On August 7, 2009 I did a joint investigation with the Eastern Suffolk Paranormal investigation team at the Pine Hollow Cemetery on Route 106 in Oyster Bay. We pulled into the small rough parking lot at about 8:30pm.

It was an interesting night. It was warm and humid when we arrived. This is one of the oldest active cemeteries on Long Island. It was founded in 1884 and is the resting place for 7 African American Civil War soldiers. The cemetery has tombstones from 1884 through 2009. The terrain is uneven and difficult to navigate at night. Some of the older graves are up on hills.

The very first thing I noticed as we stood at the threshold to the cemetery was a presence directly under the sign. This didn't surprise me as much as the bat that was swooping down between the trees in the clearing about 30 feet behind the gates. I asked for permission to enter and assured the spirits that we were not there to harm them, only to communicate with them. I felt at peace, and mentally communicated with my guides and protectors to keep me and my companions safe from harm. Once inside the cemetery, I felt a slight chill and put my sweatjacket on even though it was warm.

Armed with my LED flashlight, Infrared video camera, digital voice recorder, and K-II EMF detector, I was ready to start investigating this unusual graveyard. Oftentimes when I am near cemeteries,  funeral homes, and hospitals, I feel an immediate wall go up around me where my guardians and protectors shield me from the onslaught of energy from the spirits linked to these places. This night was no different. We grabbed a quick dinner at the Italian restaurant across the street. Just sitting in the restaurant was uncomfortable. The shields were fully in place! I could feel the energy from the cemetery!

Rather early on, we captured this energy ball shown hovering right above the front leftmost headstone.  

This gives a better view of the energy ball.  

This is a close-up of the the energy ball. Although the picture is distorted due to compression, the original shows a full rainbow of colors. Energy balls spin and can radiate energy. I consider energy balls to be different than orbs. Although, many paranormal investigators consider them to be the same thing. Also, since most paranormal investigators can't sense what is around them, they have no frame of reference to know that these are both real and different from each other.

Other paranormal investigators have reported being followed by mists in this cemetery. This night did not disappoint us! Several pictures taken that night had a strange mist on them. Here you can see the mist coming out of the woods and hovering near my arm and over my head (not pictured). The K-II and K-III EMF detectors started going a bit nuts for a minute or two and registered full scale (20+ milliGauss) with all LED's illuminated. Early on before we walked around, I identified several names, all of which came to be found on the headstones!

We  walked up to the top of the highest hill in the cemetery. Here we found a mix of old graves and new graves. This was the first occurrence of a white orb which was photographed several times that evening. The important thing to note in this photograph is that the hill rises higher as it goes back away from the camera. There is no light on this hill or behind it. When we turned off our flashlights, it was hard to see any features on the hill. Yet, we have this orb pictured back up on the hill through the trees. This was visible with the naked eye as well as being captured by my digital camera - although at separate times. These were not fireflies - and there were plenty of them flying around. The difference in brightness was easy to see.

Shortly after the orb, we captured this giant energy ball. You can see the magnificent colors in it!

You can see the energy radiating off of this ball !

A bit further down the hill, we captured this giant bright white orb! I don't know the placement of the graves in this area and this orb may have appeared over one of the graves. We have multiple photographs of this area and there were no reflective objects in the dirt to cause this bright orb.

To the left of the hill where the EMF detectors went crazy, we captured this more solid energy ball. It's noteworthy, as some debunkers believe that these energy balls are reflections or optical illusions. In this case, the energy ball is partially off the frame of the picture. This would not happen if it was a reflection or optical illusion. It would be in a straight line of the aberration, as light moves in a straight line. We captured many more photos of energy balls and orbs!

Back in the area where the EMF detectors went crazy, we captured this purple mist. I believe this was a spirit trying to materialize, as we saw it again in a different area of the cemetery and a face appears in the top part of the mist! The ESP group had an electronic research tool called an Ovilus which converts EMF readings and environmental factors into spoken words. After we all introduced ourselves at the start of a session to try and capture EVP's (electronic voice phenomena), we stood around waiting for the Ovilus to speak. One of the first things it said was "Marie" in its electronic monotone voice! It said my name which is NOT programmed into the Ovilus' vocabulary!

The location where we had strong EMF readings is on the hill to the left of this picture. Shown here we captured three energy balls. They are not in a line as you would expect if it was a reflection or refraction.

Here is the purple mist again and this time you can see a face starting to materialize in the upper portion of the mist.  It's rather clear in the full resolution photograph.

What started out as a warm humid night with swooping bats, turned out to be a successful ghost hunt where we captured some evidence of  activity in the Pine Hollow Cemetery. It ended with many of us feeling cool or chilled and a sense of something creepy going on. If you decide to go investigate the Pine Hollow Cemetery, be careful. The ground is uneven and you can easily be fooled by the terrain and twist your ankle or worse.

After about two hours, I got the feeling we were no longer welcome and so we left. On the way out, we thanked the spirits for allowing us to visit with them and we asked to go in peace.