Hi all, I know it's been a while but there's been something bugging me for the past couple of months. Recently, a couple of my "not so bright" friends decided to walk into an old abandoned cemetary. It gets better, one of my friends practices witch craft (both white and black magic) and wears an upside down cross (heard it has something to do with the devil). Anyways, my best friend was amongst them and here's what she told me:
As they walked in my 1 of my friends (the that does the magic and wears the upside down cross) sees a black shadow figure. My best friend and another girl heard screaming while the other (the one I told you about) heard nothing. Whenever the girl with the upside down cross walked past the bushes seperating the old part of the cemetary with the newer part it began to rain (the other two had no problems). Also, as they were walking out my friend sat down between two of the graves. She doesn't know why she did but I hear she was acting funny and didn't want to leave.

Anyways, they got out of there and gave me a call. The next day my friend and the girl with the upside down cross went back to the cemetary. We made sure that she didn't bring the cross (precaution, I don't take chances) and that nobody was wearing red (tradition). When we walked in the first thing I did was check out the two graves my friend sat between. There was one on either side of the pathway and she sat right in the middle of it. When I looked at the two graves I noticed they were childrens graves. This bothered me. Normally childrens graves are grouped together (tradition here) yet these two were seperated. My friend sat between the two and didn't go further saying she felt uncomfortable going past the two graves. I walked on past the bush and out of the corner of my eye saw a black shadow. I walked to the back without further problem. However, as I was walking out I heard footsteps following and it felt like someone was bumping into me on my left arm. Even more unusal I noticed a pile of rocks next to an old tree (it was a broken apart gravestone) and it gave me the creeps. When I walked back to my friend and told her it was time to go she was kind of zoned out. When I asked her what was up she said she was kind of talking to the two graves in her head. When I went to check on the other girl I almost freaked. She had walked off the path and was standing in front of a headstone. The reason I freaked: She had to step over or ON 5 graves to get there. As we were walking out, the girl made a comment about how it would be nice to take a nap behind the tree in the back. This gave me the goose bumps, there was no way she could see the grave back there. We left and came back a few days later leaving some offerings on the two chldrens graves my friend sat between.

We would pay one more visit and this would be the last. We took the same precautions (no cross and no red). My friend was curious as what was in the back yet she didn't want to go alone. I led her (she didn't want to be in front) to the back. I eventually stopped but she kept on walking, it was wierd. I also noticed that her arm was shaking. Something told me it was time to go so I put my arm on her shoulder and was shocked. As soon as I touched her I was hit by the smell of something rotting (this smell was not present before when I walked alone or before I touched her). I turned her around and told her "it's time to leave." I told her to walk in front of me and not to look back. As she began to leave I felt as if a presence was coming up from behind us. I turned around and said "You stay the hell here. You aren't going to harm her and I sure as hell wont let you pass." The presence stopped but as I walked I could feel it following me. When we hit the bushes dividing the old from the newer part the presence vanished and all was back to normal. When I asked my friend why her arm was shaking, she said something was pulling her arm downward and walking further in lessened the feeling.

Here's the creepiest part. When my friend went through her bag to give the other girl back her stuff, she pulled out the upside down cross. More specifically, the one I personally made sure didn't come with us.

It's been 3 months sice the incident yet it still bothers me. Normally I'm the one targeted (my gifts make me a ghost magnet) yet through all of this my friend was the one they went after. I'm honestly worried. I don't know what to do but I made each of them promise not to go back again. Any Ideas or suggestions?

Hi Obake:

I really don't know what to tell you, other than, it sounds like something is going on there since you all had experiences there. Not sure if the girl with the upside down cross was bringing up negative energy or what. It would be cool if you go back with a digital cam and see if you catch the shadow or something else on cam. As a rule, I don't walk on graves, just out of respect. But, I have been to cemeteries which were so crowded with graves that it was difficult not to step on one. If it were me, I'd go back with a cam and a friend, minus the witch chick, and see what I could come up with.

Hugs,
Pate

P.S. Good to see you again. =)

Obake, all I can really say is that messing with witchcraft can bring about some really unpleasant experiences. Your friend is meddling with forces that can even be dangerous. I would recommend a cease to all "magical practices" particularly in cemeteries. Many times you get what you ask for, and I think your friend got just that!

Hi Obake

Thank-you for sharing those experiences. sorry to hear this still bothers you but I can understand why. I have to agree with Pate it sounds like the methods used by some of your friends may have attracted some negative energy. I also agree that doing so can be dangerous and opens one up to the very real possibility of having very unpleasant experiences. I believe that when you set out to attract negative energy it can stay with you even if you have used methods of protection and certainly when you don't. I'm not sure I would go back to the cemetary seeing what has already happened there and it's good to hear you have made your friends promise not to do so. Suggestions or ideas, sorry I'm not versed on witchcraft and any reading I've done has not been on the darker side of it. All I can offer is: They/she stay away from black magic for good and source methods of cleansing oneself to rid any negative residual that may still remain. Welcoming in and surrounding oneself with white light daily can be helpful as well. Good luck with this and I do hope all will be well with your friend.

Hugs, Cat =)

Hey all, I went back a few nights ago with my friend (not the one that does the witchcraft). Though I didn't get any photos, we did see some very interesting things. My friend and I both saw a female in a white dress run along the wall and pass through a bush (she then vanished/faded off into nothing). My friend said she saw a row of people standing along the bush (I saw one). That was about the time she split and left me standing there (I split too, I'm not standing in the middle of a graveyard alone at night).

Here's my feel on it. There's something (note: I didn't say someone, I said something) in the back of the graveyard. It lay dormant until my idiot friends walked in and woke it up. From there I have 2 assumptions:
1. Apparently, my friend seems to be a bit more gifted than me at perceiving things (though she wont admit it). It's using her as a battery and using her energy to make itself more powerful. I keep interfering with this plan thus it has a strong hatred for me (I feel very unwanted in there). Makes sense since it seems stronger everytime we go.
2. The spirits or thing there want my friend to stay (read fact 6 at the bottom of my post). The tugging on her arm lestening as she walked further in and the sitting down between the two childrens graves and not wanting to move makes this sound plausible.

The only reason this keeps bothering me is because we have to pass the graveyard almost everyday (there's a bus stop in front of it that we have to use). Once, before this whole incident began I was just walking by it and had to keep looking over my shoulders, Everytime I looked over my right I saw a floating woman with no feet. Whenever I looked over my right I saw a black cat.

Heres a few little known facts about the graveyard that might help in your assumption on the situation:
1. The Graveyard was originally bigger. It has shrank since it was originally built. Rumor is, the old drive in (now a storage facility) was located on part of the original graveyard.
2. It's rumored that the faceless lady (or what the Japanese call: Mujina) originally came from this graveyard. She haunted the old drive inn and now wanders the area since they tore down the drive inn. I can vouch for her existance, there are just too many stories and a few of them check out.
3. The last burial there supposedly took place in the 50's. I saw graves dating into the 70's.
4. While many of the newer graves up front were built in a christian manner, the older part of the cemetary dates back to the 1800's and is almost entirely Japanese.
5. Aparantly there was a scandal a while back and $1,000,000 of restoration and care money for the cemetary was blown away on some scam.
6. Every grave my friend looked at, the person died June 23rd. My friend was born June 24th (she was supposed to be born on the 23rd).

I know this sounds kind of wack, but all of this kind of reminds me of The Shining by Stephen King...

Hi Obake:

It sounds as if something is going on there. Are you able to take a digital cam there and get some pics? See what you come up with... I'd like to see this place.

It sounds like your friend will need protection. And she or he should learn to close themselves off so that her or his third eye is not open.