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by Mr. Meaulnes on August 20th, 2007
Yes, just a few nights ago on my way back from the library.
No particular reason, I just had some free time before I was expected home, and I felt like spending that time in the little cemetery which is conveniently located about ten minutes walk from my home.
I like cemeteries, they're very tranquil and quiet, and as strange as this must sound, I truly enjoy spending time with the dead people.
Whenever I stumble upon a cemetery, I try to spend as much time as possible examining the tombstones, reading and making an effort to remember the names and dates on them, and sometimes even performing a little gentle maintenance on them as well (Removing grass, cleaning and polishing, etc).
by MIA on August 21st, 2007
Yes in my younger days that was the place everybody went parking....LOL :P
by I love my baby on August 20th, 2007
I went to the cemetary in the evening and it was very dark when I left. July 27th was Jimmy's birthday and I wanted to spend some time with him.
by DreAnna on August 20th, 2007
Yes. To have a one sided angry discussion with a head stone..LOL
by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on August 20th, 2007
Yes, to see the statue of "Jesus" move. It actually looked like it was dancing.
by celticmoonlight on March 4th, 2009
yep used to be every night now its only a couple of times every few weeks me and my boyfriend would go on these long walks rest for a while on the benches in the graveyard then walk back
by Vampyre Bat on November 28th, 2007
Yes. I was pledging a fraternity in college.
by Nurse_Lizziebee dreaming ninja on August 21st, 2007
Yes I was not in good form and I went to clear my head and have a good moan to my grandma :(
by Shopping Sheryl - home from the hospital on August 20th, 2007
Yup. Back when hazing was allowed, all sorority pledges had to stay overnight in the cemetary near the college.
by TheSockPuppeT on January 27th, 2009
I didn't intentionally visit one at night. I had to go in one, due to the fact I kicked my soccer ball over the cemetery wall by accident. Whilst in there in the pitch black I felt strange but not scared at all. I did find my ball after about ten minutes.
by Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH on October 26th, 2008
Yes I have. There was even a full moon and wispy blowing clouds. And no, it was quiet and peaceful and beautiful, not spooky. But I'm not afraid of things like that either, so someone else might've gotten spooked.
by anucha123 on October 26th, 2008
Yes I have, and no, it wasn't
by Mr. Josh on August 21st, 2007
I've never been to a cemetary.
by Challenger on August 20th, 2007
Yes, to drink beer on top of our friends grave and reminise of how he was greatly missed. Missing you Hans!
by Sunshine on October 26th, 2008
Yup, for some stupid reason when I was younger a couple friends and wanted to play a Quji board in a cemetary at night on Halloween. It wasn't that creepy I think cuz there were like 5 or 6 of us. I get freaked easily so if there wasn't so many I probably would've been scared.
by Jamalbi7 on November 15th, 2008
Yes, we used to go and get coffee at Dunkin Donuts and I would ask to stop at this nearby cemetery to just look at it. It is a cemetery very dear to my heart and in a way I wanted to make sure no funny business was going on. I am very protective of the cemeteries I go to but that one in particular was nearby and happenned to be one of my favorites. We never got out of the car though.
by G_tech on June 21st, 2008
Many times, mostly work related as hubby and I manage the local cemetery's in a town. 1 is 3.3 miles towards town and the other is about 8-9 past us at the base of a small range of mountains, a old pioneer cemetery.
One in town we have been in at night to work on sprinklers or when the police called about about a open window in the office and the old we have been out on Halloween night to make sure no problems.
Personally I go there to at night, the town one as both my parents are buried there and have a chat with them, just have to get some things of my chest and its always so peaceful there.
by Roselynn...unregistered text offender... on June 17th, 2008
Yes.
My friend Charles came over at one in the morning, and said he wanted to go to his fathers grave.
So we went. Had to jump a fence, but in the end, it was a peaceful walk around the cemetery.
by Firebrand on January 27th, 2009
Yes loads of times.
by Indigo- in the library with the revolver on June 17th, 2008
Yeah -- I'm really not sure. It was with some friends and all we did was walk around and look at the headstones.
I do like cemeteries though, I wish there was a nice one within walking distance from me. One without ants. :(
by Worzel on January 27th, 2009
When I was in the Army we done an all night stake out in a very large Cemetary, waiting for the enemy. :o)
by rottingcadaver on June 17th, 2008
Yeah, heaps of times, I go to my cemetery everyday and as often as I can at night. It's the largest graveyard in the southern hemisphere and it's 30 seconds away from my home. It is my favourite place to be.
by Werewolf87 on March 4th, 2009
A few times. the most memmorable was in New Orleans. I played Hide and Go Seek with my volunteer group. The grave yard was in the shadow of the church we stayed at. Just in case you don't know. the graves, there, are ALL above ground. making it creepier. One of the girls claimed to have seen a ghost of an old man dressed in white come out of one grave and into the another.
by Hypatia on January 27th, 2009
A number of times, here in a little villages of the Ecuadorian rain forest. We were looking for phosphorescen fungi, so we had to find way into dangerous cementeries always during heavy rains. Cementeries are perfect because there is a lot of old decaying wood.
by thedemonmarchosias on March 9th, 2009
lots of times and for different reasons. in high school it was to ditch people at to scare the $%^& out of them ;) then other times for halloween or as a place to kind of meditate and dwell on my thoughts. i go these days to take pictures. you can really get great shots at the older ones.
by MrWitch on January 27th, 2009
I used to live next to one, and walked the dog there many times. If the weather was ok, the cats used to come along too.
What is the price of headstones in Hungary?
by Answerbag Staff on January 2nd, 2011
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When the dead get buried why is it 6ft under and not 5 or even 8ft?
by Francisco_L on November 30th, 2010
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Where would you find Thurgood Marshall buried?
by Answerbag Staff on December 31st, 2010
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How long does it take to set a headstone in a graveyard?
by Answerbag Staff on August 3rd, 2010
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are people really buried "6feet under"?
by unfulfilled11 on February 4th, 2011
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Thanks for answering, RFlagg. +
by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on August 20th, 2007
Welcome.
If you ask me, the dead just don't get the respect they deserve anymore.
I mean, on the one hand it's kind of archaic and outdated to attach that much importance to people's buried remains, but that's one old tradition that I like.
by Mr. Meaulnes on August 20th, 2007
That is so kind of you. I am the same exact way. I feel that it is a shame the way some cemeteries are not tended to and how some even go there with evil intent. All I can think is Why? and hope they won't get away with it.
by Jamalbi7 on November 15th, 2008
Well done, mate. Good to see you looking after them. + 3 points and thanks!
by NiCkIzBacK on June 9th, 2009