Haunted Tennesse

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Originally Posted by mvpdid

I just talked last week with a man who is the majority owner of Booger Swamp in Cookeville. He gave me permission to explore it's dark regions. He told me his version of how it got it's name

...and what was that version?

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Originally Posted by stara6

You have to go to the battlefields in Stones River and Shiloh. You can almost feel them around you.

I ride through the Stones River battlefield by bicycle every single morning and evening. It can be an eerie place (especially the Slaughter Pen) but it is also beautiful. Almost daily I see many deer, turkeys, hawks, and other animals. It's a great place to watch nature. You're not supposed to be there after dark, but I will tell you that it is plenty creepy without light.

I don't believe in ghosts, but I do love reading about them. The same goes for Bigfoot, and Tennessee has some great Bigfoot stories! Nothing beats a good, scary story!

BTW, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Chapel Hill lights. My dad actually saw that one himself, though he doesn't believe it was anything supernatural. I've been there several times but never saw anything.

And I believe there have also been several ghost sightings by night watchmen at the State Museum in Nashville. I can easily see how that place would be creepy late at night. Especially with that mummy.

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Originally Posted by northcountrygirl

I'm a paranormal buff (don't worry I don't see dead people, just fascinated with the subject . I imagine with Tennesse's rich history there must be many places that are reputedly haunted, battle grounds, cemetarys etc. Can you tell me about some of these. I would like to make a point of visiting them. I also want to someday get to Bodie, California for the same reason.

I think more so in places like Alabama and Mass, between the 'witch' era and the civil war. Occaisionally I watch the series 'A Haunting' which is based on actual lives of people who have experienced 'hauntings' (though I too, am not superstitious) but a small part of me tells me there could be some fact to some of the experiences.
There is a place near here in the high desert, where an abandoned house out in the middle of nowhere, that has been up for sale, hasnt sold for over 5 years. Stories of a murder that occurred in that house so that deters any potential lookies too. My friend and I have been wanting to go see what all the hype is about, but would go during the day and bring video recording with us as well. More so curious about that place though. Cant say it would be a 'ghost' sighting, but there might be something that only select few people can/have seen. Heck we used to live near a cometary where neighbours would claim to see things or have things in their houses moved around, but it never affected me.