The cemetery, named after early Mennonite settler Hans Graf who
died in the late 1700s, is haunted by a White Ghost Dog according
to regional lore. It's said the local dogs also join in and bay
whenever someone enters the cemetery and quiet down when they
leave. The ghost dog's barks have been captured on tape. The
spectral hound is supposed to be joined by other unidentified
ghosts haunting the graveyard, caught as orbs by psychic's cameras.
(Spirit Society of PA Apparitions "Musings of a Ghost Adventurer,"
November 2007)
In a report by Kevin Washington of the Baltimore Sun released on
October 31, 2002, several ghost hunting tools where used on the
grounds to find some evidence of the local legend. For example, an
infrared thermal sensor measured a temperature of 18 degrees in one
corner of the cemetery, which happened to be far below the ambient
temperature of 48. The electromagnetic field (EMF) detector also
went off on a side of the cemetery away from the parked car. There
were no electrical lines near enough to affect the device. An
inexpensive motion detector that had been brought along chirped
twice when the party had been standing well back from the graves.
Out of 260 photos that were taken that night, a total of eight
pictures of orbs were produced which looked like spheres of light
against the wooded background and all of these were shot after one
of the ghost-detecting devices had alerted the party to a presence.
Lastly, even though the camcorder that the party had brought along
didn’t pick up any orbs that night, it did capture a woman's voice
that can be heard softly saying, "Cobal," within the first couple
minutes of the taping. It is believed that this may be a last name
of someone possibly buried in the cemetery.
Upon hearing all the great things about this place and with the
coming of my favorite holiday around the corner, I thought that I
would check it out for myself! Twice in fact! I did not experience
any kind of ghostly/spiritual encounters during either of my visits
but I did notice, for some strange reason, a couple of dogs barking
from quite a distance when I was outside of the cemetery, so
perhaps some of the regional lore does hold true. However, I
actually didn't even enter the cemetery until the second time
around, and that was only to pick up a piece of garbage that
happened to be residing in the middle of it, which now brings me to
some important information about the cache...
The above coordinates should take you to a spot very close by
but COMPLETELY OUTSIDE of the cemetery. Again, the cache is NOT IN
THE CEMETERY and it is NOT IN THE STONE WALL SURROUNDING THE
CEMETERY either. Since the cemetery and it's walls are rather old
and are having enough problems battling the strenuous tests of time
as it is, it would be best if we didn't add the extra burden of
geocaching upon them, so I beg of you to please steer clear of the
cemetery and the stone walls while you are conducting your search.
Trying to obtain half-decent coordinates was very tricky here
probably due to some unexplained phenomena, ghostly interference or
perhaps just some heavy tree growth, but the reading was taken
after an average of about five minutes with a Garmin 60CSx and the
reception here while testing it proved to be quite bouncy... one
second right on the spot and the next many feet away. Please just
keep in mind what was mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
Please only attempt this cache during the daylight hours. If you
dare to enter the cemetery, you do so at your own risk. And as far
as muggles are concerned, I'd say that you're chances of seeing a
ghost are probably better than seeing another "actual" person
around. In any case, you could be up for a scare so brace yourself!
Be safe and very cautious at all times.
B.Y.O.P. as well as a tool (a.k.a. tweezers) for log retrieval,
otherwise it'll be nearly impossible for you to sign it.
Best of luck!