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31 Days of Spook – Fort Pulaski
Today, I’m taking you on a side trip my friends on my spook adventure. Today I want to talk to you about a place that mom and dad went to during their vacation to Tybee Island a couple of years ago. It was Fort Pulaski, a national monument, located at US Highway 80 E, Savannah, Georgia. Maybe it’s not full of ghosts, but if you close your eyes and listen hard enough perhaps you will still hear the sounds of battle. The park is open daily from 9AM until 5PM. You can go on a guided tour or roam the grounds by yourself. Mom and dad decided to go by themselves and see what kind of trouble they could get into – go mom/dad.
After you pay to enter the park, you drive over the Cockspur Island Bridge into the grounds. It’s kind of a dark picture to the right but the trees are gorgeous! Look at all of that rolling lovely green grass! So many places for this little porker to play – pets are welcomed 🙂
Then you start to see the fort itself – so massive! I don’t know why but mom was just astonished to the ‘moat’ that was around this huge fortress. Mom and dad said they were the only ones there for a bit and the silence from everything was kind of overwhelming.
It was like you could almost hear the gunshots in the background, the moans of soldiers and people talking. The wind was blowing and you could hear it singing in between the brick walls with the soft sounds of the water echoing. It was kind of eerie.
Fort Pulaski is huge. It was overcast this day so some of the pictures are not the best but hopefully you will enjoy them. Mom took this picture to the right as they were walking down to enter into the fort. It looks calm but mom/dad both said that the air was heavy.
They walked all the way down until the other side of the building. That’s where there was a bridge that they walked over to enter into the fort itself. For the building to be as old as it is (built in 1861), it is remarkably still intact. You do see some stonework falling inside of the casemates but as a whole, it is grand.
Fireplaces and windows are still standing as well as the cannons in the windows. You’ll even notice on the bottom of the cannon picture where the cannons could slide left/right for positioning of the firing.
And how would you like to be a prisoner of the fort? Look to this picture to the left of the ‘beds’ they used. Wood slats. Comfy huh? Daddy tried one when mom ‘locked him up’ in prison. It was kind of hard – snorts.
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And I saved the best picture until last. The stairs to the top of the fort. I’m not mentioning names but someone thought they would wobble up these torturous stairs to the top of the fort to take a peek. Notice that the stairs do not have handrails. It was a great view at the top and I would have a picture to share if only mom remembered to bring the camera – silly mom. And she wasn’t crawling back down to get the camera she said. And also let’s say that mom took the adventure of the stairs and that night it hurt in every place possible. That’ll teach mom not to climb and old fort like she was a teenager – snorts.
Oh, and another missed photo opportunity mom/dad made. They saw and met a beautiful white German Shepherd while visiting the Fort. She was so friendly and mom got to love on her for a while with her parents.
So the question remains. Is Fort Pulaski haunted? Mom asked one of the workers and she was told no. Is it spooky – yes. Do you pick up “feelings” of days gone – yes. Mom and dad both said they could close their eyes and hear and picture in their minds the activity that happened once upon a time.
When mom/dad came back home, I did a lot of research on Fort Pulaski. To my amazement, there have been many encounters with the unknown at the Fort over the years. There was a story about a mother and son visiting the fort that were crossing over the draw bridge to enter into the fort. They met a Confederate sentry dressed in uniform with his sword. They spoke to him about his outfit and the fort. The mother then inquired about a restroom and he advised that he could not leave his position to show her. She thanked the man and with her son she continued into the fort to ask about the restrooms. There she was advised that the restrooms were at the entrance. She became upset and told the man about the soldier she spoke to at the drawbridge. The man advised her that they had no soldiers dressed in Confederate uniforms at the fort.
Then there was a time that a group of Confederate re-enactors placed a wreath at the graves in 1994. They then settled down for the night and camped out. During the night, a young 12 year old boy couldn’t sleep and was walking around the fort. Nearing the graves, he saw a figure of a Confederate soldier in uniform on his knees near the grave they had put the wreath. The soldier had his hat in his hand, then stood and faded away into the air.
Then during further research, I learned that an actor that you might have heard of did a movie at Fort Pulaski back in 2009. The movie was called The Conspirator and the actor was Robert Redford.
It’s up to you to decide if it’s haunted or not. Maybe someone needs to let the worker at the shop know that there has been some cases of mysterious sightings. It was definitely an adventure that mom/dad would be willing to do again… of course minus the stairs – snorts.
Beware My Friends
Beware my friends. We have been watching the ID (Investigative Discovery) channel all weekend. I’ve picked up a few things from the shows.
1 – There is never a perfect murder.
2 – Never leave DNA, spit, hair follicles, blood or other known sources of bodily fluids at a crime scene.
3 – Never go back to the crime scene.
4 – Pick one story and stick to it. The least you make up the more you will remember and not get tripped up when and if you get interviewed.
5 – Never fall for the bad cop good cop routine.
6 – Never fall for it when the cops say they have proof or someone saw you. Tsk-Tsk Who says cops have to tell you the truth when you are being interviewed.
7 – Knowing all of this, don’t commit any murders or crimes. I don’t know about you but this pot belly doesn’t look good behind bars dressed in orange sharing a space with Bubba – snorts!
8 – If all else fails, blame daddy – double evil snorts!
Conversation Overheard Between Mom and Dad
Okay – I know I shouldn’t piggy eavesdrop on mom and dad when they are having conversations. But sometimes, it’s hard not to listen. They have some of the strangest conversations. I’m telling you – you never know what might come out of their mouths – humans are weird!
Last night, daddy asked mommy, “Name a song not to sing while in prison.” Okay first of all, I’m not sure what this prison thing is. It doesn’t sound like a fun place. Mommy said there were bars there. Okay, aren’t bars where you get alcoholic drinks? Shakes piggy head – like I said humans are weird. I don’t get it. So, I thought I would bring this to you my friends.
What songs would you not sing while in prison? Some of mom/dad’s were:
Journey – “Lovin’, Touchin’ Squeezin”
Aeorsmith – “Dude Looks Like a Lady”
Foreigner – “I Want to Know What Love Is”
John Mellencamp – “Hurts so Good”
Nazareth – “Love Hurts”
George Michael – “Father Figure”
Olivia Newton John – “Let’s Get Physical”
OMP (oh my pig!) I can’t breathe. I don’t know why these are funny – BUT THEY ARE!
“What are you Five?!”
Snorts. Daddy is serving time out today. (Which is nice because it’s usually this little oinker). That’s right. Mommy knew this picture would come in handy when she took it. He’s finally went over the deep end this past weekend. Mommy told him quote, “What are you five? Act your age not your shoe size.” Which that last part didn’t make sense cause daddy wears a size 10 – shakes piggy head in confusion.
You see it started like this. Mommy and me were watching one of our shows on television yesterday. Daddy kept talking like the Duracell bunny and would not shutty. For those that don’t speak mom, shutty means stop talking. So, mom did what she always does to daddy. She told him, “Ssshhh”.
That’s when it happened. Daddy said, “It”. What? I don’t get it. But mom gave him the best stink eye that I have ever seen come from that lady. It was the topper of all stink eyes. Then she told him it wasn’t funny. What wasn’t funny? Then we started watching television again and Mr. Yackity-Yack started talking again. Can you believe that man? Mom told him again, “Ssshhh”. Daddy said, “It” again.
That’s when mom almost lost her religion but at the last minute she got saved and started laughing. I still don’t get it. Do you?
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