Subj: [ParanormalFlorida] Last Night's Investigation Report  
Date: 8/29/2004 12:21:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time 
From: AngelOfThyNight@aol.com  
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Colby Lake & Ruins


This is where it all started and this is where the real adventure would begin, as this is what I would like to call the heart of Cassadaga that we were heading to. We walked down a twisted dirt road the area was very wooded and the moon was breeching through the clouds. The first area I took everybody is the Indian trails which ran off along the tree line. The moon reflecting off the lake and fog rolling in really was like a scene from a horror movie.

We studied the trail head then started our journey into the woods. When you read the history on these woods you will be shocked there is more here to this area then what others know and I had hoped we could seek it out.

We hiked down the trail and you could see it was ripped from hurricane Charley trees covered the path even but we all managed to climb over them and we came to some very wide open areas and clearings. The trail ran along Lake Colby and the frogs were extremely loud. I ate a bug but that’s a long story me and my loud mouth!

I did not hear much until we got very deep into the woods and a branch broke close by. At this point I felt as if we were not alone. Everybody mentioned to me they felt watched or that something was with us.  I was enjoying the hike more then the paranormal there is nothing like getting out there with mother nature and exploring.

We ended up somehow missing Watson's crossings and ended up in a clearing surrounded with a lot of trees, under brush, vines my spot light hit the top of some garage roof. John and I climbed deep into the brush walking over vines I ate a spider web and we stood in front of a rusted garage made out of tin and aluminum. 

Both of us did not like it just that it did not feel right we could barely even see the rest of the group. Then I turned to my right and seen a long cabin buried by vines. We entered it but I could feel as if something was watching us from inside of it and they were not good feelings. We went inside and observed scratch marks but giant ones they looked like something was trying to get out or something had giant claws and was scratching at the wood logs inside the cabin. Was this the fabled creature that I was told about doing this? John said it reminded him of hands trying to claw at the wall. 

We walked back out and through more brush along the edge we followed when John said hey Rick is that a wall I did not see it till I looked harder noticed another building buried by forest, trees, vinery. We saw also a large stone stairwell then we knew this was the site of the Colby House which was built in the 1800s by the first settler and founder of the Cassadaga Spiritualist Community.

John and I made our way through the brush this time it was thicker in this area we could barely move. John looked looked like a puppet on strings as he was caught all up in the vines I was laughing to myself then my leg was caught and wrapped around I was like oh. We arrived at a storage shed it was eerie lots of old things inside an old stove, chairs, fridge etc. Also there was a hole like someone had been digging it looked fairly fresh as it did not cave in despite the hole was dug inside the shed which has a sandy bottom. I started to shuffle my foot in the bottom of the hole then stopped figured maybe if something is buried there it would be best not to know about it. We made our way back out of there and discovered ruins of an old fire place which just sat in the middle of everything. Yet the foundation was higher then the fireplace so we thought this was odd.

Eventually we made our way out of the park and everybody took a rest. John and I went up to the lake then headed on over to a playground. We went down a slide I took a photo cut of John’s head and he tried to take one of me but the camera didn’t take the photo so I got all wet and sandy for kicks. We then went on the swings and the whole swing set was shaking lol I guess they do not build these things for PGS investigators after all.

We eventually headed on off out of Colby Park stopped to get a few sodas and a group of people came out of nowhere down the road I honestly did not like the impression I had of the two men perhaps because recently there is a couple guys that been going into the park at night and assaulting people. So if anybody goes here at night just heed my warning those are the guys. I just know some things.

But with ease we made our way over to the Colby Temple same area them guys were headed but somehow they disappeared.