We went back to the Old Fort Park on Friday, Sept. 28th, in a final attempt to reach the mound.  There were no other people at the park on this night, so we were able to explore not only the area of the Old Fort and behind the mound, but also the area of the steps and the top of the mound.

We began by walking around the Old Fort area; there was one section where there was an ‘odd’ feeling of being watched.  If you look at the Scouting photographs, you will be able to locate the spot, as it is near the large ‘planting’ area.

After this, we went over and explored the mound. We climbed to the top and were somewhat disappointed to find that there was not even an odd feeling in that location.  However, as we were coming off the mound, I felt again that I was being watched.  I commented to Jim that I didn’t want to be the last off the mound; he laughed and said he didn’t want to have to go first.  About that time I stopped short; it felt as if someone had just brushed by me. As I stood there trying to figure out if there was a tree or some other innocuous reason for the feeling, it happened a second time, only this was much lower to the ground, almost like a small dog or animal.  The second incident even caused my pant leg to move.  After reviewing the audio of the incident, we were somewhat interested to hear that I had just announced we would be leaving the mound prior to this occurring.  We also were surprised to hear that there were two out of place wind gusts at that time.  After the incident, I asked a question and in response there is another wind gust.

While this information is highly subjective, we felt it was interesting enough to share.  Below you will find the audio of the incident; note that at one point you will hear a loud bang as I move the audio recorder in order to take a picture.

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When we finished exploring the mound, we went around to the back of it yet again.  As we rounded the south west side of the mound, both Jim and I felt an overwhelming sense of being watched.  The EMF meter remained steady, with no odd spikes.   I should point out at this time that during all of our investigations at the park, the EMF meter remained fairly steady, ranging between .0 and .4.

The feeling of being watched was so powerful that Jim even began taking photographs over his shoulder, just to see if he could catch anything behind him.

During the investigation, we again caught several oddities on the digital camera. There was no rain, no fog or mist during the time we were there; nor had it rained during the day. The grass and trees were dry, and – as per our protocol- the equipment had all been cleaned prior to beginning the investigation.  We are unable to reasonably explain the oddities we captured with the theory that it is dust or moisture in the air. While none of these are as impressive as the anomaly found during the previous trip, we thought we’d post them here for you to review. We’ve also included an image of the oak tree, which we just felt was a great capture and wanted to share.

As a final note, I wanted to mention that Searcher and I went back to the fort and did a quick walk-through of the entire park with the EMF meter.  The wind was howling (25 mph average) and there was absolutely no sense of anything odd at any of the locations.  However, the EMF meter repeatedly spiked to 1.8 & 1.9, with no obvious source for the spiking.  We are completely baffled as to what would have caused this.

Summary:

At this point, we feel that further exploration of the Old Fort Park would yield similar results to our three expeditions. Until we are capable of returning with a larger team of investigators and additional equipment, we are forced to call this investigation inconclusive.