League of Paranormal Investigators.

Arch Creek Park
LPI Florida - March 2009

Imagine it is a sunny bright morning and you are walking along a trail in an area you've never been before. While walking this trail you can only hear nature and some strange sounds in the distance. You can hear the birds singing and while you are walking you can also hear the lizards running away between the fallen leaves on the ground. You can hear the tapping of the lizard's feet while running.

While you are walking to the sound you are crossing a natural limestone bridge. Underneath the bridge you see the creek with clear water. You are crossing this bridge and continue walking to a sound in the distance which you not can see because all the bushes and trees are blocking your view.

The sounds in the distance still attract you and while walking towards it the sound transfers from faint mumbling to people talking in a language you never heard before. You come closer and closer and you can also smell the smoke from a fire coming from a small fire pit and now you can see the blue smoke slowly disappearing between the large trees surrounding the area where the sound is coming from. You will continue and before you know you entered a Tequesta Indian village where you observe their daily activities if you were not there.

This is the moment you wake up. The Tequesta Indians are extinct and the site where you just experienced in your imagination is nothing more than Arch Creek Park a small piece of protected nature surrounded by modern civilization including the new "sounds" such as trains, traffic and planes flying over. All these parts were once roamed by the first Floridian occupants and it is now threatened to be turned into a big dealership for the Chrysler Automotive Company. Even the Army Corps of Engineers had plans to destroy the natural and unique limestone bridge which makes this park so unique.

Luckily Arch Creek Park is now protected for the future by the Arch Creek Park Trust and everybody still can have a sense and feel of the first occupants so many years ago.

With a rich history like that, it might be understandable why some spirits have decided to stay here. LPI contacted Eric King, who did lead a ghost tour every Wednesday night around the park, for permission to perform a full outdoor investigation of our own. Read more about our findings at the following page.

Arch Creek Park

Our investigation did show medium levels of paranormal activity.

Psychic Impressions:
Several psychics picked detected spirits at various spots on the ground.
A psychic impression of a man in “the ditch” on the park trail was reported.
A psychic impression of a young man injured on the railroad tracks just beyond the natural bridge was reported.

A brief communication was established with a female spirit in the back end of the trail near the large dead tree.
Several Native American spirits were also reported but no clear communication was established.

One psychic got the impression that the native spirits are hiding in the trees. Another psychic got the impression that they are using the animals to communicate.

Personal Experiences:
Almost every team member reported a personal experience. Feelings of being watched, followed, uneasiness in certain areas and some minor health issues, such as unexplained nausea, dizziness and shortness of breath were reported.

One investigator reported feeling strangled.

Evidence - Arch Creek Park
Select the evidence type you want to see, or hear, from the following list:

Class C EVP/Sound - Use your headphones.

A drumming sound can be heard.

Class B EVP/Sound - Use your headphones.

Natalee and Jeff interacting what seems to be a cricket.

Comments for Arch Creek Park
	Name:	Alvin Lederer
	From:	North Miami, Fla
		My name is Alvin Lederer and i'm the town drunk of North Miami. I was homeless and lived in Arch Creek Park for about 5 years every night up to and including when Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida. I never saw any ghosts or images but I never felt alone either. I use to walk thru the woods at night with a blanket around me and felt I was being watched. I'm 1/4 Indian and belive the spirts were with me and protected me while I lived there. I became a South Florida Historian and own some of the oldest postcards, letters and photos of North Miami and Arch Creek and I'm respected in my field by fellow historians and Pioneers of the community. regards Alvin Lederer South Florida Historian
		11/1/2009 05:27:22 PM