Ghostbusters

This last week I got to do something I've been wanting to do since freshman year.  Living in the dorms four years ago, someone on my floor told us about this graveyard just outside of Fort Collins that is said to be haunted.  She said that people regularly would leave the place sprinting out and crying because of what they saw.  She wouldn't tell us the name but after some research, a few of us figured it was the Bingham Hill Cemetery.

Bingham Hill Cemetery was "discovered" in the 1860s but was likely used before then.  Buried there are Colorado pioneers, many of whom died from unpleasant diseases and by other, slightly disturbing, means.

We tried to find the cemetery twice freshman year but had no luck.  It's off a dark road and hard to see so we sort of gave up after the second try.

Last week, me and two others tried to find the place one more time and we were successful! It was a little frustrating becasue when we found the entrance, I realized it was about 10 feet from where I looked freshman year.

It was too dark to take pictures so I pulled this from Google Images.

Walking along the path towards the cemetery was scary enough.  It's a dirt path with wooden planks along the way.  There are old trees drooping over the walkway, not to mention it's in the middle of nowhere surrounded by farms.

As we got to the actual cemetery, I noticed everything got a lot colder.  I'm not going to lie, it was creepy.

We walked around the cemetery a bit.  The whole time I felt like someone was watching us.  At one point, I swear I heard footsteps coming up from behind us when we were standing still.  Vlad says he saw an old woman standing behind one of us for a split second.  There were also two deer looking things standing by a fence.  Those were probably just deer.  People on internet forums said there was an old chair against a tree that if you sit in it, some people feel their arm being grabbed.  Two of us sat in the chair.  I didn't feel anyone grabbing my arm but it did feel like someone was flicking my hair sticking out from under my beanie.

When we decided to leave, I felt the temperature rise almost immediately.  Very weird stuff.  My theory is that 95% of supernatural things people experience are made up in their mind.  However, I do think that things can happen.  Even if none of it is true, it was a fun night and another thing to cross off the Fort Collins to do list.


That's all for now. Bye.