A True Ghost Story

Drums in the Night
Sleepy Hollow, MS> This is a true and scary ghost story. When we
first purchased the Mysterious Christmas Place, we were excited
and spent a lot of time exploring. Bow season started and my brother,
Paul, and I decided to spend four days hunting and exploring around
the property. My father Hershel came with us. He hunted that
afternoon while we went exploring along the bluffs. We happened
upon the large Indian Mound and decided that we would dig it up
to see if we could find any indian artifacts. We rushed to camp,
got shovels, returned and started digging that very afternoon.
We dug down in the mound about four feet without finding anything.
It was getting late and we returned to camp. We were hoping to
finish on Sunday.
The next day was spent deer hunting (with no results). That night
as we got off of our stands below the bluff, we could hear what
sounded like drums beating up at the Indian Mound. Very low and soft
but definitely drums.
Later that night, standing in the backyard we could hear them
a little louder. The next day we hunted and the same thing occured,
except that this time the drums were louder and that night we could
hear them beating close to the rear of the camp. We shined lights,
but nothing could be seen. In the middle of the night the noise
became so loud we stayed awake till dawn.
My father (who could sleep through a tornado) finally awoke to the
loud noises and we told him about the drums beating and the big hole
we had left in the top of the mound. The next morning he escorted us
to the mound and watched as we filled in the hole, smoothed the ground
and put everything back as close as possible to the way we found it.
We never heard the drums again.