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CUMBERLAND ISLAND
This happened quite recently. My sister, my husband and I
were on a camping trip to Cumberland Island. This is a
national park, but no cars are allowed on the Island and
you have to pack in. We were told by the Ranger that it
had once been used by Native Americans all over America as
a Healing Island.
We went to set up camp and to have a swim at the beach.
But we made plans to meet the Ranger and some kids who were
scouts later on the bay side of the Island to look for
Shark's teeth. It was a 5 mile walk and we got a late
start. We were walking along pretty quickly and not very
sure of the way in a couple of places. My husband was
walking faster than my sister and I because my sister was
having a problem with her shoes. She kept insisting that
she heard voices. I did not hear anything, and I made a
comment about there being so much ambient noise...boughs of
the big oaks blowing in the brisk breeze, birds, animals.
There was no one else that we saw on the trail.
We got within about 2 miles of where we should have been
and I wasn't sure we were going the right way. My sister
was getting a blister and we decided to go back.
Reluctantly, my husband joined us. On the way back we
paused to explore the ruins of "Dungeness" the old Carnegie
mansion that are left on the island. As before, my husband
was way ahead of us. Suddenly, I heard lots of excited
voices. I thought my husband had found the ranger and the
scouts. She heard this too. We caught up with Shane (my
hubby) fully expecting to see the scouting party. Instead
we found him looking a little strange. I ask if he was ok,
and he said that he was spooked, that he had seen a very
tall man in a brown shirt going by very fast, and had
called to him and that the man had disappeared in front of
his eyes. He had heard no voices.
Later we found out that the grounds of the mansion were
where the Indians had once had a large camp.
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