Andersonville filled with numerous ghostly encounters
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Andersonville filled with numerous ghostly encounters
From Staff Reports
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER (AMERICUS, Ga.)
6/23/07

ANDERSONVILLE, Ga.? Haunted stories have an affect that send a
tingling sensation up the spine. But sometimes these tales of ghosts,
haunted houses and spooky cemeteries are recorded as actual accounts
experienced by ordinary people and by those who investigate these tales
of horror.

The City of Andersonville has been marked as one of the many cities that
is filled with numerous encounters of the supernatural. One of the sites
that has been recently investigated is the St. James Pennington Church.
On June 16, a team of paranormal investigators from the group Southern
Paranormal Researchers (SPR) of Prattville, Ala., visited the church to
experience any form of anomalous phenomena. St. James Pennington Church
was founded by Brother Jimmy Lawrence in 1927. The church is a log cabin
that has been relocated and restored by the Andersonville Guild. The SPR
learned of the church from the website of the Shadowlands Haunted Places
where numerous stories have been recorded of different encounters with
the supernatural in Andersonville.

SPR uses a wide variety of investigative methods to help determine what
type of haunting is present, if any, and how the particular haunting
will be dealt with after it has been identified. The group does
extensive research of the particular location that is being investigated
before hand and compiles a complete report outlining the investigation
and the results obtained. The group has experience in investigating
historical sites, hotels, inns, private residences and demonic and dark
energy.

The findings at the St. James Pennington Church were described by the
SPR director, Shawn Sellers, as slim. Equipped with cameras and the
basic equipment used in these types of investigations, Sellers said the
group spent a total of eight hours at the church.
"This is a site that we will like to further investigate. During our
time at the church, we picked up an EVP (electronic voice phenomenon)
but we have not figured out quite what was being said," said Sellers.
Sellers along with another member of the team took pictures within the
church and did pick up an image of the late pastor of the church.

According to Sellers, he took several shots from different angles but
did not pick up anything. However, the other member took shots focusing
on the same angle and the image of the pastor appeared in one of the
photos. The photo showed the silhouette of what seemed like the pastor's
nose bleeding.
"When we do these investigations, we use a variety of equipment ? from
cameras to personal interviews. We did a thorough investigation for
eight hours and seemed to be a little skeptic when nothing appeared on
audio or video. But the photograph proved that there was a presence in
the church. We also picked up orbs or ghosts that are seen in the form
of balls of light. It gives hope and proof for what we do and we will be
back in the future to further investigate the area."

For more information, visit www.southernparanormalresearchers.com or
theshadowlands.net.