Today I
saw a ghost.
This
morning I decided to bike to most of the batteries (big guns that can shoot miles used to protect this harbor).
It’s hot and muggy, so I go very early around sunrise.
One of
the batteries has a sign talking about Pvt. Paap who died in a tragic accident in
1920 at the batteries. Others died on the island during Civil War battles. There’s
a small cemetery here with members of the Chase family. Major William Chase
supervised the construction of Fort Pickens and later commanded Fort Barrancas
as a Confederate and fought against the Union soldiers in Fort Pickens.
Most of
the batteries are hidden under a hill of sand and brush. I found this on one of
the doors.
I was
walking through the brush and sand around a hill when suddenly something white
with dark eyes moved right where I was about to put my foot. I screamed! I
normally jump when something scares me, but screaming out loud meant I was
really startled.
After a second, I realized it was a ghost crab that ran into
the bushes. No picture of this one, but here’s a previous picture I took. See…I
really saw a ghost!
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