Haunted Barns! Part 1
by Richard Palmisano.
Nothing defines a farm from any other property then that of the majestic barn. The command-and-control centre for any operating farm, be it, to store, repair or prepare equipment, house yields from the crops or shelter livestock, it is a place where a great deal of time is spent. And where a lot of time is spent and a great deal of human energy is expelled, they can like any other building become haunted.
Now when I say “haunted” most people automatically conjure up images of late-night television and frightening things that go bump in the dark. However, most hauntings are simply people that have a deep connection with a place, that have loved, lived, toiled, and cried over a patch of land and a building or buildings that they felt proud of and a strong sense of belonging. As a paranormal investigator I can tell you ghosts and history are synonymous, and barns are no different.
Barn near Georgetown, built in the 1840s, the subject of a 18 month investigation. Many things were discovered there.
It was early in the history of the property being owned by an immigrant from Scotland at the time, who still remains present. He was found to be ever watchful, a protector and not very pleasant. He is not alone, we also discovered several other spirits there, 2 men that had worked the farm, a woman and a young boy who enjoys playing games and is inquisitive of anything or anyone new.
Not all hauntings are the same, each one carries underlying reasons, in this case there are many unsolved mysteries hidden here and thus is mostly the cause of the activity. The men have secrets and work to keep them silent, where the woman and child are trying to tell a story which would include sharing some of those secrets, which of course causes a conflict, conflict means higher ghostly activity. One such mystery was the discovery of a hidden gun on the property, although we could not determine if it was ever used in a crime, the spirits there seemed to be very interested in it, due to some connection.
The other item found was a small cross which we were directly asked not to remove from the barn, it was left as it was found in the loft.
Unknown history remains around every corner, just waiting for us to discover it, most times simply by asking.
Richard Palmisano is the Director of The Searcher Group, Canada’s oldest paranormal research company Established in 1979.
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