A Trip Back In Time:

        As I drove along the long- winding drive around Punderson Lake, I took in the woodsy nature along the way as the tree’s cleared and I drove up a hill. I could not believe my eyes, as I took in the beautiful sight of Punderson Manor that the Cleveland family built, and lived in. The building is full of history and the land can only be described as simply gorgeous.

          I checked in and asked the staff if I could have a tour and I was soon introduced to the Manager, Christine who was very kind and knowledgeable. As Misty, my friend and I, stood listening to Christine talk about Mr. Punderson and the haunting experiences the guests and herself have had at the Manor, I noticed something odd. Christmas had just passed a few days ago and there was a Christmas tree behind the Manager as she spoke to us. I saw one, and only one, small nutcracker ornament on the huge Christmas tree in the foyer, near the staircase start to move back and forth.

        

        I watched the ornament for several minutes as Christine talked to us.  I finally spoke up and told them about the moving nutcracker and said it had been moving since Christine started talking near the Christmas tree. Christine was amazed and told us that has never happened before. When the tour was over and Christine walked away from us, I saw the ornament on the tree abruptly stop. As if someone had grabbed it in their hand.

           Hmmm…

          As Misty and I waited on our fellow paranormal investigator and friend, Brent to come join us, we walked upstairs and into the Library, were Christine told us that they received a lot of activity reports from. We walked in and sat down and I immediately began feeling a man in the room, an older presence. I got my rods out and began talking to the man who told me he was, Mr. Cleveland who had built the home. He was very nice and friendly. We had a great conversation with him about his home and his family. Soon his wife joined us to see who we were. Misty and I introduced ourselves and she was also very kind and polite. They told us that the Cleveland family (as well as their children) and Mr. and Mrs. Punderson, (the original landowners) resided inside the house as spirits in their afterlife and were very happy.

          They said they enjoyed looking at the glassy lake and loved roaming the home as spirits. I could certainly tell.  Mr. and Mrs. Punderson soon came too and told us that they had built and owned a Distillery and Inn next door.  They had raised their children there but stayed on the property now, because they loved it. We had a great time talking with them all but we were getting hungry, so we went down for dinner.

          Later when Brent arrived, we got out our equipment and walked downstairs to a banquet hall. It was a large pretty room overlooking the lake and soon we heard an odd popping sound.

          Brent got out his SLS Camera were he found a stick figure that popped up in various parts of the room as we asked, “Who is here?” At times, you could feel cold air surrounding you.  Minutes later, the figure stopped and sat down and was still. Brent showed us a stick figure at one of the tables tapping his hand on the top impatiently. I asked the man if it was Mr. Punderson?  He then replied back, “Yes, but I want you to go.” Since it was his home, we were respectful and left.

        Upstairs on the first floor, we walked into the restaurant and bar, now closed, and quickly found, Cybil, Mr. Punderson’s wife. Cybil sat at a small round table near the bar. However, she told us she wasn’t interested in talking so we walked into the Dining room to investigate.

          We sat down at a rather LARGE dining table which took up the whole room, under a grand chandelier. The dining room was the original dining room to the Cleveland family.  Brent saw two figure’s pop up right away on the SLS and the woman said she was Mrs. Cleveland. The figure visibly looked smaller than the other figure beside, Mrs. Cleveland. This new figure seemed to be dancing. Brent said “hi” and asked them if they were dancing and I heard Mr. Cleveland reply back, “yes.”  We asked them a few questions and they were excited to chat with us. We asked them if they liked living there and they said yes and they said their children were there but were upstairs.

        Suddenly the maid came into the room for a visit with us, in spirit of course. We spoke to her and asked if she liked working for the family and she told us, “Yes, I love working for them. They are good, kind people.  

          Punderson Manor had certainly proved, so far, that it was it extremely active!

           Next we walked upstairs to the 2^nd level, were we saw a letter from Mr. Punderson to a Doctor, who seemed to be a friend of his. Brent began reading the long letter aloud, and as he did, Misty’s EMF-Reader Lit up all the way and stayed that way until the letter was done.

          We began walking down the hall were we had a lot interaction with us via the Ovulus, regarding what we were talking about during the time. Brent’s stomach made a sound, and the Ovules said, “Laughing.” Then our EMF went off like wild fire, at the end of the hall in front of the last door on the right in the hall. I had an odd feeling in front of the door and did not like the energy at all. It’s hard to explain but it felt like it was a dark energy. So we walked back down the hall and into the library were Misty and I had previously spoken to the spirit of Mr. Cleveland.

          We sat down and started to ask Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland questions, to which we had interaction with us via our EMF and Ovulus equipment and also myself, because I am a medium. Minutes later Mrs. Punderson, Cybil; popped in and began interacting with us. We had a great conversion with them for a long time.

          I could see and feel Mr. Cleveland and his wife on the left side of the room, and saw them standing next to each other, with big smiles on their faces. I then saw Cybil, standing on the right side of the room in front of a small window, she was also smiling and kind, but had a very serious personality.

          Suddenly, we heard the TV from a room across the hall get really loud. We all looked at one another and as soon as we did, Brent’s Motion sensor’s he had placed in the doors entryway went off as if someone had walked through the door and they were walking straight toward us. As we waited to see if someone had come in and was walking down the little hallway towards us, no one came. We all exchanged looks and just as I started to ask, “Is there someone there?” We heard a man’s voice say, “Hello!” really loudly. Then the motion sensor went off again and then again Brent’s EMF followed, just as it had done before.

          This activity was very strange so I looked over at Mr. Cleveland and his wife. They both gasped and took a step back as they told me it was an unpleasant and dark spirit from down the hall. This was the dark energy I had obviously felt before at the end of the hallway.

          I turned and told Misty and Brent what the couple had said to me about the dark spirit. Misty then asked the couple, “If the spirit who entered the room is dark, can you light up our Equipment?” As soon as Misty asked, my motion sensor ball lit up and began moving around in a circle, then swiftly stopped. After it stopped I felt all the good spirits leave.

          After an amazing night at Punderson Manor, we packed up our stuff and walked down the many winding halls to the new portion of the Inn to get ready for bed. But the night was NOT OVER…

          In the middle of the night, I woke up to an odd feeling. I went to the bathroom, and after, got back into bed. As I lay back down, I felt like someone was watching me and standing over my bedside to my left. As a Medium, I’ve learned that you have to ignore a lot of things, so I pretended I didn’t notice and put my head down on my pillow. 

          A minute later I felt some of my hair lift from my pillow and head, and float in the air. I innately yelled out, “Hey! I said no messing with me when I am trying to sleep!” As soon as I said that, my hair dropped, and I heard a faint male-chuckle. I knew it was Mr. Cleveland.  I just laughed to myself and smiled.

        So would I recommend Punderson Manor? Yes, I sure would! The restaurant and bar were awesome too and we never did get to see the pool but it looked modern with an AMAZING view you cannot beat!

©Rosella C. Rowe