Hill-Woody House; Amherst Co., VA
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Hill-Woody House, Amherst Co., VA
November 1, 2008: Hill-Woody House; Amherst Co., VA
The Hill-Woody House was built in 1801 and until about a year ago, had been privately and consistently occupied. The house now stands abandoned and lonely, though one is still impressed by the house’s grandeur and beauty. A comprehensive Historic Structures Investigations Report has been compiled on the house by the Poplar Forest Restoration Field School, and is a wonderful guide for exploring and investigating the grounds of this historic home.
Paranormal reports surrounding the house include that of an older woman in a large hat seen in a little girl’s bedroom, the apparition of a man in a tall hat wandering the grounds, and occasionally the specter of a young girl inside the house. We had the privilege and great fortune to speak with the house’s current owner who grew up in the house and only recently moved out when she became physically unable to care for the estate. The owner reported having items in the house move on their own, seeing on several occassions an entity she lovingly called “Old Nanna”, and as a child, hearing her brother’s stories of interacting with the man in the tall hat.
Most of the activity our group encountered centered around the formal dining room. A team of four investigators experienced what we might consider “intelligent interaction” with possible communication between ourselves and an unseen entity. Several questions were asked that we received immediate and distinct responses to via the K2 EMF meter; the session was fortunately captured on audio and documented with digital still photos. The ghost of Hill-Woody house seems to have a sense of humor, as several “responses” were in conjunction with our own laughter and indicative in later questioning that the entity thought something was “funny”…
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