
Originally Posted by
groovy135
This is such a great thread, fantastic stories!!! Keep them coming. I'll have to go and read the Waverly thread.
Not surprisingly, we saw a ghost at Gettysburg, PA.
I was an auditor. We auditing the school districts in & around York, PA. We were there about 6 months & had to stay in a hotel (brand new Holiday Inn, it rocked!). Most of the time my husband was able to stay w/ me & in the evening we would take rides around the area but most of the time we ended up going to Gettysburg. It is huge and fascinating and some parts you can just feel it,,very eerie but that's another story.
We started going there in the spring and we pretty much had the place to ourselves. Then in the summer it picked up, many tourists, tours & many, many Civil War Reenactors. And wow, some of those dudes/families really got into it. We talked to some of them, they would invite you to their camps and explain what they were doing, the way it was at the time of the Civil War, etc.,,,,very interesting.
Fall came and the place quieted down. One late afternoon, we were on our way and stopped at a red light in the center of town. On the opposite side of the street I noticed a lone young man, dressed head to foot as a Yankee solder, he was carrying a leather satchel, like a mailbag on his shoulder. I remember thinking,,,these people (reenactors) must do this year round. It was bumper to bumper traffic so we were moving slowly. A few blocks later, I noticed the fellow again,,now he was on my side of the road. I guess cause we were stuck in traffic I started watching him, he was about 5'7", slight built. I observed how straight, and purposeful he walked,,it was still kinda hot out and I'm thinking, this guy must be as hot as the hinges of hell, walking around in that heavy wool outfit. I mean, he was power walking.
As we eventually got closer and started to pass him, I saw how shabby he was. His clothes were very dusty and had longish hair. I don't know why but I started to feel sorry for him. My husband noticed him too and we talked about it but by then we had passed him and we put it out of our minds.
About 1/2 hour later we arrived at the entrance to the park and my hubby said, there's your buddy. I looked over and saw him. When I did he turned his head and we made eye contact. He had a weather-worn look to his face but the eyes,,,they were the saddest eyes I ever saw, I mean, eyes of someone, who's heart is broken and I was shook by them, then, he "saluted" us and I saluted him back. He had a handsome, and for lack of a better word; proud face. Once again, we turned the corner and went on to see the "Eternal Light" monument. Before the monument is a large flat piece of land, that was used as a battle field.
We no sooner got out of the car and by the monument, when DH says,,"what is that guy doing?" There are signs ALL over the place that say you may NOT go onto the battlefields because you may disturb historical artifacts and here this guy is marching straight down the battlefield. We are watching him and I guess we got distracted by our dogs or something but like 30 seconds later DH says, "where did he go?". I look up and he's gone, Poof! There is NO way he could have left this area on foot in a matter of 30 seconds. I'm telling you we JUMPED,,,we ran into the car and drove every inch of this area, he was nowhere to be found. Oh, I should add, we were the ONLY car in this area at the time. It was just us and him. I wasn't afraid of him I just wanted to see him again, we didn't. I would doubt my own sanity but the two of us, saw the same thing.
I wish I had a better picture but just to give you an idea,,,he was in the middle of the battlefield in the upper right of this picture.
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