A Scary Moonlight Walk In The Cemetery
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
Canada
October 30, 2015 7:41am CST
When I was a kid living in the country, family, school and church were the only entertainments around other than Mother Nature and I did enjoy her too and still do.
My little Baptist Church on the top of the hill was a couple of hundred years old and the center of our lives. Our minister had a bunch of kids and we often gathered at the parsonage to play.
One night around Halloween my friend Sherry (one of the pastors kids) had a sleep over. There were probably 15 of us around the age of 11-13. There were only three other houses on that hill and my doctor and his family lived next to the cemetery. Marilyn their daughter was at the sleepover with us.
We kids decided to go for a walk in the cemetery in the moonlight. No flashlights , just the moon. It was very quiet and spooky. We walked down the laneway in the cemetery and when we turned around to go back to the pastor's house we saw a ghost. We were old enough to know there were no real ghosts in the cemetery. Or were we wrong???
I can still hear the screaming...
I decided to be brave and I started to chase the ghost. When I got close enough to notice he was wearing a sheet I ran as fast as I could and grabbed the sheet and there was a PERSON I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE. I was stunned, scared and about to faint when the man grabbed my arm and said Marilyn, it s me, Doctor Peck!!!
I realized it was Dr Peck but usually he had on his doctor suit not jeans and t-shirt. I almost fainted, he scared me to death - almost. Then we laughed, all 15 of us including his daughter who shares my name Marilyn.
He was trying to scare us and entertain us at the same time and he did that. He's a good man and great father. He really did scare me. If I had fainted I would have been in good hands.
That was the last time we as children visited the cemetery at night in the moon light. Have you ever been in a cemetery in the moon light?
Happy Halloween
The photo is something I do on Halloween, Carve a Watermelon. Similar to a pumpkin but you leave the red fruit so the light can come through it. Expensive because watermelons are not in season but the reaction to the red and green face is amazing. Kids are awed and so are the parents.
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@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
30 Oct 15
My mom rented an apartment across from the city cemetery. No spooks that I know of.
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@Marilynda1225 (83117)
• United States
30 Oct 15
@PainsOnSlate some cemeteries are really beautiful and I don't mind visiting during the day....however, never at night!!!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
@Marilynda1225 agreed, no night time visits for me ever again.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
I've always loved cemeteries just for the history in them, the older the better. I've actually never seen a ghost in one since that night.
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@celticeagle (168269)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 15
My family love the occult, paranoraml, all of it. There is an old military cemetery here that we visit. My daughter and her BF have gotten some voices from there recorded. I have a tale I tell about the cemetery and will share it in a discussion. Hope you stop by.
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@Marilynda1225 (83117)
• United States
30 Oct 15
My cousin swears her house has a ghost
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
I've have had experiences wi
th ghosts in the past so I will be there with bells on.
th ghosts in the past so I will be there with bells on.@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
@Marilynda1225 I wrote about my friend in Kansas who had a ghost that I met one night on that other site, I might have to write about that here too.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
3 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate Wow, how brave of you to chase him or you know all along that the ghost was actually your dad inside the sheet . 
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
3 Nov 15
@SIMPLYD It wasn't my dad but a good friends dad. I believed it had to be someone we knew, it was a country setting, no town, you knew everyone who lived there.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
I figured if someone was running around with a sheet on, it was for our benefit, just playing with us so I chased him and it was just a Dad teasing us. I lived in the country, there were no dangers back then. Yes it was frightening for a minute...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
We can get them, they are in the store but a bit pricy because they are imported. Thanks for reading the post. I'm thinking I must be writing too much because so few read it...Thank YOU for reading it.
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
30 Oct 15
@PainsOnSlate I enjoyed reading your post, I know that not many take the time to, but I liked it.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
@LadyDuck A lot of people have responded to this post so I might have been in too much of a hurry. I will be more patient in the future.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
2 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate I wish that they would have something to indicate that we've read a post, like they did on Bubblews. I keep opening ones I've read as I sometimes forget the titles.
I love it here too, but actually prefer the layout on the other site - I find it's easy to miss comments on my posts here.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
@jaboUK I use the notifications to tell me who commented and this morning I noticed at least10 more comments on this post that no notifications told me about. And I agree, I have to look down the page often to tell me if I already responded to a post, especially the boring ones 
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
Cool watermelon eh? I think I read your poem about the ghost, I know I read your post but I've read so many posts they get mixed up in my head... I love this place.
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@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
2 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate Times have definitely changed, even from when I grew up in the 80's and 90's.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
That was back in the late 50's, there was no fear back then. Would I do that in 2015? Probably not.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
2 Nov 15
I bet you were scared when he grabbed you. LOL I have never seen anyone carve a watermelon. Very unique idea.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
Thanks I'm glad you like it. I remember being scared but it didn't last long...as soon as I knew he was my doctor I was fine
@allknowing (137772)
• India
31 Oct 15
This doctor knew he would take care of you just in case.............
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
That's the truth, it was scary only because I didn't recognize him in jeans. He was always so dressed up when I'd see him.
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@rebelann (112969)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Oct 15
OH wow, that's so kool. There're no kids round here or if there are they don't do the trick er treat thingy. Many people in these parts go to Juarez to share the picnic with their ancestors, I really don't get all that but then I'm not Mexican so I wouldn't.
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@rebelann (112969)
• El Paso, Texas
2 Nov 15
You'll have to take a lot of photos to share with us @PainsOnSlate especially since you'll have a brand new porch to show off along with the decor.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
I missed them this year but won't next Halloween.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
@rebelann That's true I'm sure I will share it with you.
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@iamshane487 (1139)
• Manila, Philippines
31 Oct 15
That was frightening Halloween experience of you.I have many Halloween stories to share too.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
8 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate I think the watermelon looks wonderful. I will have to let my brother know for next year.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
It was a sleep over and we were kids, it was back the in 1950 when crazies weren't around. We were safe. The watermelon is a bit harder to make than a pumpkin but the end result is worth the trouble. Glad you liked it.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
31 Oct 15
Haha that was a brilliant story. Do you think the Doctor was trying to drum up business! 
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
You made me laugh. I think he was just being a Dad, but a very scary dad...
@Rationalwriter (1813)
• Lucknow, India
31 Oct 15
LOL!! Must have been a terrifying experience!! I can imagine the fear!! As a kid, after watching anything related to horror on TV, I used to sleep with a sheet on my face!!
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
Back then when I was a kid there was no TV with horror, back in those days it was news and funny sitcoms.
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@japneet20 (249)
• New Delhi, India
31 Oct 15
I would have been scared and terrified.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
I was a child, I wasn't afraid of anything. The world has changed since I was young and its not safe anymore.
@japneet20 (249)
• New Delhi, India
2 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate I totally agree on this
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
I've always been fascinated with the stories on the stones. Sadly acid rain is erasing a lot them today.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
I wasn't alone, I was with a bunch of friends so I was brave. it was a bit scary but I'm glad I caught the ghost.
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@Juliaacv (51597)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
What a great story, you must have had a lot of fun that night! I remember my favorite Halloween was when I stayed at my cousin's place, we went to the church basement where they put on a nice, fun party for us all. We bobbed for apples and did all kinds of fun games. I don't remember ever having that much fun at a party, and its a shame that kids wouldn't be content with such a gathering today, but it was so much fun!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
Our church had a wonderful party for Halloween, the older kids made a haunted house in the basement of the Church hall. My mother dressed as a witch and walked around with her pet Bantam Rooster on her shoulder. He never moved and surprised people who thought he was fake - he wasn't...
@Tampa_girl7 (50528)
• United States
30 Oct 15
Yes, I have been to a cemetery a time it two at night.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
I never go at night anymore but when i was young, especially that night it was fun.
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
Kids like to scare themselves, don't they?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Nov 15
Yup that's what we do when we're kids. It was a good kind of scare and we laughed a lot after it was over.
