AMERICAN PARANORMAL MAGAZINE

Monday, October 24, 2011

VAIL CHILDRENS CEMETARY

WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS LOCATION AND FINALLY DECIDED TO MAKE THE TRIP TO VAIL TO SEE IF THE CLAIMS WERE TRUE. IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY LIES 21 GRAVES, SURROUNDED BY WHITE PAINTED ROCKS AND EACH WITH ITS OWN NEWLY REPAINTED WHITE CROSS. THE GRAVES ARE PROTECTED ONLY BY A SMALL IRON FENCE WITH A SMALL GATE IN THE FRONT. MOST OF THE GRAVES APPEAR TO BE SMALL IN SIZE, MAYBE CHILDREN, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHO THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE GRAVEYARD. SPECULATORS CLAIM THEY ARE THE BODIES OF CHILDREN WHO PERISHED DURING A SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN THE 1800'S. WHILE RESEARCHING THE SITE I FOUND THAT IN 2010 A GROUP OF BOY SCOUTS AS WELL AS A PRIEST DECIDED TO RESTORE THE GRAVEYARD DUE TO ITS YEARS OF NEGLECT.THEY REPLACED ALL THE CROSSES WITH NEW PAINTED WHITE CROSSES AND PAINTED THE ROCKS AROUND EACH OF THE GRAVES WHITE. THEY DISCARDED ALL OF THE OLD GRAVES INTO A PILE OUTSIDE OF THE CEMETERY AS WELL AS THE DEBRIS REMOVED FROM THE AREA. WHILE INVESTIGATING THIS LOCATION MY TEAM HAD SOME STRANGE FEELINGS , MOSTLY SURROUNDING THE PILE OF OLD CROSS MARKERS OUTSIDE THE CEMETERY GATES. AFTER ASKING A FEW QUESTIONS THE OVILUS PICKED UP THE NAME "BILLY" AND THE PHRASE "LOVELY GIRL", WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN RELATING TO MY GIRLFRIEND THAT TRAVELED WITH MYSELF AND A CREW MEMBER EARLIER THAT DAY TO THE SITE TO DO A DAY SWEEP OF THE AREA.  BUT OTHERWISE A QUIET NIGHT. DEFINITELY A FUN PLACE TO CHECK OUT, AND A STRANGE PLACE FOR A CEMETERY!