Hello Everyone,
I am forwarding an email I received off list about strange things happening at
Steubenville - Cherry Grove Cemetery or McVey Woods.
The person is wanting to know if anyone else has had some issues when visiting the
cemetery or the McVey Woods.
I told them I would forward the email to the list and see if any of you listers that are
local have had any problems too.
The last time me and my sons were out there we found a geo cache in the hollowed out tree
stump and we did notice a young man dressed as if he were hunting, he walked through the
cemetery towards the back and on into the woods. But we didn't see anything spelled
out in sticks or hear any sounds, but I have never been back there after dusk either. Not
because I am scared of cemeteries but that one in particular sets way back off the road
and tends to be full of mosquitos. <G>
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! (The forwarded message is below)
Gina Richardson
INGenWeb Project County Coordinator
Delaware County INGenWeb Project
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----- Original Message -----
From: ence1981(a)aol.com
To: richardson69(a)comcast.net
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: Cherry Grove Cemetery
Gina,
Hello, I'm not sure if this is something you could be of assistance with, but several
people I know have been visiting McVey Memorial Woods and, in particular, Cherry Grove
Cemetery, and have experienced some strange things of late. On several occasions we have
found sticks compiled to form deliberate shapes such as arrows and/or words such as
"LEAVE" written on the ground near the graveyard. Also, particularly at night,
some odd sounds have been heard. A friend of a friend, who used to or currently still does
tend to some of the landscaping there claims that despite the area being a public park
there is an old local who is trying to scare people away by harassing them by making
strange sounds and writing the aforementioned words. I don't know the truth of this
myself, but have seen what appeared to be two men in a grass suits (aka, ghillie suits)
stalking the area. Either way, I'm not enquiring about "ghosts and goblins"
or anything like that, but I am curious to know if you have experienced any similar
incidents, or heard any other reports of such things. It has caused my friends and I some
concern since last summer when these sorts of things first began to occur, as we have
frequented McVey woods since high school and never experienced anything similar up until
that time. Any information you could provide would be very helpful indeed. It is a
historic site, and the last I knew it was still very open for the public to enjoy, and
whoever is out there, I fear, may be trying to ruin that experience for everyone.
Thanks...