By the Cemetery Gates

The gates to the graveyard entrance were illuminated by two spotlights from above. They were also locked together by a rusty old chain and padlock, and had been locked for hours.

The rattling of the gates alerted a passer-by as to where he was, so he started to hurry passed. It was a calm night, with no wind at all.

The passer-by knew that it was his ethereal energy causing the gates to rattle. As it did for the spotlights to fade… and the dogs to howl…

The passer-by hurried back to his resting place, where he’d been for centuries.

Oct 9, 2012

Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Ghosts, Mystery, Random, Time

18 responses to “By the Cemetery Gates”

Deb

Oct 9, 2012

That was a cool tale, Tom! 🙂

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  Thanks, Deb, one for the Halloween month!
  
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Andra Watkins

Oct 10, 2012

I felt a little chill reading this one, Tom.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  Glad you did, Andra, that was the effect I was aiming for!
  
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Let’s CUT the Crap!Tess Kann

Oct 10, 2012

I feel a chill in the air. Is it only my spine? Boo!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  😯 Waah! Don’t do that!
  Eh? Hehehe!
  
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lameadventures

Oct 10, 2012

I have the distinct impression that it was not Avon calling.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  Something tells me you’re spot on there, LA!
  
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beautifulchaos2

Oct 10, 2012

That was great! Loved reading this one Tom.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  Thanks, Nikki!
  
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prenin

Oct 10, 2012

Spooooky! LoL!!!

God Bless!

Prenin.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  One more for October, Prenin… I love Halloween month!
  
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Visionkeeper

Oct 10, 2012

No need to worry about locked gates for this passer by eh T? VK

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 10, 2012
  
  I think not too, VK… although they seem to not want to go through the gates for some reason…
  
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Sue Dreamwalker

Oct 11, 2012

A Ghostly tale indeed Tom.. Reminds me of a real one.. in the 80’s my hubby had to walk home from his work early in the morning around 6am.. In the winter mornings when it was dark and sometimes in the daylight, he passed .. It was when the pelican crossings were just going up all over the place over existing Zebra Crossings..
Several times as he approached the Crossing and it was in view for a good length of time the Pelican lights would beep and change… this happened not once but several times….As we had moved into the area in the late 70s we were not familiar with the history of the place…
He happened one day to tell a work colleague of the strange happenings… Where upon it was discovered a person was knocked down and killed on the Zebra some years previous…
So I wonder if the ethereal energy was pressing the wait button….

I hope you didnt mind the share..

Great Post.. and picture Tom..
Sue

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 11, 2012
  
  I don’t mind at all Sue! It’s a great tale.
  There’s a crossing outside of those gates in that photo, which made your tale all the more spooky sounding to me! And, yes, I’d say that spirit likes that button – and is highlighting road safety as well!
  
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shreejacob

Oct 20, 2012

Heheh..poor ghost…must be lonely if he’s the only one around!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Oct 20, 2012
  
  I’m sure there must be others, Shree… he seems to get to the gates by himself though!
  
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