the area to keep people out.

A friend of mine decided to scope out the area anyway. He's not big into the paranormal or such, but was more interested in simply checking out the place. He brought a camera with him to snap some photographs.

My friend told me that, after spending some in Dudleytown, he began to feel creeped out. He doesn't scare easily, but there was something about the place that made him feel uneasy. Although he didn't see anything with his own eyes, one photograph he took later revealed a strange set of orbs of varying shapes and sizes. After a careful look, he later learned that several of the photographs he had taken had the same orbs.

My friend had carefully checked the camera before taking any photographs, making sure to clean the lens and use fresh film. My friend is 'pretty sure' that the orbs were ghosts -- he's now a believer -- but does admit they could be totally unrelated.

Whatever they are, it is certainly a spooky picture -- and only this blog has it!









1 comment:

Nat D said...

it's underlined because it's a GIGANTIC LINK! if you click it it goes to a full page of the photo!