tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post8703832154969005599..comments2024-03-28T08:56:49.153-07:00Comments on Davelandblog: Traveling Thursdays: Poltergeist...The REAL StoryDavelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-14300647179628336992019-09-09T12:46:33.720-07:002019-09-09T12:46:33.720-07:00Today is September 9, 2019, and I just saw this bl...Today is September 9, 2019, and I just saw this blog from 2010. I was looking at your photo of the tombstone of Anton Sonka and saw Robin's Egg Bleu comment. Anton Sonka came from Bohemia with his brother Joseph, and Joseph is my husband's great great uncle, so the little girl whom Kimi played with was Robin. Kimi Sonka is Anton's great great great niece and she has two brothers. You Dave are related to them as cousins (don't ask me how many times removed). I am Carol Widdop-Sonka, only related by marriage and love.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670277291858687786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-91468750083171337192010-07-09T06:55:01.968-07:002010-07-09T06:55:01.968-07:00Per the Whaley House in Old Town...the Whaley'...Per the Whaley House in Old Town...the Whaley's 18 month old son, Thomas Jr., who died of scarlet fever and supposedly haunts the house (but I worked there for 5 years and don't believe that) is buried under Interstate 5 adjacent to Old Town.<br /><br />Per El Campo Santo cemetery in Old Town a block away from the Whaley House...the persons buried under the street and sidewalks are marked by little metal discs embedded in the concrete and asphalt. There are houses built over parts of the old cemetery, so I wonder if the residents have had weird occurences.Robin's Egg Bleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940955157144789351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-61677270716616150022010-07-09T06:17:59.798-07:002010-07-09T06:17:59.798-07:00Awesome post/ creepy story...
Howard hughes is bu...Awesome post/ creepy story...<br /><br />Howard hughes is buried here in Houston and I have visited his grave a few times.Donniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967754816339025176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-21317774490676070702010-07-09T05:44:52.961-07:002010-07-09T05:44:52.961-07:00Major - you need to go back and get a photo of tha...Major - you need to go back and get a photo of that! Lannie - No - I can't believe I never noticed Liz was there! Ha! Robin's - If I'm related to Kimi, it would be very distantly; I don't know her. Thanks for the info on the other cemetery - hadn't heard that one. Mike - that really boggles my mind that the city could do that...well, if they could let Casa Bandini leave Old Town, then I guess paving over a cemetery shouldn't amaze me!Davelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-66698543743019308572010-07-08T22:59:33.491-07:002010-07-08T22:59:33.491-07:00Dave:
Looks like this is a common event in San Di...Dave:<br /><br />Looks like this is a common event in San Diego! In Old Town, two blocks South of the Whaley House on San Diego Avenue, is EL CAMPO CEMETERY built in 1849. This graveyard ALSO had most of it's markers and headstones removed and the bodies left burried! The first time was in 1889 to place a horse-drawn streetcar line right-of-way. Over the years, homes and businesses and streets and sidewalks covered up most of the unmarked bodies. You can still visit the remaining "stones" today. One of it's remaining guests is that of "Yankee Jim" the first recorded resident ghost of the Whaley House, who was hanged on the same property house was built! (on the site of the former town gallows!) I wonder how many people eating and shopping know there are 19th Century citizens below them!!MIKE COZARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616421722228113410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-18852938372101035162010-07-08T19:33:08.206-07:002010-07-08T19:33:08.206-07:00My hometown has a park that used to be a cemetary ...My hometown has a park that used to be a cemetary as well. The park also has a similar marker with everyone's name on it. Most of the headstones were saved and have been moved around over the years. They are currently in storage. It's kind of sad they couldn't have just stayed where they were!<br /><br />By the way, I want to be cremated!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-31395172843554169902010-07-08T19:04:45.155-07:002010-07-08T19:04:45.155-07:00Great post! I didn't realize you were San Dieg...Great post! I didn't realize you were San Diego based? I've always loved to take the kiddies to this park and tell them the history of it.<br /><br />It's unfortunate what happened here, and these things seem to happen to cemeteries everywhere.<br /><br />Do you know about the cemetery that's under I-5 at Old Town San Diego? They moved only two bodies before constructing the freeway. These were military personnel, so I suppose they were more worthy of respect in the mind of the city.<br /><br />I see the name of Sonka on your great grandfather's stone. I used to play with a little girl named Kimi Sonka (think her name was really Kimberly) when I lived over by San Diego State. It's not a common name...any relation to you?Robin's Egg Bleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940955157144789351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-67373288732626998702010-07-08T17:08:27.393-07:002010-07-08T17:08:27.393-07:00Dave, you are the best! I'm so glad I know you...Dave, you are the best! I'm so glad I know you. :) What a great post. I wonder if Ken Kramer knows about this?<br /><br />btw, did you notice Elizabeth Taylor is on that mass gravestone?<br /><br />~ Lanniepixiegirltinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593902419901186045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-35855216821537526802010-07-08T09:36:49.049-07:002010-07-08T09:36:49.049-07:00whoa! that's a neat story! definitely 'p...whoa! that's a neat story! definitely 'poltergeistey'!<br /><br />thanks, dave!thepicklebarrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00257806661675722436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-6253240607272541892010-07-08T08:25:00.261-07:002010-07-08T08:25:00.261-07:00I went to a cemetary in the town where my dad and ...I went to a cemetary in the town where my dad and his family lived, and there was a tombstone with MY name on it, only the person died in the 1930's. Turned out to be a distant relative who died in childhood. I didn't have a camera with me, unfortunately.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-64886357247609415622010-07-08T08:03:38.933-07:002010-07-08T08:03:38.933-07:00Wow Connie - THAT is very cool. So far, I haven...Wow Connie - THAT is very cool. So far, I haven't heard any voices at Calvary Cemetery....but the bumps in the ground are creepy enough!Davelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-21489544836832154132010-07-08T07:30:27.787-07:002010-07-08T07:30:27.787-07:00Oh my god! What a great post, on so many levels!!...Oh my god! What a great post, on so many levels!!! I too, love visiting cemetaries. (Glad you understand, LOL) I love taking pictures there, too. What a shame about this place. I want to go visit!!! I love your photos. I have to tell you a story about an old cemetary in Riverside, CA. It had been abandoned for quite a while and the historical society was trying to clean it up and protect it from vandals, etc. You know how long these projects take, especially when they depend on donations from the public. Well, at the time, I didn't know all of this was going on, I just thought "Oooh creepy place - I must explore!"<br /><br />So there I am walking around when all of a sudden, in my head, I heard STOP!.. I stopped and looked around and right next to me was a tombstone so I read it - nothing spectacular until I noticed the date he died: 2-7-1907. Then it dawned on me that I was standing there EXACTLY 100 years to the day that he died. I got chills. I even spoke out loud and said "OK, you've got my attention, now what"? Luckily, I got no response!Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.com