When I was 20, I had a job working out at the city graveyard.
The place was as creepy as a graveyard can get.
I found out just how creepy one night.
I was assigned the night shift it was early fall.
October was just coming in the leaves on the trees were starting to fall and many of them were this orange red color.
Therefore, my job was to go around and make sure all the graves and walks remained clear from leaves. .
To get this story right so you can understand how spooky the place is.
I need to explain that many of the trees in the 200-acre graveyard are weeping willow.
The real gnarled looking ones that if a stiff wind blows they seam like there calling to you with whistling sounds.
Add lots of rustling dry leaves and the silence of the graveyard it self at night and well it can be a spooky place.
Now do not get me wrong I am not what you call easily scared.
I have had strange experiences all my life.
Which some times I find very odd because some people I talked with have never had one strange encounter at all well as others are riddled with one right after another.
I wonder why this is.
Anyway, with my family history we could be two steps away from the Adams Family Gene pool.
With all that happened to them through years.
It is this kind of stuff you either get used to or check in to a loony bin for.
So here, I was working one night at the graveyard it seamed like most nights quiet and very much the same as the past nights!
Except for the fact that it was very windy and there was heat, lightning and thunder with know rain.
I showed up at the Office about 10:00 pm getting ready for my shift.
It was a habit of mine to show up about an hour early so I could have a cup of coffee Yak with Tony Kernel.
He was the day care taker a man in his late fifties short fat and looked like he could play Santa at the mall.
However, over all a real nice sort of person down to earth truthful not one to carry on about stuff.
Anyway, this night I get into work and Tony Is white as a ghost staring out the window at the graveyard back lot.
I walk in and say hey Tony what is up tonight?
Tony spins around grabs his hart and starts yelling at me!
“Sayings don’t ever do that again you almost caused me to jump out of my skin!
I replied that I was sorry!
Then Tony said very seriously have you been out to the grounds yet his eyes big as saucers?
I said nope just got here as I started to fix me a cup of coffee.
Tony turns looks out the window then tells me that we got three new deceased bodies in that after noon on the back lot.
I replied what about them sipping my Coffee?
Tony did not turn around but I heard him say I think one of them in the back is walking around out there.
I looked at him and said all right knock that kind of talk off you know I have to work back there tonight by the Crypts.
What are you trying to do freak me out or something?
Who put you up to this Tony?
Tony turned around and said Gods truth man knows one.
I swear some ones moving around back there just beyond the willows.
No one should be back there except you this time a night!
I said well you know it is not me so do your job goes check it out could be Vandals or kids braking head stones again.
Tony says hell no I am not going back there again I have been back there twice!
I asked “So what did you see?
Tony replies nothing at all but I felt like I was being watched!
However, I get backup here in the office.
Turn around and there's some ones shadow moving back there again.
I’ve seen it when the lightning flashes its just creepy.
I said well I got a job to do give me your flashlight and unlock the boss’s locker for the rock salt gun I will go check it out!
I'm sure nothing back there moving that is dead.
However, if its some one alive I'm going to shoot them with some Rock salt and make them wish they were dead.
Tony says I cannot give you the salt gun I am the only one the boss trusts with it!
He would have my butt if he thought I gave it to you so you could run around back there shooting at who ever may be messing around back there.
I said well then come back there with me man just in case.
Tony reluctantly agreed to go back there what ever he thought was back there had him scared .
Therefore, we get back there and sure enough, there standing by one of the open graves was this person dressed in a suit and blue tie just staring at us!
I shouted hey who are you and what are you doing out here this late at night?
Tony flashes his light on the person and the man said they brought me here.
I said pardon me who brought you here?
He starts to step closer and repeats they brought me here.
I ask who brought you here.
The strange person did not answer it was right about then Tony scans down the person to his feet with his flashlight.
I noticed two things real fast one the person was bare foot and had a pink toe tag on his big toe.
A pink tag means one he was dead two he died about four day’s prior to then and there.
Tony grabs the salt gunpoint it at the person shaking and starts shouting you stay there do not come any closer.
I yelled at Tony saying forget it Tony if he has already gone that peashooter will not send him any further.
I started to run and for as short and heavy as Tony was he was able to keep up with me.
He yells to me what about work? I said what you think.
I have to find me a new job in the morning! That was the last night I worked at the Grave Yard.
