Spooky in Savannah

Stairs down to River Street, Savannah GA

A night of reverie and laughter

Libations and cheer

Brought women together

For a friend, so dear.

Twas late in the evening

Whilst lightning flashed overhead

A night of levity interrupted

by the lure of the dead.

"Follow me to a place down by the river," the man said.

Clothes clinging to bodies

All sticky with sweat

They followed the man

Promised a sight

They might not soon forget.

Through thick air they pressed

Down stairs and an alley

They bantered and frolicked

Half-wary, half-weary

Over cobblestones

Toward a darkness so dreary!

Do you believe in apparitions,

Residual energy

Ripples in time?

I had my thoughts,

How they've changed.

Oh, my.

River Street, Savannah GA. This photo has not been retouched. Shot with iPhone 4.

When first gazing into the cavern

Rumored to have once held grain,
Maybe munitions,
Quite possibly human pain,

A milky darkness screamed mute secrets,

Revealing no names.

River Street, Savannah GA. This photo has not been retouched. Shot with iPhone 4.

I had the chance to visit Savannah for a whirlwind weekend trip for my friend Adriana's 40th birthday last weekend. The evening we went out to celebrate we came across a friend of hers who gives haunted ghost tours. Within minutes of meeting him, we followed him to the place shown in these pictures.

These spaces were illuminated with small fluorescent lightbulbs that cast a drab grey light. Where this green came from I have NO idea. What I can tell you is that none of my other friends' cameras picked up this ghastly green that reminded me of Ghost Hunters.

Left us all feeling a little creeped-out.

What do you think?