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HAUNTS & JAUNTS framing a now silent row of buildings, the mill and limestone fence, once used to keep rov- ing hogs away from the residences and garden. By Rick Hinton The windows are dark and one gets the feeling they are being watched from within. One also Our yearly excursion to Spring Mill State gets the feeling they have been transported Park has come and sadly gone for one more back into time. We step into the inner com- year. Three days of hiking trails, exploring pound beyond the fence and the fun begins. caves, the Gus Grissom memorial, overeat- Back Row: Connor DeMoss, Daniel Woodruff, Miriam Maddox Laura has taken a weird photo: below an ing at the Inn's buffet and reflecting in the overhanging tree branch she has captured an pioneer Hamer Cemetery does a body and Front Row: Elizabeth Bradley, Amanda Blankenberger object which resembles a bush. There was no mind good! This is what we do in the daylight bush there. She takes a few more from the same hours. Nighttime has a different agenda... angle —nothing! A “ghost” bush, I suggest. Lau- The Spring Mill Pioneer Village is a beehive Roncalli High School Senior Daniel Woodruff ra stares at me. Not to be outdone we move to of activity during the weekend. Park folks in the garden area and I shoot a picture of Laura period clothing demonstrate pioneer skills to earned the distinction of National Merit Semifinalist walking along the path. “I have a ghost stand- throngs of visiting adults and children. Cam- ing next to you,” I inform her. She examines eras click away as children run along the side- (top 1% in the nation) and four students earned the it. “Well, that's creepy,” she says. The picture is walk or play in the gurgling creek. A sawmill blurry, yet we make out her with another fig- distinction of National Merit Commended Students demonstration draws the curious while oth- ure. This same inner compound two years ago ers move in almost reverent silence through caused some excitement when we listened to (top 3% in the nation). This honor was based on the former residences and the pioneer garden. two men in conversation behind the Lower When it shuts down for the day the crowds go Residence. We slunk around to check — no one student’s PSAT score their junior year. away and the village sleeps. Darkness settles there! We were alone in the village... or were we? in like a comforting blanket as the surround- Upon closer examination, I can explain ing hillside comes alive with nocturnal crit- my photo. Due to the low light, and with my Congratulations to the following Rebel National ters. Sometimes a coyote will howl just to let shutter staying open longer and not using a you know he is there and watching. Right on Merit Commended scholars: Amanda Blankenberger, tripod, I created a double exposure. Both fig- schedule Laura and I will trek into the village ures were Laura. Debunked! Laura's photo, in the dead of night. We've been doing it for Elizabeth Bradley, Connor DeMoss and Miriam Maddox. however, is still a work in progress. years. Looking for ghosts? Or something else? Are there ghosts in Spring Mill Pioneer We are totally alone as usual. The path- Village? Some would think, how could there way to the village is dark as we make our way not be? At its peak, 20 families (some 100 res- alongside the murmuring creek. It seems idents) lived, worked, played and died there. louder in the dark. We turn the corner at the Some might just choose to never leave. Sheeks House and the valley unfolds before us. The three-story limestone Grist Mill, built in 1817, glows white in the moonlight. The water Rick Hinton, a Southport resident, Take a closer look. Open House is flume, sitting on original limestone piers, trav- loves researching things that go bump els down the hill from Hamer Cave and feeds in the night. His articles can be read Thursday, November 8, 2018 from 6-8 p.m. on Facebook: Rick Hinton, Southport into the building. It's so quiet you can hear the Paranormal Examiner.