Sorry, it's been awhile, we have been really busy and have some amazing adventures coming up that we will be writing about.
However, today we want to tell you about our trips to the Devil's Tree. This is located in a park in Florida. If you want more details then we will be providing here, you can do a search on just the little bit we've told you and find a LOT of different stories. As with anything on the web, please ensure the information you are reading is reliable.
We've made a couple of trips to the Devil's Tree. We had heard (like so many others) that it was a very haunted location, with screams and a tree that can't be cut down. The tree received it's name due to a killer who in the 1970's, was actually a police deputy and was convicted of killing multiple young woman. We will not say his name in our blog. It is reported in police transcripts that he brought several of his victims to this area to torture.
The area has several foundations of old building, often these are said to be the killer's old homestead. That is incorrect as his homestead was verified to be somewhere else based on police reports and deed records. More than likely they are buildings that kept those working and moving along the river safe and dry. There is no information from the historical society telling us what those are from.
When we went to the tree we did the obvious, EVP recordings. We didn't listen to them while we were at the tree too much as we didn't have a lot of time to do that since the park closes at dusk. However, we did have quite a few recorders going. We also took a trigger object of a scarf with us as we had heard the killer collected these kind of things from those he killed.
We also did a few dousing rod sessions. We asked things like who was there? We didn't seem to get anything from the victims, however, someone showed up and they did not appear to be very happy. Upon review of our EVPs we determined quite a few growls and mumbling. At first we though maybe it was a recorder issue, but as you can hear us talking in the back ground clearly, it can't be the recorder. It goes on for quite some time. We've posted some of these on our Facebook page S.P.I.R.I.T. and a few on our Instagram page: Southern Paranormal Team. They really are very disturbing. But we have no proof of who it is that was trying to communicate with us.
One thing really interesting that occurred while we were out there is the wildlife / nature that was around us. The park is covered in oaks and wonderful trails, so nature is obvious. So are birds, bugs and little critters. However, it seemed every time we asked that someone speak to us,while we waited the birds would stop chirping and the crickets would stop and it would go completely quite, even the wind would stop blowing.
This happened on multiple occasions. It got to the point it was a little unnerving as many times as it occurred. Now hearing the voice on the recorder...begs to make you think was something controlling it? Was this the killer or something else? Was it an elemental?
We can say that we did however, ensure that we saged / holy watered ourselves prior to getting in our cars. But of course we do this on almost all of our investigations...and so should you. Whatever protection looks like for you.
Just a little side note, we will be having a new blog starting in February. It is Lizzie's Spirit. It is a fun blog from the point of view of our newest Team member Lizzie the doll... Everyone needs a laugh. :)
Until the S.P.I.R.I.T. talks again.....................
