Ghost Hunt at Vina Rae’s Graze and Grill 2005
Not since there was a roller skating rink located in the building that houses Vina Rae’s Graze and Grill had I stepped foot inside it.
I honestly have no idea how long ago it has been since I was there last but I would guess around 35 years or so.
That would put me 9 years old at the time so it should be fairly close. I almost expected to see worn places on the hard wood floor
from where my butt slid from falling so many times.
I remember having “a friend” I talked to sometimes at the Avard Roller Rink but I was the only one that could see him.
After being laughed at and teased for talking to no one I tried to ignore him each time I was there although I could hear his comments
towards me each time I fell. Over the years I have forgotten his name or maybe I didn’t even know it.
I vividly remember a time when I had fallen hard and my head slammed into the floor. My ears were ringing and I was almost in tears.
I felt myself being helped to my feet and hearing a woman’s voice saying to me, “let’s go sit for awhile.” I was standing alone in the middle
of the floor when I looked around. My sisters were racing towards me to help their little brother but there was no one else there.
I don’t remember feeling scared at all finding no one around me. Maybe it was due to the fact my head was pounding and my ears were ringing
too much to worry about anything else.
It’s odd how things come full circle in life again and again. Even during those years I was more interested in looking around the building
towards the darker corners than learning how to roller skate and now on 29 October 2005 I returned to look into those very corners.
I had heard just how great the meals were at Vina Rae’s and wanted to check it out for myself so on the Friday before the Ghost Hunt
I took my daughter and her boyfriend there for lunch. I had my heart set on one of the famous hamburgers but when the lady mentioned the
BBQ special I changed my mind. The food was incredible but now I have to return to get my hamburger. I know, eating fantastic food
is a dirty job but someone has to do it so I really don’t mind going back at all!
After ordering our meals I went to the car to get my compass just to see what would happen. There is a certain area in my house where it
reacts very strangely and I wanted to try it there. As soon as I walked in the door from the outside the compass needle spun in a circle
but returned to normal once I passed the area. It started to move again as I was at the entrance to the café but I closed it up before
anyone seen me and thought I had flipped out. I should have felt comfortable using it since the only other people there were Nan,
the other lady, and a deer hunter with his young son but nonetheless I put it away.
After our meal we decided on having pie as well. As I sat there eating the best tasting piece of pie I have had in years I felt a very strong tug on my ear.
My first thought was my hair was caught in my ball cap so I reached to reposition it. That is when I remembered I had just come from the
barbershop that morning and there was no hair to get caught.
I could tell my daughter and her boyfriend was getting restless so we left after finishing our pie. I don’t remember for sure what was
there towards the end of the hallway but it comes to mind there were double doors with small individual glass panes on our left hand side
as we were leaving. There was a light green cast in them as we walked past. Thinking it was a reflection of a decoration I never gave it much
thought until we were driving home and my daughter mentioned it. I wasn’t paying that much attention to the decorations but she said there was
nothing around there that color.
So now I have 3 odd things to think about, the tug on my ear, the compass, and the green “reflection” and it’s only noon. We went back home
taking “murder road” so I could show my daughter the house where the picture of a scare crow face was taken at, where “Annie” (as I call her)
talked to me, and an old shed of some sort where I feel there is a connection to the murder. Even though spirits are always with us we are
braver during the daylight hours when the suns energy masks their presence. We stopped in the road where the shed is and explored the area a little.
Once we were back in the car my daughter reached for her purse to get a cigarette. The purse she had zipped up and put in the floorboard
right before she got out was now unzipped. So now there are 4 odd things to think about but heck, it’s now past noon so that’s not too bad.
The night of the ghost hunt was simply incredible. There were the skeptics, the curious, the ones looking for a thrill, a few out to have a
good time of their own device, and those of us that are true believers in the spirit world. It is us that believe that were given a glimpse
into the spirit world that night as the veil between our worlds is at its thinnest point of the year. The moon was all but gone from the sky so
there was little or no energy from the sun reflected back to the earth to mask the energy from the spirits.
Before the tour of the café began we were treated to a group nighttime trip down murder road. Annie was there along that road with us that night.
Her energy was strong as she was trying to reach out to us. She wanted us to know what had happened. If only we could communicate with her to let
her know that some of us heard her she might find comfort. I don’t think that is possible though until the last of the two men that killed
her is gone from this physical world. One of the men has already passed on and is among the spirits at the café and will never find peace.
Both of the killers knew Annie well. Even then it may not be possible for her to fully rest without the truth being known to all.
Her energy will be return to this earth again someday in a physical form and then she will find her peace.
Inside the building it was simply a hodgepodge of spirits. There are some good and some bad. I hate to use the term bad but please keep in mind
that within my belief there is no devil. We believe that there is evil within us all and we make the choice in life to either suppress it or
let if come forth. So by calling something bad it is not a reference to anything satanistic or demonic but merely a spirit that is not
necessarily a good one. Within the walls for that building there are the spirits of children, adults, and even animals. Most are playful spirits
amusing themselves by doing things to you that make you take notice. You can feel their energy all around you. The energy from that night was not
confined to orbs and such that you only seen on camera pictures.
Off of the café area there is a curtain hanging over an open passageway into a storage area. Inside that room there were different patterns of light
you could see with the naked eye. Some patterns slowly drifted about and others were rapidly darting thru the walls and about the room.
One particular purple ball of energy, or “orb” if you choose to call it that, rapidly passed thru the wall of that room and a second later
could be seen in the darkened kitchen.
Inside of the kitchen area the sounds of rustling feet, and faint other noises could be heard. They were not loud enough to make out what
they were but they were certainly coming from the kitchen area and seemed to be coming from an area where there is a deep stainless steel sink.
I’m a plumber by trade from days gone by so I know the sounds I heard were not sounds that could be associated with anything normal for a kitchen area.
Shadows changed shapes around a water heater in the corner. All in all it was a very soothing experience as if the spirits were just carrying
along with their normal routine paying no attention to, or most likely not noticing, those of us around.
Two areas of the hallway in the building were not so pleasant. Right by the front door to the building where the compass spun in circles the day
before was a feeling of not belonging. It was if what ever spirit was there was not a happy one and wanted everyone to leave. It was also in that
area where the shadows took on shapes that gave off a bad feeling.
At the north end of the hallway there is an area they described as being a vortex. The first couple of times I walked thru it I felt nothing.
The final time I passed thru the area it felt at least 10 degrees colder than the other times. A few feet past that on the left there is a short hallway
leading to some place unknown to me. I wanted to explore it but froze as soon as I started down the hall. I just felt that what ever was there did not
want me there. I looked up at the end of the short hall and the ceiling area seemed to be extremely active with dark shadows. They would seem to
go upwards thru the ceiling and come back thru it again.
Regardless of anyone’s religious beliefs, or lack there of, there is no denying that Vina Rae’s Grill and Graze is located in a building that is a
very active place for the spirit world. I’m sure there are some that were either too self indulged or closed minded enough to not have experienced
the mysterious world of the spirits. I’m going back there as often as I can armed with a better camera, tape recorder, and any other device I
can buy or borrow along the way to find out all I can. I will have to wait until the veil is thin again to get the full experience I had that night
but I have no doubt there is always activity going on around the café.
Blessed Be One and All My Friends
Pictures Coming Soon or so I hope
