Cemeteries After Dark: Creepy Happenings at Cemeteries

 

Cemeteries close at sunset and there's a reason. Anyone at a cemetery at night is not up to any good. In fact, it's illegal to enter after dark. Anything that happens then, is bound to be criminal. Here's some cases -

Abandoned Cemeteries in the Woods

 

 

I remember camping in Maryland one time as a kid. I went wandering through the forest away from the campsite. I literally stumbled over a a headstone covered in vines. When I pulled the vines back and realized what it was, I looked up to see other shapes under a canopy of brambles. Nearby, the foundation of a long-ago cabin. 

A family graveyard long forgotten? That thought gave me a shiver. 

Beautiful and Haunting Cemetery Imagery

Cemeteries are memorial parks. These quiet shadowy locations often become a sanctuary for stray cats, birds, and other wildlife that finds sanctuary among trees and grass, regular watering, and rare human contact. 

But they are also the most graceful and sometimes the most neglected and tragic spots on earth. Let's look at how beautifully lonely they can be - 

Photographing Cemeteries

Cemeteries are a kind of spiritual park. You wander the quiet grounds that are almost never crowded, and see a lot of nature that took over because man barely visits (a statement on memorials). 

My tips for photographing a cemetery are below. You don't usually think of it as a very photogenic place, but cemeteries are beautiful sites with sometimes hauntingly creepy statues and chipped ancient headstones. If you pick a cloudy day, the atmosphere is ideal to get some somber and even Halloween-vibe inspirations for a yard haunt design. I enjoy going to be with prior people who in their own ways changed the world with their butterfly effect.