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When you first see Blood Cemetery, it may seem like a quaint New England burial site.
Spend a little time there, and you’ll realize it’s downright eerie… even in broad daylight.
Weird things to look for, at Hollis’ Blood Cemetery
When you visit Blood Cemetery (aka Pine Hill Road Cemetery, Hollis, NH), watch for these things.
Are they actually ghostly…? Maybe not, but they certainly fit the term “paranormal.”
For example, watch the trees. They’ll seem to move, even when there is no breeze. Several of us have noticed this during multiple visits.
If you’re there and you’re not sure if you’re seeing something paranormal, glance outside the cemetery. Then compare the trees’ movement at Blood Cemetery with nearby wooded areas.
When I visited, and in broad daylight, the trees were still (not moving) elsewhere, but the trees inside Blood Cemetery were swaying and/or the leaves fluttering vigorously.
Watch for fog that slowly seems to engulf this cemetery and nowhere nearby, yet the cemetery is near the top of a hill. I’ve heard several independent reports of this, including one from a former policeman.
Then there’s the music people hear. Here’s one story:
A Nashua nurse was in her car with friends, and they were listening to the radio. As they approached the cemetery, static interrupted the music, followed by dirge-like organ music. Shortly after they passed the cemetery, the static returned and then their previous music was restored.
There are natural explanations for this, but it’s a common story in the vicinity of haunted cemeteries in the northeast.
Bu, in this case, the nurse is otherwise very level-headed. She’s very skeptical of paranormal reports. That’s why her tale is worth noting.
Several readers have reported sensing something angry in the cemetery. A few others have seen a lone figure standing in the cemetery after dark.
(I’ve seen this myself. By the time I got to the top of the cemetery, he’d vanished. But, with clear sight on every side, I saw no evidence that he’d walked away.)
A not-ghostly warning
This is frustrating for serious ghost hunters: The Hollis police are rumored to play pranks on people near Blood Cemetery at night, to discourage visitors and vandals.
According to one police officer, they cover themselves with ghostly sheets, and hide behind the headstones. When someone enters the cemetery, the police leap up, shouting, and chase the trespassers out.
Nevertheless, we doubt that anyone’s out there with a fog machine, a wind machine, or broadcasting dirges on the radio.
“Blood Cemetery,” aka Pine Hill Cemetery in Hollis, New Hampshire, is one of New England’s most interesting haunted cemeteries.
You should visit it first during the day, especially late afternoon. Observe everything carefully.
Be prepared to be surprised. Or even terrified.