Simon's Ghost
The story here is as follows:
In 1968 I received information on a haunted cemetary from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, whose reporter saw the apparition herself, along with two Baptist ministers on visiting the site. The local is the graveyard next to and associated with Christ Church on St. Simons Island, GA, a place with many "ghost" stories. The historic church dates back to the early 1700s, and was in its early days host to John Wesley, who later founded the Methodist Church, but was then an Anglican priest. The Church is still Anglican, affiliated, I believe, with the Episcopal Church in the USA.
According to the story, the young wife of a priest of this church died and was buried in the churchyard in the 1870s. An apparition of a woman has been seen there ever since. James W. Moseley, another gentleman and I went to St. Simons Island
in November of 1968 to investigate a number of apparition cases, including this one. It being a Wednesday night, the church was lighted for choir practice, but the graveyard was pitch dark. I wandered away from my companions, and, mentally called out to the apparition to appear. I then faced the Church, and snapped a single photo, aimed at the lighted window at the back of the church, from the graveyard. The 35mm black-and-white film was ASA 400 and my lens was set at 1.4 (as best I can recall). The exposure was approximately one second. When the film was developed, the window can be seen clearly at the right, while an unknown something appears at about the 10 foot level. To me it appears as the partially decomposed face of a woman with a Victorian ruffled collar and the suggestion of Victorian clothing. A Kodak specialist looked at the negative, but could reach no clear conclusion as to what the apparition is. I have worked with Photoshop in more recent years to enhance the image in various ways without distorting it. The photo is available as a scan in several ways for any legitimate investigator.
T Allen Greenfield ©
Atlanta GA
