Haunted Bachelors Grove by Ursula Bielski

Author:Ursula Bielski [Bielski, Ursula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, State & Local, Midwest (IA; IL; IN; KS; MI; MN; MO; ND; NE; OH; SD; WI), Body; Mind & Spirit, Supernatural (Incl. Ghosts)
ISBN: 9781467136631
Google: onbiDAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Haunted America, a division of The History Press
Published: 2016-01-15T22:10:06+00:00

THE MADONNA OF BACHELORS GROVE

On August 10, 1991, Judy Huff-Felz was visiting Bachelors Grove Cemetery with the Ghost Research Society, one of the oldest local ghost-hunting groups in the nation. During that visit, she took one of the most controversial and infamous paranormal photos of all time, first published in the Chicago Sun-Times and the National Examiner: the incredible capture of the “Madonna of Bachelors Grove.” The image of a “White Lady” or the “Woman on the Stone” has been circulated in all corners of the globe and regularly appears on lists of top paranormal photographs. It is a ritual for visitors to Bachelors Grove to reenact that renowned scene, having their photographs taken sitting on that stone.

Judy Huff-Felz first contacted me in the late 1990s to tell me about the day she took her famous photo, and I asked her to retell it here:

In the late ’80s my sister and I convinced our mom to start a group which gave lessons on how to teach people how to find, enhance and safely use their abilities. After all of the sessions were over with each group my sister [Mari Abba] and I organized and ran an interactive ghost tour. This was for our mom’s students to experiment and practice their abilities at several known haunted locations throughout Chicago and the suburbs.

My sister and I met Dale Kaczmarek, founder of the Ghost Research Society. He invited us to his meetings and we then became members of his group. In 1991 GRS had planned an investigation for Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery. The team members brought their equipment; my mom, sister and I were coming only with our gifts. Someone from the group suggested I bring some infrared film and take pictures of where I sensed activity.

The investigation was done where each member was given a clipboard, a pen and a map of the cemetery. Then everyone except for one person would wait outside of the fenced area. Then one person at a time would walk through Bachelors with our clipboard and whatever equipment they brought with them. As they walked around, they would note where and what they saw, heard and/or felt. Then they would use their equipment to see if they could detect something.

So as I walked through, I’d take pictures where I felt something. My camera was an Olympus automatic 35mm telephoto. As soon as you would take a picture, the camera would automatically wind the film to the next frame. The design of this camera made it impossible to double expose film. After developing my pictures, I found a woman or girl sitting on a broken piece of headstone. I did not see her with my naked eye the day of the investigation, although I believe I may have come across her on a few other occasions later.

The rest is history.

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