Read April Slaughter for Free Online
Authors: Ghosthunting Texas
evening, which on occasion coincided with the recording of an EVP.
Around 8:30 in the evening, Adam and Gabriela entered what is known as the “fireplace room,” and Gabriela noted feeling an overwhelming sense of love.
“Love you,” said a disembodied voice on their recorder.
“We are not scared,” said Gabriela. “And we do not want you to be scared.”
“I love you. I’m not scared,” answered the whispery voice.
Adam thought the voice sounded childlike.
“I always find EVPs creepy when they sound like children,” he said.
Chad and Wendy Wilson, a married couple that had just joined the team, accompanied us to Hill House for their very first paranormal investigation. While in the “window room” upstairs, Allen was providing some instruction when he began
to feel something touching his right leg near his ankle. He described to Chad and Wendy what he was experiencing and asked them to begin taking pictures of his ankle. No apparent cause for the sensation was evident in the resulting photographs, but Allen noted that it lasted for a good fifteen to twenty seconds. We didn’t know it at the time we went in to investigate the house, but previous visitors had actually seen and photographed what looked like a cat’s tail in this very room.
When the three of them moved back down to the main level of the home, Chad began to feel as though something was persistently watching them as they moved from room to room. When they approached a dark hallway in the rear of the house, both Allen and Chad began to feel extremely uneasy. For some, such an uncomfortable sensation would result in a prompt exit, but Allen and Chad held their position and then advanced into the hallway. After all, we were visiting Hill House Manor to find ghosts, not to run from them.
After a few brief moments, Allen distinctly felt as though a hand had been placed on his right shoulder. He quickly turned around to see who had walked in to join them, but found that no one was there.
After we all had regrouped in the living room on the main floor, we discussed the various experiences of the evening. Each member encountered phenomena of varying degrees, but strange things happened around the entire team during our evening at Hill House Manor.
Overnight investigations of the property occur almost every weekend, and seekers of the paranormal often reserve entire nights to see if they can document anything out of the ordinary. These investigations are also streamed lived over the web via the official Hill House Manor website, connecting curious onlookers with the ghosthunters who brave the night alone in the dark with its ghostly inhabitants.
As we were about to pack up and head home, I thanked Linda and her husband Del for hosting us that evening.
“What do you plan to do with the property in the future?” I asked.
“Eventually we’d like to turn it into something like a bed and breakfast,” said Linda. “But as for now, it’s just Six Flags for ghosthunters.”
Hill House Manor may no longer be a residence for the living, but it seems there are still a few unseen individuals who live there rent-free and who are always up for a visit.
CHAPTER 6
Old Alton Bridge COPPER CANYON / DENTON
Original Old Alton Bridge (April Slaughter)
MY INTRIGUE with haunted locations in Texas first began here, at an old bridge no longer open to vehicle traffic tucked away just outside of Denton. While there is nothing outwardly grandiose about the structure or the surrounding area, there is an odd energy in the atmosphere that is almost palpable every time I make a repeat visit.
The bridge was originally constructed in 1884 to facilitate travel over Hickory Creek, and connects the towns of Lewisville and Alton. Built by the King Iron & Bridge Co., the iron truss structure proved an asset to travelers of all kinds including equestrians, those who traveled by foot, and farmers in need of a way to move their stock. The bridge also eventually opened to
Around 8:30 in the evening, Adam and Gabriela entered what is known as the “fireplace room,” and Gabriela noted feeling an overwhelming sense of love.
“Love you,” said a disembodied voice on their recorder.
“We are not scared,” said Gabriela. “And we do not want you to be scared.”
“I love you. I’m not scared,” answered the whispery voice.
Adam thought the voice sounded childlike.
“I always find EVPs creepy when they sound like children,” he said.
Chad and Wendy Wilson, a married couple that had just joined the team, accompanied us to Hill House for their very first paranormal investigation. While in the “window room” upstairs, Allen was providing some instruction when he began
to feel something touching his right leg near his ankle. He described to Chad and Wendy what he was experiencing and asked them to begin taking pictures of his ankle. No apparent cause for the sensation was evident in the resulting photographs, but Allen noted that it lasted for a good fifteen to twenty seconds. We didn’t know it at the time we went in to investigate the house, but previous visitors had actually seen and photographed what looked like a cat’s tail in this very room.
When the three of them moved back down to the main level of the home, Chad began to feel as though something was persistently watching them as they moved from room to room. When they approached a dark hallway in the rear of the house, both Allen and Chad began to feel extremely uneasy. For some, such an uncomfortable sensation would result in a prompt exit, but Allen and Chad held their position and then advanced into the hallway. After all, we were visiting Hill House Manor to find ghosts, not to run from them.
After a few brief moments, Allen distinctly felt as though a hand had been placed on his right shoulder. He quickly turned around to see who had walked in to join them, but found that no one was there.
After we all had regrouped in the living room on the main floor, we discussed the various experiences of the evening. Each member encountered phenomena of varying degrees, but strange things happened around the entire team during our evening at Hill House Manor.
Overnight investigations of the property occur almost every weekend, and seekers of the paranormal often reserve entire nights to see if they can document anything out of the ordinary. These investigations are also streamed lived over the web via the official Hill House Manor website, connecting curious onlookers with the ghosthunters who brave the night alone in the dark with its ghostly inhabitants.
As we were about to pack up and head home, I thanked Linda and her husband Del for hosting us that evening.
“What do you plan to do with the property in the future?” I asked.
“Eventually we’d like to turn it into something like a bed and breakfast,” said Linda. “But as for now, it’s just Six Flags for ghosthunters.”
Hill House Manor may no longer be a residence for the living, but it seems there are still a few unseen individuals who live there rent-free and who are always up for a visit.
CHAPTER 6
Old Alton Bridge COPPER CANYON / DENTON
Original Old Alton Bridge (April Slaughter)
MY INTRIGUE with haunted locations in Texas first began here, at an old bridge no longer open to vehicle traffic tucked away just outside of Denton. While there is nothing outwardly grandiose about the structure or the surrounding area, there is an odd energy in the atmosphere that is almost palpable every time I make a repeat visit.
The bridge was originally constructed in 1884 to facilitate travel over Hickory Creek, and connects the towns of Lewisville and Alton. Built by the King Iron & Bridge Co., the iron truss structure proved an asset to travelers of all kinds including equestrians, those who traveled by foot, and farmers in need of a way to move their stock. The bridge also eventually opened to
Similar Books
Rise
Stefne Miller
The Mortal Fringe
Jordi Ribolleda
Visitors
R. L. Stine
Spirited Away
Cindy Miles
Precious Thing
Colette McBeth
Caroselli's Baby Chase
Michelle Celmer
The Girls from Ames
Jeffrey Zaslow