7 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, the results of this disaster are still felt today. As the first responders went through the town tended to the wounded and removing the dead, they did so almost alone. One of America's major cities was a ghost town.
The one thing which was crystal clear, the ghosts of one of the world's most haunted cities, stayed behind and unfortunately, they were joined by the ghosts of the victims.
Several stories came out about National Guardsmen who came to help New Orleans from all over the US. One group was sleeping in a historic building. In the middle of the night, one guard was awaken by an odd sound. Something had taken his gun and was emptying the bullets onto the ground. When he turned on the lights, the bullets were on the floor, his gun was across the room, and he was all alone.
The one thing which was crystal clear, the ghosts of one of the world's most haunted cities, stayed behind and unfortunately, they were joined by the ghosts of the victims.
Several stories came out about National Guardsmen who came to help New Orleans from all over the US. One group was sleeping in a historic building. In the middle of the night, one guard was awaken by an odd sound. Something had taken his gun and was emptying the bullets onto the ground. When he turned on the lights, the bullets were on the floor, his gun was across the room, and he was all alone.
Here is another story that I will reprint in its entirety. It was by Janet Yee, a reporter from CBS 5.
GUARDSMEN SENSE GHOSTLY PRESENCE IN NEW ORLEANS
by Janet Yee
(CBS5) The presence of the supernatural and the influence of voodoo long have been synonymous with New Orleans.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, members of the U.S. military are saying that there's something spooky going on and it's not just images of death and destruction that's haunting them.
By all accounts, the Sophie B. Wright Middle School in New Orleans sits empty and evacuated except for military personnel who have taken over the campus as a staging site for missions around the battered city.
But the men in uniform have the feeling that they're not alone. It prompted a chaplain to utter this directive: "In the name of Jesus Chris, I command you Satan to leave the dark areas of this building."
Said Sgt. Robin Hairston of the California National Guard: "I was in my sleeping bag and I opened by eyes and in the doorway was a little girl," . "It wasn't my imagination."
Hairston wasn't the only one seeing things. Spc. Rosales Leanor had her own close encounter.
"I was using the restroom and I just saw a little shadow," Leanor said, "kind of looming in front of me."
Another member of the Guard unit said that she saw and heard a little girl laughing when she opened a closet that contained cleaning supplies.
At a Baton Rouge marina, boats were strewn like trash, but not a shred of paper could be found. Except for the pages of a Bible, which was found by a soldier. It was open to the Book of Revelations.
At a nearby church, nearly destroyed, another Bible was found, showing the exact same passage from Revelations.
Like the power of nature, there is a power at work in New Orleans that defies explanation."
by Janet Yee
(CBS5) The presence of the supernatural and the influence of voodoo long have been synonymous with New Orleans.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, members of the U.S. military are saying that there's something spooky going on and it's not just images of death and destruction that's haunting them.
By all accounts, the Sophie B. Wright Middle School in New Orleans sits empty and evacuated except for military personnel who have taken over the campus as a staging site for missions around the battered city.
But the men in uniform have the feeling that they're not alone. It prompted a chaplain to utter this directive: "In the name of Jesus Chris, I command you Satan to leave the dark areas of this building."
Said Sgt. Robin Hairston of the California National Guard: "I was in my sleeping bag and I opened by eyes and in the doorway was a little girl," . "It wasn't my imagination."
Hairston wasn't the only one seeing things. Spc. Rosales Leanor had her own close encounter.
"I was using the restroom and I just saw a little shadow," Leanor said, "kind of looming in front of me."
Another member of the Guard unit said that she saw and heard a little girl laughing when she opened a closet that contained cleaning supplies.
At a Baton Rouge marina, boats were strewn like trash, but not a shred of paper could be found. Except for the pages of a Bible, which was found by a soldier. It was open to the Book of Revelations.
At a nearby church, nearly destroyed, another Bible was found, showing the exact same passage from Revelations.
Like the power of nature, there is a power at work in New Orleans that defies explanation."
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