Michigan is so full of ancient mysteries, local legends, unexplained phenomena and haunted cemeteries. I know that the number one reason you all follow along this blog is to take part in our crazy adventures (riiiight, let's just pretend for this week, at least!) and so you're all just going to be so frightened with the spooky adventures that we are going to risk our lives for. Ooooooh!
There is an urban legend in Comstock Park, just 30 minutes east of our quaint little beach town. It's about an apparition of a woman in a green Victorian-style dress, observed kneeling and weeping at the grave of a child, in the Mill Creek Cemetery (a.k.a. Lamoreaux Cemetery). She is lovingly named The Green Lady. People have searched everywhere and nobody is able to come up with anything on her or this creepy cemetery.
(blazer - thrifted | socks, floral zip top - urban outfitters
connect the dots dress - c/o urban 1972 | heels - t.j. maxx)
This cemetery is a unique one. It's hidden from view, and there is no road to it, only old stone stairs up a hill. It is very overgrown. Once inside the cemetery, there are graves in the side of the hill, scattered way into the woods, in some very odd places. It is not a large cemetery. People have been told it is abandoned. Most of the gravestones date back to the 1800's. We did locate a grave of a child all by itself. I wonder if that is the one she is supposedly seen kneeling by? The cemetery itself is not marked at all, no signs or anything. - Dave, Grand Rapids Area Paranormal Enthusiasts via Weird Michigan.
After reading about this urban legend, it was such an adventure to map out this cemetery with Brett, climb up the old creepy stone stairs and come upon this creepy old cemetery on the top of a hill in a very hidden spot. We found the stand alone child's gravestone, the very gravestone that is said to be haunted by The Green Lady. Ooooh! I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight! I'll be tossing and turning all night..! ;)
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Tieka! Pretty gals with their husbands in spooky graveyards is HOW urban legends get started!
Sigh.
I love you and your adventures. ;)
This reminds me of that one time a few summers ago when I went to a local "haunted graveyard" with a group of friends. We had the huge flashlights and everything. To be truthful, not too much happened, but it was the fear and anticipation that was the most exciting part. Perhaps you two need to go back when it's nighttime when the ghosts truly come out? :D
I love how you wore green socks to the supposed site of the Green Lady-- I'm sure she would've appreciated that. What a cool adventure! I thought the "scared" facial expressions of yours were appropriate too, haha.
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Oh Tieka, what a great post! You've inspired me to do at least one spooky post on my blog :]
Scary post! Great for Halloween! I love the pop of green in your outfit though.
i saw this post in my blogger dashboard and i was like OMG she dyed her hair! the tiny version of the first pic totally made it seem like you did! and when i blew it up it looked like your hair was WAAAAY darker in the first photo.
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Ohhh I love this! Those stairs are awesome.
Haha I love this post! Wish we had some haunted cemeteries around here. Spooky! Love your poses! (;
haha So cute! I can't wait for the next spooky adventure!
I love this Tieka. I really do.
how cute. you have great sense of fashion. i love your hair!
i'm spooked now! oh man, but it's such a great post for the Halloween month :) You look adorable as always.
Fourth photo down is the best. Really it is my absolute favorite. Oh and thanks for being all spooky right before I fall asleep, the green lady will be haunting my dreams. ;)
such an interesting post! you look lovely, the green socks are perfect for the story, too. ^^
wow, love reading stories like this one!!
I love that shirt so much!! You look gorgeous! :) Very very chic!
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ahh i wish i didn't read your post until the morning!!! haha it's 1:36am here right now. i am such a weakling when it comes to those kinds of stories!
i love those socks!! and your pictures are so cute!
p.s. you have such an awesome blog!!!
that last one - nice, truly great!
Oh I'm going to enjoy this week so much seeing these posts! I love this shoot and your "running away" and "saw a ghost" pose. You are adorable Tieka!
Congrats on your new job too!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOU GORGEOUS! Now I wanna scream! It's too too cool. Can't wait to see your stuff :)
I LOVED reading this! This whole post is so perfect - the spooky graveyard, your little green socks, your expressions, the whole story behind it. Ah, I love it.
Is it completely lame that I freaked myself out reading this? (I'm all alone in my flat and it's late at night, ok?!) Hehe ;)
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I got chills reading that story!
You look amazing - best graveyard roaming outfit I've ever seen! ;)
Ooooh spooky!! I'm planning on doing some pics in our nearby graveyard, it's VERY near, in fact if I could step out the window, I would be stop next to the graves =O But I think graveyards look really spooky right now with all the autumn leaves around them especially =D
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Everyday I reward myself with a cup of tea and a read of your blog. It's my WELL DONE for actually doing some work for my degree. It's gorgeous. I'm so glad you love Autumn, because it's my favourite season too. You've inspired me to take pictures of my friends and I in pretty dresses surrounded by leaves!
amazing photos!
Great story and really misterious places ;)
I love the print mix and above all your green socks, good detail for the legend.
Your hair is so cute in these pictures!
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Is the grave in the first two pictures the child's grave where the Green Lady goes? I'm heaps excited to read your posts over the next week!
Love Steph
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The cemetary pictures are haunting and beautiful. I love your touch of green, what a unique idea.
xxL
I don't think I've been on the Weird Michigan website in years, so I'm really excited to read about the creepy things here!
You're outfit is adorable, I love the green socks. Perfect!
I love the pattern mixing. It is really refreshing.
Really beautiful, love the combination!
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Nice outfit :)
such a fabulous post my dear!! so inspiring hearing your ideas for posts over halloween! must take a leaf outta your book!! :) x
oh my, i love this dress!!
i really, really want it!!
and the socks and blazer work so well with it.
I love yours and bret's adventures :]]]
Charlotte xxx
suuppper creepy!
this location, that is.
daaang... brave and tasteful. Actually, I learned how to drive (when I was 16) at the cemetery, hehe.
At Aquinas College, the main administration Holmdene (the huge brick building covered in ivy), is absolutley haunted. Everyone always sees lights flicker on and off at night and there's a little girl who wanders the halls. It's very creepy at nighttime! <3
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Love your green socks :) You don't mean... it 's you?! The ghost blogger..
What another great adventure! That fourth picture looks like a still from a scary movie. I love your emerald green socks. Great thrifted blazer too!
haha love this post! you look so cute and I love that you're wearing green socks!! hope the lady in green didn't see you, she might get mad ^.~
Just by seeing these photos I can tell that you would be an amazing actress ;-)
p.s, love the socks!
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uuuugghhh, The fact that the cemetary is abandoned is the scariest part of all!! The way you described it, it sounds like Pet Semetary. ahhhhh!!!
I can't wait to see the rest of this series. I love the scared pictures. The green socks are a nice tribute to the Green Lady.
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I like all the fun places you go to take photographs. I wish I had more time to do this! Ps - Great booties. Love the green. And booties is a funny word :D
I'm up for your adventures! I love reading ghost stories, so I'm looking forward to what you have coming up this week! Sometimes I get bored reading the same stories over and over again, I'm not really sure if I know any from Michigan? I guess that's a good thing so these will all be fresh to me. haha
Haha. I love the photo of you looking like you are running away scared. So cute. Looking forward to the rest of your halloween posts. :)
We have a green lady cemetery in Connecticut! I stay away... I'm a fraidy cat.
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Such a great photo-shoot! Love the green socks :)
Ahh I wanna go there at night!
haha the green lady? sounds soo interesting! i love your adventures, haha, you lead such an exciting life tieka!! :)
i LOVE cemeteries!!! they're so creepy and eerie, and yet, oddly peaceful at the same time. i get scared VERY easily, so stories like this freak me out. but i still kind of love them and find them fascinating. ;)
The thought of a stand-alone child's grave in an abandoned cemetery breaks my heart, though I suppose it is very old and there is no one left to visit. :(
I like cemeteries too, and that one is very pretty between the trees. If you guys ever go to Paris do check out Pere Lachaise, it's gorgeous.
Wasn't it hard to clamber through the forest on heels?
In any case, glad you're doing these posts, I really like local stories and legends!
those green socks just pop!! love it! :D
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you pull off the sock and heel look so well!!!!! Love it!
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Love the color of your socks.
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That dress is gorgeous (the socks and hells as well). Ahah! I loved your themed post, so creative! Can't wait for the next one ;)
<3, Jo
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such a great Halloween-y post. I love the color of your socks!
I super LOVE spooky story especially in the month of October! You guys really made it to the cemetery! I bet nobody would want to go to one with me to take pictures! It's so amazing that those gravestones dated the year of 1800s. So ancient! (;
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Ha! I'm glad i'm not the only one to get so excited by all things halloween.
Loving this spooky style post ;)
I love this look and your pictures are great!! Can't wait to read more about all your adventures in MI! And congrats on your new job!
I love these kind of adventures! I used to go and take photos of abandoned places and cemeteries and all some years ago and it was the most interesting hobby I've ever had.
Well, we didn't look as chic as you do in the cemetery ;)
Creepy! I love old cemeteries. These pictures are great. And so is your outfit!
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Love the shoes and the green socks! So chic! That floral top is gorgeous too!
That is soooo cool!
I wish we had a legend related to our spooky cemetary!
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