In 1822 at Huntsville, Alabama, the largest and oldest cemetery was built: Maple Hill.
During the day it is a beautiful place where more than 80,000 souls rest in peace, but at night it becomes a sinister and chilling place, as many spirits rise… especially the spirits of children, whose frequent paranormal manifestations led the state to build them a playground so they could play.
The legend begins with a pitiful story: during the 60s in Huntsville there was a wave of child missing, which days their bodies would, unfortunately, be found and buried in a lonely area of the pantheon. Days after, the children would be properly buried within the cemetery, now with their respective graves, where their families could mourn them.
The time of misfortune passed, and the night visitors and workers of the pantheon began to witness children appearing among the tombs and in the area where they had been buried by their captors. The stories that these children still lived in our world were spread by word of mouth, and it was decided to put a playground for them so that they could have fun at night.
Since then that playground decorates the cemetery, giving it a little bit of a youthful look, but also a little bit of a disturbance. However, the most frightening part of this legend, is that the people of Huntsville say that between the desolate and dark hours of 10 at night and 3 in the morning, the children really use the playground that was given to them.
Witnesses report that whether the wind is blowing or not, the swings move in a synchronized and autonomous manner, as if infants we cannot see were rocking, but the impression does not end there for some, as they can suddenly notice that the earth in front of the swings rises, as if someone had jumped.
In the swings, as well as in another of the games that include a slide, you can hear the shaking laughter of the children and you can also see their small silhouettes playing and running; even some people who are more receptive to superhuman presences, have been invited to play with them.
Daredevils who have gone at night and taken pictures in the garden can see luminous circles in their captures, and paranormal researchers claim that the spirits react to their attempts at communication.
Although there was once an attempt to remove the courtyard in order to bury the dead, local people preferred to keep it, and also managed to get new games installed. It can be said that the children of Maple Hill always liked to play, even after death.
Have you ever encounter the spirit or ghost of a child?