In search of Tampa's ghost

Well, searching for a good image. I had this concept of juxtaposing the modern skyline of downtown Tampa with the Gothic theme of Oaklawn cemetery. Sunday morning was calm with nobody around.

I found my shot but could only notice the state of care for this historic place. They need to at least cut the grass.

You don't see this every day

The grave of a slave is a rare thing indeed. Tom and I went by the Oaklawn Cemetery in downtown recently and we saw all kinds of historical things. Everyone from slaves, pirates, homesteaders of Tampa and a Florida Governor are buried here. This is a real Gothic cemetery and when it rains and thunders on a Summer afternoon, it has that atmosphere you would see in a horror movie. The place does give me the creeps. I have to say there is much history here and more research is needed for all the graves we photogaphed with names seen around town. I swear something was watching us.

Adam never made it to the Civil War

This place creeps me out!

The grave of Ybor himself in the distance

Tom seemed to enjoy himself being from Virginia and all that

Oaklawn Cemetery Tampa my be haunted

I began a preliminary investigation of Tampa's oldest gothic cemetery, Oaklawn which is supposed to be haunted . This is the final resting place to the first mayor of Tampa, one of the first governors of florida, Italian homesteaders, yellow fever victims, and most of the people downtown Tampa streets are named after.

when you walk in from Harrison St, you immediately have a sense that you are being watched. Its not a bad feeling; just a feeling that something knows you're there. I have heard others describe this same phenomena. I used my EMF ghost radar and was getting readings like never before. The first words were: DISTANT COURAGEOUS UNTIL CHILDREN The area was swimming with atmospheric Anomalies. Something is going on here and we have only begun a full investigation.