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Misty May de-mystifies cemetery photo

By Ed & Linda Waggener

When we met Misty May tonight at the Christmas in Columbia, she cleared up the mystery of the six people who appeared as silhouettes on the crest of the hill in the Columbia Cemetery to Fairground at Campbellsville Street viewers and then seemed to disappear like apparitions back into the cemetery.

Misty May lives at the Wall Street entrance to the cemetery and saw the scene from a clearer viewpoint. It was a family visiting in the area, she said, and they had just gone for a walk in the Columbia City Cemetery, gone to the crest of the hill, and turned around to return home. From her perspective, it was something completely commonplace. The Columbia City Cemetery is a favorite place for many people to walk, she said.

She had had to explain the mystery to co-worker Linda Kessler at Lindsey Wilson, she said, had meant to call, but that urge receded into the background of her thoughts and she didn't think of it again until today. Moral: We aren't crazy after all. -- E & L




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A bad picture of a haunting, strange occurrence in cemetery. Simple explanation?



2015-11-30 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
I know there's a simple explanation. But it was a dark and dreary Thanksgiving evening, Thursday November 26, 2015, when we returned to Columbia after visiting Russell and Casey Counties, coming home via KY 206 with a saunter around Pellyton. As we pulled up to the light on fairground Street, We saw, a group of people - maybe 6 or 8, come forward toward the crest of the hill in the cemetery, appear to observe the terrain below, then in seconds or minutes, recede. By the time I got my cellphone, they were disappearing into the background. It was an unearthly sight, and would have been frightening for womenfolk, small children, and tiny nuisance dogs. In fact, it even gave your fearless scribe a bit of the willies. However, I always look for a rational explanation, but haven't found the answer yet. I wondered if it were a family, looking at a grave site, though surely they would have chosen more excellent weather. Then we both wondered if it were a law enforcement expeditionary or reconstruction force, perhaps reviewing a recent jail escape and capture in that very same area. I'm an eye witness, but the cell phone shot is so poor I can't look at the silhouettes and tell if I captured any of the scene or not. It is easy to conjure up anything. Even horsemen, a man going for a pistol, or the grim reaper. As one of the grandchildren used to say, it was sure 'pooky. It'll set my acute Phasmophobia at ease for a little while to know. I do a lot better with my normal phobias than these other worldly ones. - EW

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Misty May solves the mystery



2015-12-05 - Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener.
Misty May had the answer to the November 26, 2015, Thanksgiving evening mystery in the Columbia Cemetery. Wasn't a posse or ghosts - just a family out walking, enjoying the peaceful, park like setting. She was in town for the Christmas in Columbia Parade, wearing Santa's helper outfit and signature million dollar smile.

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