| MARYLAND FORT INVESTIGATIONS |
| WE JUST CAME BACK FROM INVESTIGATING TWO FORTS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE FIRST WAS FORT MC HENRY, WHICH IS THE FAMOUS SITE OF INSPIRATION FOR FRANCIS SCOTT KEY'S WRITING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. WE WERE ALL DEEPLY MOVED BY OUR VISIT TO THIS FAMOUSLY PATRIOTIC SITE. WE ALSO GOT TO TAKE PART IN THE FLAG CHANGING CEREMONY, AND TOUCH OLD GLORY HERSELF. PRICELESS!!!!!! THE SECOND SITE IS FORT LINCOLN, LOCATED AT LOOKOUT POINT STATE PARK IN COASTAL MARYLAND. THIS SMALL FORT WAS ADJACENT TO THE FAMOUS CIVIL-WAR POW CAMP WHERE OVERCROWDING AND HORRIBLE CONDITIONS LED TO THE DEATH OF OVER 5000 MEN , CAUSING SIGNIFICANT HAUNTED HISTORY IN THE PROCESS. THE FORT AND SURROUNDING FOREST AREA ARE HOT-BEDS FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. |
| REINFORCED POWDER MAGAZINE ROOM TUNNELS |
| MAGAZINE ENTRANCES |
| TROOP BARACKS IN COURTYARD |
| FORTIFIED BUNKER TOOK A LOT OF INCOMING CANNON FIRE |
| HISTORIC FORT LINCOLN |
| BUILT AS A DEFENSIVE FORT NEAR THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, FORT LINCOLN SAW NO BATTLE. IT'S HAUNTED HISTORY IS RELATED TO THE NEARBY PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WHERE 5000 PRISONERS DIED NEEDLESSLY. WE ENCOUNTERED NO GHOSTS, AND THE PLACE WAS SORT OF FLAT AS FAR AS ANY FLUCTUATIONS OR "PERSONAL EXPERIENCES " WERE CONCERNED, BUT THE STORIES PERSIST, SO WHAT THE HECK DO WE KNOW, RIGHT? - MAYBE WE CAME ON THE GHOST'S DAY OFF! IS IT WORTH THE TRIP TO POINT LOOKOUT PARK? FROM A HISTORICAL ASPECT, MAYBE.. ANYTHING HISTORIC IS WORTH A LOOK, BUT WE DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE MARYLAND STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID A VERY POOR JOB OF KEEPING THIS PARK CLEAN, AND WE HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED TOILET AMENITIES SO FILTHY IN OUR LIVES. ON TOP OF THAT, THE PARK DEPT. DOESN'T PROVIDE TRASH RECEPTACLES, SO YOU HAVE TO CARRY YOUR TRASH OUT. WHICH DOESN'T WORK, AND IS BEYOND STUPID. THE TRASH ENDS UP PILED UP EVERYWHERE BUT IN THE NON EXISTENT TRASH CANS. -TWO THUMBS DOWN ON THAT ONE. A STUPID, STUPID IDEA.. POORLY MARKED SIGNS, AWFUL BATHROOM FACILITIES, UNHELPFUL WORKERS, AND A HEAVY ADMISSION PRICE TAG ($6.00 PER-PERSON ) MAKE THIS PARK LAST ON THE HAUNTED TRAIL LIST. HERE ARE THE PIX HOWEVER. AT LEAST THEY DIDNT HAVE TRASH IN THEM. |
