Investigation Number 11152008

Mortar Creek Cemetery
Greenbrier, Arkansas

Number of 35mm picture taken: 0

Number of digital photos taken: 449

Minutes of Audio used: 25

Minutes of Video taken: 120 minutes

Number of Positive Photos: 5 digital photos

Number of EVP recorded: 1

Phenomena captured on film:  We arrived at 7:15 and started the investigation. We had ten investigators for this location. It was a cool night approximately 45 degrees clear and cold.  We started out by send out the investigators to the different corners of the cemetery. The activity started almost immediately, at 7:30 investigator Melinda saw the apparition of a woman clad in turn of the century dress. The figure quickly vanished almost as soon as she focused her eyes on it.  Not thirty minutes later investigator Alan and Johnny heard someone call Alan’s name.  Quizzing the group as to who had called him, we were told by all investigators that no one had called him. Only a few minutes later investigator Johnny saw what appeared to be an apparition taking form from the waist down then quickly dissipating into the air. In describing the pants he saw, we have determined that they were those of special units of the Confederate Army, the pants being grey all over with a single black stripe down the outside of the pant leg. The cemetery has several graves containing the remains of Confederate soldiers. 

At approximately 8:30 investigator Cindy was conducting an EVP session and while she was asking questions, another investigator, Ashley, heard the name Seth whispered into her ear. The voice did not record onto her voice recorder. At the same time, Ashley was hearing the name Cindy saw the third apparition of the night, though it appears it may have been the same woman seen earlier by Melinda.

At 8:55 investigator, DK was conducting an EVP session and recorded the yell of someone/something that was not heard by any of the investigators. The yell was too loud not to have been heard by at least some of the investigators present. No one in the group has ever heard a sound like that before.

At 9:00 investigators Johnny and Melissa became so ill they had to sit out of the investigation for a prolonged period. With investigator Melissa becoming so physically sick, she vomited. Johnny described the feeling as “smoking an entire box of cigars at once.” In addition, during this time, all investigators reported hearing footfalls and rustling leaves all around the cemetery, with a bright red light also being sighted by almost everyone. Upon investigation, there was no one in the woods surrounding us.

One of the prevailing stories about Mortar Creek cemetery is that while one is inside the cemetery, rocks will be thrown at anyone who is there by unseen hands.

At 10:00 investigators DK and Derrick were taking a break next to their vehicle when the sound of something heavy and solid was thrown through the trees about thirty feet to their right. The object struck a large oak and thudded to the ground. They both proceeded to the edge of the woods from where the object came to investigate its origin. They found no one in the woods that could have thrown an object that large and get away through the rustling leaves without being heard. While standing at the woods edge another, smaller rock was thrown above their heads landing inside the cemetery grounds. A couple minutes later pieces of timber from the trees above began to fall down upon them, the source of the thrown rocks and timber could not be identified. However, we can say with certainty that no person could have snuck up to the edge of the cemetery and thrown these things. The dead rustling leaves, which were 2-4 inches deep, would have given them away before they could have gotten out of view.

Summation: A group of nine investigators were used on this investigation. The team psychic was John. We found the cemetery to be well kept and free of undergrowth. Several of the investigators present had personal experiences that may or may not have been captured on camera or with a voice recorder. Being outside in a strange environment can tend to make hauntings hard to prove.

Conclusion: Is the Mortar Creek Cemetery of Greenbrier, Arkansas haunted? We have a grading system that helps us to answer such questions. We graded the evidence as follows; scientific evidence is photos, video, EMF readings, Temperature readings and EVP. On a scale of 0 – 50 we gave the scientific evidence gathered a 35. The evidence was there and was fairly strong. Sensory evidence is that of the human five senses and on a scale of 0 – 25 we gave the sensory evidence a 15 because noises that I heard and sightings of several investigators. The extra sensory evidence is the feelings of the psychic and sensitive. On a scale of 0 – 25 we gave the extra sensory evidence a 12. The team psychic felt a presence and saw what he felt close to a grave that would have been that of a person that could have been dressed as seen. The grand total for this project is 72. With the number of personal experiences had at this location with the EVP and photos, we have no choice but to conclude that there is definitely paranormal activity at Mortar Creek cemetery. A follow up investigation is being planned.

Investigators signature:
Jason Hall

Mortar Creek Cemetery 11/15/08

We arrived at 7:15 and started the investigation. We had ten investigators for this location. It was a cool night approximately 45 degrees clear and cold.  We started out by send out the investigators to the different corners of the cemetery. The activity started almost immediately, at 7:30 investigator Melinda saw the apparition of a woman clad in turn of the century dress. The figure quickly vanished almost as soon as she focused her eyes on it.  Not thirty minutes later investigator Alan and Johnny heard someone call Alan’s name.  Quizzing the group as to who had called him, we were told by all investigators that no one had called him. Only a few minutes later investigator Johnny saw what appeared to be an apparition taking form from the waist down then quickly dissipating into the air. In describing the pants he saw, we have determined that they were those of special units of the Confederate Army, the pants being grey all over with a single black stripe down the outside of the pant leg. The cemetery has several graves containing the remains of Confederate soldiers. 

At approximately 8:30 investigator Cindy was conducting an EVP session and while she was asking questions, another investigator, Ashley, heard the name Seth whispered into her ear. The voice did not record onto her voice recorder. At the same time, Ashley was hearing the name Cindy saw the third apparition of the night, though it appears it may have been the same woman seen earlier by Melinda.

At 8:55 investigator, DK was conducting an EVP session and recorded the yell of someone/something that was not heard by any of the investigators. The yell was too loud not to have been heard by at least some of the investigators present. No one in the group has ever heard a sound like that before.

At 9:00 investigators Johnny and Melissa became so ill they had to sit out of the investigation for a prolonged period. With investigator Melissa becoming so physically sick, she vomited. Johnny described the feeling as “smoking an entire box of cigars at once.” In addition, during this time, all investigators reported hearing footfalls and rustling leaves all around the cemetery, with a bright red light also being sighted by almost everyone. Upon investigation, there was no one in the woods surrounding us.

One of the prevailing stories about Mortar Creek cemetery is that while one is inside the cemetery, rocks will be thrown at anyone who is there by unseen hands.

At 10:00 investigators DK and Derrick were taking a break next to their vehicle when the sound of something heavy and solid was thrown through the trees about thirty feet to their right. The object struck a large oak and thudded to the ground. They both proceeded to the edge of the woods from where the object came to investigate it’s origin. They found no one in the woods that could have thrown an object that large and get away through the rustling leaves without being heard. While standing at the woods edge another, smaller rock was thrown above their heads landing inside the cemetery grounds. A couple minutes later pieces of timber from the trees above began to fall down upon them, The source of the thrown rocks and timber could not be identified. However, we can say with certainty that no person could have snuck up to the edge of the cemetery and thrown these things. The dead rustling leaves, which were 2-4 inches deep, would have given them away before they could have gotten out of view. With the number of personal experiences had at this location with the EVP and photos, we have no choice but to conclude that there is definitely paranormal activity at Mortar Creek cemetery. A follow up investigation is being planned.