Paranormal Underground - Topic: Cemetery Question

cowbud on Cemetery Question

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:18:32 -0800

Around here, the story is that the fences were to keep coyotes etc. from digging up the bodies, back before there were vaults and such

Funandgames on Cemetery Question

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:26:26 -0800

I was about 9 when my great-grandfather died. We went to the funeral, gravesite, etc and I was a little concerned that the cemetary was about a quarter-mile from his house-where we were staying with great-grandma.

The only thing was this was two or three nights after I saw Night of the Living Dead, so I spent a sleepless night watching for him to walk up to the front door...

on Cemetery Question

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:20 -0800

There are 2 by me one is an older small (1 Acre) the other is Huge and neither have fences. As a kid my sister told me that when driving past a cemetery without a fence to not breathe so I would not breathe in any spirits which I still do to this day /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

When we were kids, like elementary school age, we'd hold our breath while walking or driving past cemeteries years and years ago. Though for us it didn't matter if it had a fence or not! I still think of that as an adult, too. Isn't that funny how it works?

There's a cemerty by Cleveland, OH where my Grandpa is burried. He died when I was only 5. To this day, every time I drove past that cemetery with my Mom she yells "HI GRAMPAAAAA!". That's been going on for almost 30 years now...

Traditions are traditions!

movieman1500 on Cemetery Question

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:26:18 -0800

There are 2 by me one is an older small (1 Acre) the other is Huge and neither have fences. As a kid my sister told me that when driving past a cemetery without a fence to not breathe so I would not breathe in any spirits which I still do to this day /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Willa Taylor on Cemetery Question

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:21:16 -0800

There are two cemeteries within my county. One is a "Forest Lawn" they are very elaborate and have a huge cinderblock wall to keep people from messing with graves. They even have police throughout the place on a regular basis. People here take their graves very seriously. The other cemetery is only known as "The old cemetery". It is very old and people are no longer buried there. Although there are flowers now and then. There is a chain link fence because sadly a lot of people have vandalized it before. One group cut the head off an angel.

I have seen at least one cemetery without a fence though, it was Los Angelus Chinatown and was for Buddhists. Although I heard according to their faith there are no ghosts, the soul just gets reincarnated. Which is odd because I know I've heard some Buddhist ghost stories before. It was a beautiful cemetery I might add.

I think the hollywood hills cemetery has no fence either, but I might be wrong.

on Cemetery Question

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:21:37 -0700

I've seen both in KS and TX. I assumed it had to do with property boundaries and to keep out vandals.

GhostBreakers on Cemetery Question

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:32:19 -0700

We also have to remember that the garden type cemetery is relatively new, 19th century.

They were designed to attract people for more than just burial. Older burial sites were random plots, areas or church yards that used fences to designate boundaries.

I do recall reading once that several hundred years ago a superstition of fencing did play a part in confining the dead.

Gene Melvin on Cemetery Question

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:59:22 -0700

The cemeteries around here are 50/50. Half have fences, half do not. Being familiar with several local cemetery boards, the main and only reason for a fence is for looks. Actually, the main cemetery in town here that I go to all the time wants to have a fundraiser to raise funds to put in a decorative front fence on the property. Some cemeteries have fences on the sides to show the property line since usually on either side of them are residential property. There are several here that like was mentioned before are adjoined on the back end by woods.

Cemeteries are businesses also. Decorative fences make their grounds look good, and hopefully attract clientelle. (Not to sound morbid) The more people who come in to buy lots for their future use, the better off the cemeteries are....basic economics.

NoWhammies on Cemetery Question

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:37:57 -0700

There is a cemetery about four blocks from my house with no fence. It's actually in some guy's front yard - it is the old pioneer cemetery. He bought the land on which it sits and built his house at the top of the hill with the cemetery down below. Rumor has it he moved graves to do it.

on Cemetery Question

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:13:00 -0700

Around here, depends on the owner of the cemetery. A lot of catholic, or religious based, cemeteries are fenced, yet the city owned or open cemeteries are not fenced.

MysticalKnight on Cemetery Question

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:19:44 -0700

You know, I've NEVER noticed a cemetery around here without a fence/gate. I'll be sure to keep looking!

duckie7694 on Cemetery Question

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:48:34 -0700

All the cemetaries I have seen have fences, I only thought they were for security reasons. My grandma in Oklahoma lives next to the old small town cemetary, they have a fence. I had no idea that the cemetary was so close to the house until the next day that I was there. Will Sampson, Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, is buried there, he is Creek Indian like me.

RyanNREMTP on Cemetery Question

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:35:31 -0700

I agree, most are just simple fences around here like I said and there is one that I go to that has an old cast iron fence that goes about it about 2/3 of the way. It's little things like this that I noticed that stick out in my mind.

Ghostly Designs, where abouts in far North Texas are you? I used to live in Dallas for 4 years before moving back south to Waco.

Perpetual Persuit on Cemetery Question

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:28:00 -0700

Some cemeteries have fences simply for aesthetic purposes. Sounds like a simple answer, but it's the truth.

HeidiAnn67 on Cemetery Question

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:18:31 -0700

I've never really thought about it, but now that you mention it all the cemeteries around me have fences.

Like GhostlyDesigns though there are ones that just have a simple fence in the front and the other 3 sides

are defined by woods. Now that I think about it all 3 cemeteries in the small town I grew up in are like this.

Fence in the front and woods around the other 3 sides. So unless woods can "hold things in' nothing is being

held in, and obviously nothing is being kept out either. I guess it's probably just to define the boundaries, or

for aesthetic reasons in some cases. The Catholic cemetery has an ornate fence, the town cemetery has just

a green pipe that runs between pillars and the third cemetery has a modern chain link fence.