Ghost Hunt @ La Belle Cemetary (pics)

[Babagirls]

Hey everyone!
Myself, my fiance, and 4 of our friends are new to the Ghost Hunting field. To give you an idea of our ages, they range from the youngest being 27 to the oldest being 42. We are very mature and you're normal everyday folks..with a curiousity in ghosts and the afterlife. So, I figured that I would come on here and share our experience Ghost Hunting at the La Belle Cemetary in Oconomowoc. I had read about it on this site and other sites as well and have been wanting to explore this cemetary all week. Last night, we did just that.

We all met up at the McDonalds on E. Wisconsin St. that was about about a block or two from the cemetary. Once there, we grabbed a little something to eat and went over some last minute details and pictures, gathered our flashlights and digital camera, and off we went.

We entered the Cemetary through the Lapham St. entrance since we were afraid of the other 2 gated entrances might be locked. Before we entered, we all held hands and said a prayer for saftey and asked God to keep us close to him at all times. After the prayer, we walked in and began 'hunting'.

Let me start off saying that we have been to 1 other cemetary a few weeks ago in West Bend and we really enjoyed our time there. We felt very welcomed, very peaceful, and we took our time walking around and taking the experience in...nothing happened on that trip (no sightings, feelings, smells, etc). It was a good get-your-feet-wet kind of trip, if you will.

About 2-3 minutes in walking along a path, I looked to my left to talk to my friend (we'll call her "Crissy") and when I turned to talk to her, she was not there...she was in front of me. But someone (or something) WAS walking beside me. So that creeped me out from the start and got my alerts going. As we walked through, the cemetary seemed very...eery. There's no other way to describe it. Just very eery. As we were walking, I had the strong sense of being followed..closely followed at that. I kept turning around to see if someone was there (I was thinking maybe teenagers could be in there and playing pranks) but nobody was there. The whole group stopped and a few of them had said that they also felt like they were being followed. We stood there and just took in the sights and smells and looked around without talking. I, personally, felt uneasy about being there and just as I was about to say just that, "Crissy" said to us out loud that she was feeling uneasy. That's when I knew it wasn't just me feeling that way and it was validated at that point. For the record, everyone there felt the same way. Some used the words "unsettled", "uneasy", "not welcomed", and "anxious" (in a bad way).

As much as I personally wanted to get out of there (as you should if you ever feel uneasy about a place you are ghost hunting at), I stayed and let the others do their exploring and I "bucked-up" for the ride.

We went around a bend and there was a mausoleum to our left (chains were on the doors). The building itself made me feel very weird inside..not sure how to explain it...kind of like being nervous to the point of being nausiated. As we stood there looking at the mausoleum, someone had mentioned that they smelled smoke. I'm a smoker and had a cigeratte prior to entering the graveyard so I told them it could possibly be me. Now, at this moment, I was already past the mausoleum because of my uncomfortable feeling that it gave me. Someone spoke up and said "No, its pipe smoke. Like, pipe tobacco!" So I walked back over there and it was as if I walked into a cloud of rather-good-smelling pipe smoke! It was VERY strong for me! Everyone there smelled it..some strong, some faintly. I think those that faintly smelled it didn't run into the spot where it was at. That was the highlight of the trip for me. The rest, I didn't like.

There is a bridge by where that mausoleum is and everyone wanted to go by it. Everyone but me and my friend (we'll call her "Jean")..we both have a fear of water at night (I'm not sure why she is, but I have my own personal reasons). So we stayed behind making small talk and just waited for them to be done exploring the bridge (about 3-5 minutes). As they were walking back and they all were within about 6 feet from me, I saw a tall ghostly man walking on "Jason's" right side! All I could see was the torso and up. It was clearly a man, but it was all white. There were no details to his face, only his masculine frame/build. When I say he was white, I mean he was a misty white...not see-thru, but not fully solid either. Very hard to explain. That's when I said "Oh my god, you just had a man walking beside you Jason" and I walked away saying out loud 'that wasn't right...that wasn't right..no..that just wasn't right..to see that..' I didn't feel threatened by this man, and it wasn't like a "Oh my god!!!" shock either..it was there and then it was gone. That's it. Just gone.

As we were standing by the bridge, we *thought* we had seen that famous Lady statue that has been the focus point of all stories about this cemetary. As we walked closer, it wasn't it, BUT it was close by. So we lucked out in finding it about 20 mins into the visit. As we approached the statue, a sense of calm and almost like a feeling of being protected, came over me. I later heard others commenting on how that was the only spot in the graveyard that didn't give them an uneasy feeling. I couldn't agree more.

We took pictures and then went on our way. The statue is beautiful, by the way! Just gorgeous!! The detail on it was amazing. By the way, those who claim that her eyes turn black in pictures, they're wrong. I'm sure some pictures turn out that way because the detail in the eyes are so great, that a flash could easily cast a shadow in the deep points of the eyelids..thus creating a black-like shadow. As you'll see in the pictures, her eyes did not turn black.

We began walking some more. This is when the feelings of being unwelcomed/uneasy started to form again and very quickly. My emotions were all over the place in this cemetary, it was very strange. As we continued to walk, I had voiced my desire to leave the cemetary. I had enough and didn't feel comfortable being there. The others 100% agreed and we began to try to find our way back out...ANY way to get out (not just the way we came in). We walked and all of a sudden, my upper chest started to feel pressure and my breathing started to become a little stressed. Imagine someone pushing on your upper chest with their hands and you had to try to walk forward as they would push back on you. That's what it felt like. As I placed my hand on my chest, "Crissy" who was in front of me said "I'm having a hard time breathing...I'm feeling pressure on my chest." I walked up to her and placed my hand on her chest and said "Like this?" and she looked at me with eyes wide open and said "YES!" Then our other friend "Jean" was pulling out her inhaler because she couldn't breath well. This is when I really wanted to leave!

My fiance and 2 friends were several feet behind us and they hadn't heard about our breathing problems yet. I heard someone call my name (a friend) and that's when all 3 of them ran up to me and said they all felt like their stomachs had pressure on them, as if someone was pushing on their diafram. My friend "Tesa" said that her stomach was in knots, like a stabbing/twisting pressure in her stomach. All 6 of us had the same problem within 20 seconds of each other (even though we were divided up at that point); we all had problems breathing. I think we all had enough at that point and off we went to find that exit! As we were looking for a way out, we noticed that someone in a house was looking right at us and walking around. We were scared that they could call the cops on us, so we hurried up and got out of there. We had to say our "closing" prayer about 100 feet from the cemetary when we knew we were safe.

This cemetary is the first one to go on my "Never Again!" list. I do not recomend it. Not because it's haunted, but I feel and believe that there is/are evil things in that graveyard and I wouldn't want anyone to go there and experience what we did.

We did capture 1 really wicked picture tonight, and I will share it with ya'll. This was captured on our way out (before the breathing problems started and we were just snapping pictures) NOTE: tonights weather was 100% clear skies (the stars looked awesome tonight!), 28 degrees, no fog, no rain/hail/flurries/etc.

Here is the ORIGINAL picture:


Here is the picture lightened a bit:


And as promised, pictures of the beautiful lady statue:



We did catch a few orbs in about 4 pictures tonight, and some other little things such as a photo that appeared to have a shadow profile of a man in it but I can't be certain:



I hope you guys/gals enjoyed our hunt experience, its one that we will not soon forgot (but probably would like to.)

~Babagirls~

[MichelleC]

Wow, I got goosbumps reading that. People actually go to cemetaries at night on purpose!? You're braver than me. LOL!

Michelle

[pk]

This is such an awesome story.

I read about the tours they give at certain cemetaries in Burlington. They charge a fee and give you a guided tour. They are certain that you will get pictures of orbs etc on thier tours. Afterwards you get together and discuss what you felt, saw, etc. and get a chance to understand the pictures you took while on the walk.

I think I would love to try the one you went into but not until I have a few trips first in milder ones. I certainly would not want that to be my first time out! lol

I have some pictures of fireworks where you can see 'something' staring down at us in the fog of the aftermath of the fireworks. I did not notice it at first until my son saw it in one while viewing the picture. He asked why I had a picture of some guy looking at us. Creepy.

If you ever do the Burlington tour please let us know I would love to hear how it is.

pk

[AJE]

I think I'll need to pay a visit! Eerie story.

[MrKhay]

Burlington is a known nationally, if not internationally, as a spot on the planet that is akin to a ghost magnet. Something about a vortex, or some such.

There are several visible orbs in your photos. Special lenses filters can be used to capture them in digital form.

[Babagirls]

Originally Posted by pk

This is such an awesome story.

I read about the tours they give at certain ceremtaries in Burlington. They charge a fee and give you a guided tour. They are certain that you will get pictures of orbs etc on thier tours. Afterwards you get together and discuss what you felt, saw, etc. and get a chance to understand the pictures you took while on the walk.

I think I would love to try the one you went into but not until I have a few trips first in milder ones. I certainly would not want that to be my first time out! lol

I have some pictures of fireworks where you can see 'something' staring down at us in the fog of the aftermath of the fireworks. I did not notice it at first until my son saw it in one while viewing the picture. He asked why I had a picture of some guy looking at us. Creepy.

If you ever do the Burlington tour please let us know I would love to hear how it is.

pk

We've heard about the Burlington tours and we really want to go!! We're hoping we can go soon before the weather gets too cold (and if the tours are running). If and when we do go, I will be sure to come back with a full review with pictures

[Babagirls]

Originally Posted by AJE

I think I'll need to pay a visit! Eerie story.

I wouldn't go back there during the daylight, let alone at night again. I will tell you that since I've been back home, I have felt uncomfortable/uneasy. Also, the morning after, our power in the apartment went off twice. Not sure if that is related, but it was enough to scare me lol

If you go, I would love to hear your review of what happend! What kind of feelings you were feeling, what you saw, smelled, etc. It would be awesome to compare notes with someone else.

[pk]

I think I would love to check it out more I hear about it...but only in the daytime and with a group of people.

[Babagirls]

just a quick update for everyone:

since we got back from hunt, I have been feeling very uneasy (the same feeling I had at the cemetary). I wanted to give myself a couple of days to relax and see if it was just the cemetery that creeped me out, but its Weds night and I still feel the same. We've been having a lot of weird stuff happen in our apartment ever since:

our power in the apartment has gone out twice (on Monday), lights in the living room flickered last night, my lava lamp here in the office goes off and on randomly, and tonight I heard a mans voice say "ok" (sounded like he was about 6 ft from me, clear as day!!!) when I was on my cell phone talking to a friend tonight. It was in a very deep voice..very masucline. Makes me wonder if its the guy ghost I saw at the cemetery or not.

I am looking into purchasing Sage and doing a cleansing of our apartment on Friday. If you do decide to go to this cemetery, please say a prayer before and after the "hunt", and I would recomend Holy Water and/or a Rosery. Something in that cemetery isn't right and whatever it is, I think it followed me home.

Also, I wanted to make sure that everyone was aware that cops DO patrol the area frequently, so watch out! I recomend calling the police station in advanced and asking for permission first, otherwise its a $150-$200 fine for tresspassing (depending on which county).

Be safe!

[LinksToThePast]

I have read through your story and at first found it a little far fetched. Not because I don't believe what happened to you is real, because I do believe in the spirit world. But because if you are going into the ghost hunting field, you are going in it with a completely wrong attitude. Ghost hunters tend to get excited when they encounter a spirit. They don't get freaked out. I guess I wonder what you were expecting to find. If you didn't expect to find a spirit...why did you go there in the first place?

I believe your biggest mistake is that you are fearful of the spirits that you encountered. The spirits sense your fear or apprehension. Spirits can't hurt you. The best they can do is scare you. Your fear, the over cautiousness and anticipation of what might happen next will build up inside you and begin to cause you to be self-destructive. Self-destruction will hurt you.

If your lights are going on and off so what? It is a little odd, but that spirit certainly isn't causing any harm. Just trying to get your attention. Maybe trying to freak you out more. After all, it was you who disturbed their space first. For some of them it is a game.

What I suggest is next time you feel their presence, ask if there is anything you can help with. Talk to them as if they were real. Perhaps thank them for reminding you to pay the electric bill or that you hadn't eaten yet. "Excuse me please, I need that light on," might also work for your purposes.

I have gone so far as to ask for the spirit's name. If a name comes to me when I ask that question, the next time I feel the presence I call it by name. Don't be fearful that something is going to happen. Talk to it like you would your friend. You will be surprised at the calming affect that attitude has on the spirit world.

The last piece of advice I have for you is if you are truly afraid of spirits.....get another hobby.

[MichelleC]

Wow, I'd sure be freaked out by that! I don't think I'd have it in me to just calmly have a conversation with a ghost. But, then, I wouldn't have gone to a cemetary at night, either!

Michelle

[LinksToThePast]

Originally Posted by MichelleC

Wow, I'd sure be freaked out by that! I don't think I'd have it in me to just calmly have a conversation with a ghost. But, then, I wouldn't have gone to a cemetary at night, either!

Michelle

Exactly...if you are freaked out by such things why do it?

[Babagirls]

Originally Posted by LinksToThePast

Exactly...if you are freaked out by such things why do it?

Let me clarify that I am not afriad of ghosts (otherwise I wouldn't ghost hunt).

I wasn't fearful of going into the cemetary (or any haunted place for that matter), and neither was our other friends. What I have said in my first post is that there is something not right (possibly evil) about that particular cemetery. I'm not afraid that a spirit followed me home, I was afraid that it was an evil one. I did not feel comfortable in my own home. I felt very uneasy. And I don't get scared easily (obviously, otherwise I would have ran out of there when I saw that ghostly man in the cemetary, but I felt that he meant no harm).

I understand what you have said, but it seems like bashing me and half of what you typed was wrong/opposite of what I had previously stated. You said that I am fearful of ghosts, and I am not (hence why this is scaring me, this spirit must not be a friendly one). As far as having a sense of humor with spirits, I am the exact same way. My great grandmother will make herself known from time to time and when she does, I always stop and laugh and say "hi gram!" I think its great when she visits me and welcome it! Yesterday, I talked out loud to the spirit(s) in my apartment and told them that I wish that I could help them, but because I can't see or hear them, that there was nothing I could do.

The advice you gave is basic level-entry advice that can be found in any book and/or online. I have had several years of ghosts seeking me out, that's why I wanted to flip the script and go looking for them. I'm currently in the process of buying more equiptment that will allow me/us to better communicate with spirits and maybe I can indeed help them in the future.

I appreciate your realness and your opinions, but I think you may have misunderstood me and why I do ghost hunt. Or maybe I'm just on the wrong website for this and this is my fault. If so, then I appologize.

~Baba~

PS Spirits can hurt you; ever hear of spirits tripping, pushing, throwing objects at people?

[LinksToThePast]

Originally Posted by Babagirls

You said that I am fearful of ghosts, and I am not (hence why this is scaring me, this spirit must not be a friendly one).

Regardless of what the fear is stemming from, the spirit senses fear.
Whether you are scared of it or scared of what it might do or ....scared of ??????

I am not a ghost buster, nor did I play one in the movies. I also haven't read any textbooks on any of this. I am simply telling you how I have handled similar situations.

My advice is reverse the scared uneasy feeling whatever the cause. You will have much better luck in your communication process.

With that, I am off to bed and will not comment further on this subject.

[Lost Soul]

man, that would freak me out big time. There are some really really scarry places here in costa rica, havent seem them all yet.

[j10asen]

headstones, gravestones, cemetery plots
people who once lived but now do not

bright during the day, but dark in the night
the cemetery might be gloomy but should cause no fright

cautious visitors sidestep fresh mounds
hoping the residents are not hell bound

ghostly tales fill their mind
perception and feelings intelligence maligned

ignite the night's visitors to think something’s there
be it in the wind or in that plume of air

did you hear a whisper or was it a moan
or was it that stray cat far away from it's home

some will see , some will not
some will avoid any fresh cemetery plot

if you have something that you need to prove
eventually you'll find it, and feel you are approved

stoney rohde

[CarolsCritterCare]

LaBelle Cemetary??? Is that the one here in Oconomowoc??

Interesting Experience. My son likes to head over to Paradise Road...

Jefferson - Paradise Road - Witnesses report feeling an eerie presence. They have heard inhuman screams, seen short, robed shapes in the woods, and have even seen a raccoon, decapitated, with blood glistening in the headlights, but no blood on the road and no head anywhere in sight. Location is on Paradise Road, a right turn shortly after you pass Saint Colletta's. Advice is to STAY OUT OF THE WOODS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

[CarolsCritterCare]

I pet sit for a lady who is with Southern WI Paranormal Research Group

Southern Wisconsin Paranormal Research Group

I have always wanted to go out on one of her studies, but I always have a critter or two here that I"m watching.

[Babagirls]

Originally Posted by CarolsCritterCare

I pet sit for a lady who is with Southern WI Paranormal Research Group

Southern Wisconsin Paranormal Research Group

I have always wanted to go out on one of her studies, but I always have a critter or two here that I"m watching.

We get a lot of people like yourself who are truly into the field and curious to tag along for a hunt. We've brought an extra person with us the past 2 "hunts" and they both want to do it again and again. Its addicting lol I hope you get to experience it one day! By the way, I think your service (animal babysitter) is a great idea and service!! We're going on our honeymoon in June. How much would it be to have someone come here to Sussex and play with our cat/stay for a couple of hours and feed him? I hate leaving him all alone for 7 days. Would love if someone could come in and interact with him and make sure he's okay

[BornForAdventure]

I've been to LaBelle Cemetery a few times now, the latest was this past Halloween (2007) in the daytime and at night. Both times were, um, pretty interesting. LaBelle Cemetery will be featured on my tv show (local access cable-LOL). My crew and I will be talking about the experiences of being there along with video and numerous pictures that we'll be showing and talking about.

This cemetery is a MUST SEE and experience for those that are "Ghost Hunters".

I took pretty many pictures, here are a few with a short explanation

Welcome to LaBelle Cemetery. Here is road over the bridge into the cemetery.......



These few are pictures of "Bloody Mary". It's been said that her hands bleed and also have tears of blood when she is sad. Rumor has it that she walks down the steps to the edge of the water.

My group and I did witness her eyes open and then close. This was during the day and at night.





This next picture is of "Anchor Lady". She's the one that supposely drowned herself by going overboard from a rowboat, sad that her loved one had left her for another woman. She is facing the pond where she drowned and sometimes you will see a rowboat just rowing in the waters of Fowler Lake. We all saw the rowboat on Halloween night, just off from where she is looking. Unbelieveable..............



The Mausoleum that is on top of a hill. In the month of August during the full moon, if you get a chance, take a look inside the window!! You should be able to see a standing body. It has to be a clear night and full moon. The moon shines perfect through the other window and lights the inside.

[vampirereader]

I'm not a ghost hunter myself, but i do live around the area. What they say is completely true. I was taking a bike ride with my friend and i wanted to find out whats the story on Bloody Mary. It was pure daylight. So I walk up to bloody mary. However, the pictures were not at all what I saw. Her eyes were definetly more closed and she was holding the flowers in one hand, and the other hand was slightly reached out. I remember because someone had put a flower in one hand (a real one) and the other was tucked in more. I got an erie feeling when I walked up to her and looked in her mostly closed eyes. I still have that feeling and have had trouble going to sleep. There is a comferting feeling around the anchor lady though. If you look on the pictures on the top, the head is pointed down more on one and up more on the bottom. Mabye, its just me.

[ghosthunter728]

Me and four of my friends (Dan, Zach, Mike, and Noel) visited this cemetery on Saturday, July 25, around 10:30 and stayed for about 25 minutes. As semi-professional ghost hunters (even though we're all around 17 years old) we came equipped with two Sony infrared cameras, both equipped with external infrared lights, a digital camera, a Sony voice recorder, and an EMF detector. Unlike everyone else's blog, we didn't experience much by the statue, but rather when walking around the other parts of the cemetery. Early on, I admitted right away that I had a very eerie feeling from the moment we walked in. Everyone thought that I was crazy at first until they started to feel things too. We found the statue right away and I explained the story and background of it to my fellow investigators. After about 10 minutes of no activity, we decided to leave the EMF detector and the voice recorder on the statue, and one of the infrared cameras filming the statue. We continued to walk around during which my friend Zach said he saw a glowing, floating light pacing back and forth. As he was pointing it out, I managed to catch a glimpse of it before it disappeared into thin air. We managed to get a picture of it before it disappeared. It looks like a tiny orange glow off in the distance. We then circled around and came back to the statue to check up on everything and make sure nothing fell over (the infrared camera was awkwardly balanced on another headstone). What happens next is one of the most frightening paranormal experiences I have ever faced. After looking at the statue and asking questions for another two or three minutes, we started to walk away from the statue on the path running parallel to Fowler Lake. After a few minutes of walking, I took notice to an odd shadow on the right side of the path. The lake is also on the right side and that night the moon was above the lake, so the moon was casting shadows from the headstones on the right side and was casting a shadow between the headstones and the path for each headstone. As we were walking, about 50 feet away, I noticed that one of the shadows was darker than the other ones. I kept my eye on it as we got closer, and when we were about 15 or 20 feet away, a small child-like figure rose out of the shadow, from a crouching to a standing position, and darted across the path and disappeared on the left side of the path, all in a matter of one or two seconds. Needless to say I was extremely startled. I ran over to where I saw it but could not explain why that happened. We then kept on following the trail until it ended. We then turned back and stayed at the statue again for a few minutes and then gathered our things and headed out. Right before we exited the gates, we all heard a very loud noise come from behind us that sounded like two metal objects banging together. This we could also not explain. After returning home from a 25 minute drive (We live in Waukesha) we all shared stories of our experiences. In addition to the light that Zach and I saw, the child figure, and the loud bang at the end, we also heard two interesting stories from Mike and Noel, both quite disturbing. After we turned back from the long path right after I saw that figure, on our way back, at that exact same spot, Mike admitted to seeing the exact same thing as I did at the same spot, but didn’t want to say anything because he didn’t want to frighten my girlfriend Noel, whom we could all tell was frightened enough already, but we didn’t find out why until after we got back to my house. She is usually pretty talkative, but between after I saw the figure to when we gathered our stuff and left, she was unusually quiet. She told us that when we were walking back to the statue for the last time after we turned around, she noticed a glow in the distance on the right side of the path. This is when I noticed that she was starting to get quiet. She said that as we got closer she could make out a face, and as we got even closer she was sure it was a face, there was no doubt in her mind. She said she was so scared that she couldn’t even speak. She kept on looking away and glancing at it in hopes that it would go away, but it kept on looking at her. As we passed it and came within 15 feet of it, it was still looking at her. As we started to head away from it, she turned around to see if it was gone yet, and at this time, it turned and faced her, grinned at her, and disappeared. She was quite disturbed for the rest of that night and had trouble sleeping. When we returned home, we watched the tapes from both of the infrared cameras. First we watched the one that I was holding the whole time and didn’t catch anything even though I was hoping to catch that figure, but the night vision just isn’t strong enough…now on to the camera taping the statue. I have to explain something before I go on any further. We understand that there is a fairly large town about a mile away from the cemetery, but people’s voices would not be able to clearly carry that far, and we heard no other voices at the time of walking around other than ours. About ten minutes after we set the camera down and started walking around, the camera’s microphone picked up a very loud, clear, and disturbing scream, which sounds like a high pitch voice and a low pitch voice combining into one voice. I hate to say this being a religious person, but it sounds like a demonic voice. Then, to make it even more frightening, about five minutes later on the tape, again a very loud and clear voice, but instead of a scream, this time it was a laugh. The voice sounded like a different voice this time, almost like an older female’s voice, but equally as chilling. Anyone who wants to see the picture of the glow or here the wav file of the scream or the laugh, email me at ghosthunter728@yahoo.com. This place is extraordinary, all five of us can say that without a doubt. If you live in southeastern Wisconsin…never mind. If you live anywhere, and you’re eager to experience the paranormal for yourself and you’re willing to travel far, I would recommend it; just make sure you get permission from the local law enforcement first. We will go back there soon to try to gather more evidence and experience more with the infamous statue: try to see if its hands bleed and if we can see it move. I am open to any comments or stories of your own. Until next time, goodbye. Happy ghost hunting!

[Xelinda]

I am reposting this here as well. Seems there are two threads going about the same/similiar subject. Enjoy!

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My daughter and I visited the cemetery yesterday about a half hour before sunset. The cemetery closes at sunset and my daughter (16 years old) is very interested in the paranormal, but I didn't want a teenager roaming the cemetery at night, so I went with her before sunset. We live in Oconomowoc and I did not want the police calling me to come and get her, thinking she was up to no good.

So, we started out by the statue. In the shows my daughter watches, they always have audio recordings going, but she didn't have a way to record on her phone, so I used my blackberry to record the 15 minutes of so that we were in the cemetery. The phone never left my hand and we were the only two in the immediate area though we did see several other people riding bikes and walking thru the cemetery. It's really a very nice old cemetery that many local residents use like a park, for walks and such.

So, we walked around the statue and took a few pictures with a digital camera but didn't see or feel any paranormal activity. I had read one account where someone had gone up to the mausleum up on the hill and couldn't stay near it. I suggested to my daughter that we make the walk up to the vault. My daughter walked ahead of me and when I arrived at the top, I told her to take a pict and she took several. We walked around the outside of the vault with the surname of "Kohl" on it and we talked about how it must have been placed up on the hill in the very late 1940s or early 1950s due to the surrounding graves dated in the early 1950s which surround the vault in a circle.

We then made our way back down the hill and I ended the digital audio recording and we made our way out of the cemetery and headed to the grocery store to pick up supper. As I was driving, my daughter started the audio and we listened to it on the way. During our walk thru the cemetery, we didn't feel spooked nor did we get the chills, but as we were listening to the audio and when we had gottent to the spot where I told my daughter to take a pict of the vault, we were silent while she took approximately 5 picts. While we were in the cemetery, we heard nothing that sounded like a ghost talking, but on the audio, we heard a very distinct voice that whispers "touch me" in a soft raspy whispery voice. Two seconds later, you hear the same voice again, this time much louder and more distinctly. My daughter and I were shocked. We listened to it again as we walked thru the grocery store. Wow. We weren't scared and we knew that neither of us said that nor was there anyone around in the area where we were at the top of the hill.

I was able to send the sound file to my computer and her own computer as well and we listened to it again and again. There is no mistaking "Touch me" spoken twice in a row by an heard voice. I have since let two additional people listen to the voice and in both cases, they heard the same thing and quite distinctly.

I would like to do further research on the Kohl vault on top of the hill in the cemetery. I am not sure if the ghost of the girl followed us up there, or if there is a separate entity in the vicinity of the vault. The recording of the voice is kind of freaky, but when we were in the auctual cemetery, we heard nothing that resembled a voice nor did we get the icy chills that many report when encountering a ghost.

So, if you have any information regarding the Kohl vault in the La Belle Cemetery, please email me. In addition, if you would like me to send you a copy of the digital audio recording via email, please inquire at xelinda2000@yahoo.com.

Thanks!