The following is from an actual “article” that can be found here.
In June 2005, we began investigating the “old town” area of Katy, Texas. We began with no reports of ghosts in Old Town Katy, but a gut feeling that it might produce some good orbs.
Hollow Hill takes pride in reporting on haunted sites before any other website does; no other ghost website has (so far) discovered the ghosts of Old Town Katy.
HISTORY OF KATY, TEXAS
Katy was originally called Cane Island and is about 25 miles west of downtown Houston. It was the hunting ground of the Karankawa Indians through the 1820s.
The town was settled in the mid 1890s, the Katy post office opened in 1896, and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad (MKT - called the “KT”) depot was finished in 1898.
Most of the early settlers in Katy were farmers, and by the early 20th century Katy was best known for its rice crop. In 1934, the discovery well of the Katy gas field was drilled, opening new business opportunities in the town.
Today, Katy’s population is about 12,000 and growing with upscale developments opening steadily, especially in the Cinco Ranch area.
However, the historic side of Katy is the focus of our early ghost investigations. All but two of the original Katy homes were lost in the 1900 hurricane that caused the Galveston Flood. We’re starting our research with the oldest buildings with the most interesting history.
KATY TRAIN DEPOT
Our first stop was the old train depot at 5710 Highway Boulevard, near East Avenue and 1st Street. This wonderful old building is being restored by the Katy Historical Society.
Only a few of our depot photos show orbs, but those that do are notable.
Ok. I’m no professional photographer, nor ghostbuster, but I can’t help but throw out a hint of logic on this one. Hey Katy! You’re making Texians look stupid. Your ghosts will go away with a short prayer and a quick camera lens wipe.
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I hate it when I go to comment and cant remember what it was that I was going to say.
But I love these people who spend so much time in being spooked, Why. why. why. Isnt there much more to life?
(My origional idea for my comment was much better I just forgot it so you have to imagine a much better comment in this place.)
am i mistaken or did you just call TEXANS stupid?! i think you are commiting one of the classic blunders. the most well known of witch is never get into a land war in asia, but only slightly less well known is this…
“DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS!!!”
(oh and i think the left orb greatly resembles a Karankawa medicine man.) so if the joo joo curses, and / or the president, (A TEXAN), don’t cause your misterieous demise then you might consider being a little nicer to the people who you not only share a neighborhood with, but who are in that neighborhood with your house/ possesions / family while you are many miles away. not to imply that these fine men would ever do anything less than honest with those things, but perhaps in return for them keeping an eye out for your family and possesions while you are away you might ease up on the Texian busting a little. just a long winded suggestion. far be it from me to ruin your fun.
Katy’s got a big mall. I bought a Bose Acoustic Wave there. I returned it there, too. They were nice about it. I think they’re used to people being disappointed.
I also got ticketed in Katy by a nice cop. No one can be mad for long in a place named “Katy”.
Brant
For the record…
I did not call Texians stupid. I merely mentioned that the ghost chasers / poor lens maintenance folks in Katy, TX were making their fellow Texians look stupid.
Yeah thats right I said Texian….. twice.
Apparently Yao Ming lives here, and owns a Chinese Restaurant…. Who would have thought…
My wife used to teach choir out at Katy High school. Good kids. I used to play keys out at Second Baptist Katy. 1st Baptist Katy suffered when the Second Baptist Houston Empire moved out there. NOT trying to lay blame or fault. I loved Second when I went there, BUT I do know, from talking to members at 1st Katy, that half the congregation at 1st Baptist Katy left for Second and it has suffered since.
Who’s on first?
Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between a First Baptist denomination, and a second?
The difference between First Baptist and Second Baptist? I think it has to do with who gets the white meat and who gets dark meat at Luby’s for Sunday lunch.
Not sure beyond that.
wow. I really need to stop posting comments while needing sleep. I have gone back and looked at a few comments left at various blogs and some have made little to no sense and some have nothing to do with what is being said.
Second Baptist Empire???
Although I am pretty sure the Second crowd gets the white meat.
Cheerio
I grew up in Katy. Graduated from Katy High School. I never heard about the ghosts they were supposed to have in Katy proper, but I did mess with witchcraft and the occult, and have encounters with non-human entities.
I realize that in the blogosphere, people can talk smack and you can’t tell if they are being serious or just flippant, so I need to reiterate that I’m actually not kidding about this. This was my B.C. era, and I was part of a group of people that took such things pretty seriously. How much of it was hallucinogen-induced hocus-pocus and how much of it was really something, I guess I still don’t know. And in the big scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter.
Also, the internet is a fun place. Because tone and inflection do not always translate well with the written word, it’s easy to attract, um… interesting… people to your comments section.
What?