Following the trail through the woods and over two hills past the grave of Penn Yonge, the ghost who allegedly haunts Spring Villa Mansion, Faith Serafin and her team of paranormal investigators walked onto an ancient Native American gravesite.
They came armed with a collection of ancient Muscogee Native American words found in old history books.
The Muscogee-Creek language has been nearly lost in the years following the tribe's removal during the Trail of Tears. Only an estimated 5,000 people speak the language today, largely in the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma.
Speaking these words, Serafin believes, invoked a string of bad luck on her and her team after they left the gravesite.
The nearby lime and quartz quarries that built Yonge's fortune in the 1850s are visable in the area. Small shards of quartz crystal can still be found scattered across the ground, shimmering in the sunlight.
Minerals, especially lime, quartz and granite, store and release energy from the area, said Serafin. Concentrations of quartz are used in electronics to store energy, and one of Serafin's theories is this same quality can store the energy of spirits as well.
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