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Rosewood, Florida On January 1, 1923, Fannie Taylor got into an argument with her lover, after which she received a terrible beating at his hands. Mrs. Taylor didn't know how to cover her clandestine tracks from her husband, so she concocted a story that an unknown black male assaulted her. This sparked a horrible manhunt for an unknown black assailant and resulted in the entire of town of Rosewood being decimated over a period of seven days. The Rosewood Massacre was a terribly dark period in Florida history that brought two towns to their knees - the town of Sumner where the vigilantes gathered and the town of Rosewood, who's unsuspecting residents had no idea of what was to come. Once word got out of what happened to Fannie Taylor and what was being planned, many of the town residents tried to escape. Those that refused to leave were beaten, tortured and terrorized - some were murdered. Others fled into the murky swamp facing unknown dangers to make their way to safety in Chiefland and Gainesville. Rosewood was once a thriving black town of good, hardworking folks. They lived, worked and played with their neighbors - knew them all, only to watch in horror as the people they once valued turned against them in hatred. And for naught .. a lie. We recently visited Rosewood to investigate the energy in the area and paranormal occurrences. We have made a short video of our report, which is below. Our paranormal investigation follows.
Date: September 2, 2007 --- Time:7:00 p.m.Through 1:00 a.m. Location: Rosewood, Levy County, Florida along Highway 24 between Sumner and Ellezey Weather Conditions:Warm, moderate humidity after passing rain shower. Cloudy, no moon visible Site Properties: Rural,heavily forested area with little or no housing visible. Little or no roadway traffic. Dark, unlit country paved roads Investigators: Astoria and Dolphyn Preliminary Investigation: On approach to Rosewood along Route 24 we noticed immediately that the energy changed to a thick, heavy, weighted feel from what we had felt earlier at Fanning Springs, just north about 10 miles. Both Astoria and Dolphyn felt a pulling sadness in the emotional air. Astoria became bombarded with the voices of spirits long since gone. She immediately tuned into the energy in the area and felt herself fill with emotion and tears. We drove out of Rosewood toward Sumner and the feeling was still the same. Only after we crossed over the causeway into Cedar Key did the sensation of deep sadness abate. We cleared ourselves by driving around Cedar Key, taking photos of the setting sun, and the nightlife and activities in this quaint little village. Cedar Key has wonderful, creative energy! We drove back to Rosewood, ready to face our feelings again.
FINDINGS: The terror and heinous acts by one human toward another that occurred in Rosewood so many years ago still lingers in the air, although we did not find the feelings to be scary or negative. Rather, we felt an extreme sadness. One couldn't help but notice that there is nothing there physically in Rosewood except trees and homesteads long since grown over. One home remains and appears to be inhabited, but far be it from us to encroach upon another's privacy. There is an abandoned restaurant and a few abandoned business building that appear to be new, maybe a few years old -- but otherwise, there is no sign physically of the racial riot that happened in 1923. It appears that the people in the area would much rather just let sleeping dogs lie, as it were. However, you cannot escape the emotional and spiritual energy that still exists. Our video capture of a moving orb and of an apparition that appeared to be attracted to Astoria's ability to empathically sense its presence well and away bespeaks of the spiritual essences that continue to live on in the area. We also were overcome by a sense that those who were hurt and wronged by the melee have since healed, but that those who participated in perpetrating the crimes still continue to haunt the area in unrest. We blessed the area at every stop and with every entity that we encountered. At one point, Astoria was so overcome with one of the entities that she almost forgot herself and nearly broke one of our golden rules .. never invite an entity to return with you. Her empathic pain from this being was so strong, that she wanted to take it away from there. However, we both knew that this could not be done and we told the being that it must remain where it was with our prayers and blessings. We performed healing rituals --- our style, which is to silently pray for healing for all those who suffered so horribly in the 1923 debacle and to also pray for those who now suffer the pangs of guilt, that they too may be healed and move forward in their journey. We infused our positive energy into the atmosphere surrounding Rosewood yet still felt sadness when we departed. Bigotry and hatred are terrible emotions. Please join us in sending healing energy to those who continue to suffer. We plan another trip to Rosewood at a later date, perhaps with other metaphysicians and paranormal investigators to increase the power of positivity to help with the healing of the area. |
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Robie Mortin was Eight years old when the first signs of trouble started to rise in Rosewood. Her quick thinking father got her on a train to Chiefland before all hell broke loose. This is Ms. Mortin at the Rosewood dedication in 2004.
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Locator map for Rosewood, Levy Co., Florida
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Here's Astoria fast at work in Cedar Key.
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We watched storm clouds rise as
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Beautiful sunset on the Gulf of Mexico,
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" Black night. The me Excerpt from "The Prisoner"
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Eerie beauty of moss-draped Live Oaks in and
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