Update on a few Tennessee stories
(Guest Contribution)
I am an 18 year-old student at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. I was born in Knoxville and raised in Nashville Tennessee up until I was 13 or so, and my family has been in East Tennessee for a number of generations. My main reason for contributing this Blog article is to give an update on two stories that are part of the Ghosts and Spirits of Tennessee website.
The first is the "Chattanooga Spirit" story:
My (maternal) grandparents actually happen to live just 2-3 miles from the Red Bank High School and the Quarry Golf Course mentioned in the story; my grandfather in fact works part time at The Quarry Golf Course. Now, when I told my grandparents about this particular ghost story, they (nor anyone else in the area I asked) had ever about any ghosts in the abandoned rock quarry, however, they did give me in some new info:
-The condemned rock quarry and the cliffs around it have been purchased and a house has been built there by the family who owns the Quarry Golf Course. My grandfather knows the family who bought the property, but (as of yet) has not had the chance to ask him about any strange goings-on in the area. We have driven up to the home in the daytime, and it seems pretty quiet.
-After the rock quarry was condemned but before the current residents bought it, the quarry was a known haven for homeless, a place for local teens to drink and toke up, an area where the local prostitutes would conduct business, addicts would shoot up heroin... overall, kinda a sad and nasty place. It took a while for the current owners to chase off these elements supposedly, but now the place is relatively quiet.
That's all I have to contribute, but it does bring up a few questions:
+ Does the past history of the Quarry (both as a workplace and as a place for illicit activity) have anything to do with what "Sara" and her companions saw that night?
+ Has anyone, especially the current residents, seen or experienced anything strange?
+ Are there any natural/material factors that could have caused a large green light?
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The next update has to do with the story of David Lang:
-My mother actually live on the property that David Lang supposedly disappeared on, when she was a young girl in the 1970's. Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa said nothing strange was seen, and nothing overtly supernatural occurred... however, a few times each claimed to have sometimes heard... music. Very soft, quiet music. According to my mom and my grandma, it sounded like someone was playing a classical music record in the distance, but no one could ever really tell what direction the music was coming from...
After about 4-5 times of this happening, the music never came back, but Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa still wonder what the heck they were hearing to this very day... (Natural vibrations from underground or from material within the house's structure? Who knows?)
-Regardless of whether my family's experiences were paranormal or not, however, it is becoming more and more of a well-known fact that the disappearance of David Lang was nothing more than legend. Some links discussing how Sara Lang was a total fraud can be found here:
Anomalies: The Mystery of David Lang
People That Disappear Into Thin Air
Still, a wonderful story...
Anyways, that's all I have to report. Hope others can help contribute more information to the stories, and if I found out more about the quarry spirit next time I'm staying with my Grandma and Grandpa I will write to you guys.
-"Andrei Kuznets"
I am an 18 year-old student at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. I was born in Knoxville and raised in Nashville Tennessee up until I was 13 or so, and my family has been in East Tennessee for a number of generations. My main reason for contributing this Blog article is to give an update on two stories that are part of the Ghosts and Spirits of Tennessee website.
The first is the "Chattanooga Spirit" story:
My (maternal) grandparents actually happen to live just 2-3 miles from the Red Bank High School and the Quarry Golf Course mentioned in the story; my grandfather in fact works part time at The Quarry Golf Course. Now, when I told my grandparents about this particular ghost story, they (nor anyone else in the area I asked) had ever about any ghosts in the abandoned rock quarry, however, they did give me in some new info:
-The condemned rock quarry and the cliffs around it have been purchased and a house has been built there by the family who owns the Quarry Golf Course. My grandfather knows the family who bought the property, but (as of yet) has not had the chance to ask him about any strange goings-on in the area. We have driven up to the home in the daytime, and it seems pretty quiet.
-After the rock quarry was condemned but before the current residents bought it, the quarry was a known haven for homeless, a place for local teens to drink and toke up, an area where the local prostitutes would conduct business, addicts would shoot up heroin... overall, kinda a sad and nasty place. It took a while for the current owners to chase off these elements supposedly, but now the place is relatively quiet.
That's all I have to contribute, but it does bring up a few questions:
+ Does the past history of the Quarry (both as a workplace and as a place for illicit activity) have anything to do with what "Sara" and her companions saw that night?
+ Has anyone, especially the current residents, seen or experienced anything strange?
+ Are there any natural/material factors that could have caused a large green light?
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The next update has to do with the story of David Lang:
-My mother actually live on the property that David Lang supposedly disappeared on, when she was a young girl in the 1970's. Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa said nothing strange was seen, and nothing overtly supernatural occurred... however, a few times each claimed to have sometimes heard... music. Very soft, quiet music. According to my mom and my grandma, it sounded like someone was playing a classical music record in the distance, but no one could ever really tell what direction the music was coming from...
After about 4-5 times of this happening, the music never came back, but Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa still wonder what the heck they were hearing to this very day... (Natural vibrations from underground or from material within the house's structure? Who knows?)
-Regardless of whether my family's experiences were paranormal or not, however, it is becoming more and more of a well-known fact that the disappearance of David Lang was nothing more than legend. Some links discussing how Sara Lang was a total fraud can be found here:
Anomalies: The Mystery of David Lang
People That Disappear Into Thin Air
Still, a wonderful story...
Anyways, that's all I have to report. Hope others can help contribute more information to the stories, and if I found out more about the quarry spirit next time I'm staying with my Grandma and Grandpa I will write to you guys.
-"Andrei Kuznets"
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