Mount Hope Cemetary
Dahlonega, Georgia

    When we think about scary movies, our thoughts often drift to darkened cemetaries.  These final resting places can be such a history lesson with the older graves and names that were buried there.  Some cemetaries date back very far, and Mount Hope is no different.  Many of Dahlonega's earliest settlers were buried there.  These were families that had moved there to make a fortune in the gold rush that hit Georgia around 1829.
    In 1953, Madeline Anthony and the Dahlonega Women's Club took on a project to clean the graveyard.  They wanted to help preserve the precious past of Dahlonega and felt this was an excellent way to do so.  After a full day of cutting brush, picking up trash, and raking leaves, they had accomplished their task.  Mrs. Anthony was so proud of their work that she took her camera out and took some pictures.  After finishing the roll, she noted the date on the film: April 15, 1953.
    Mrs. Anthony took her film to Gainesville to be processed by her faithful developer.  She picked up the pictures much later and soon noticed that something was amiss.  In the background of the picture, she saw a girl in old-fashioned clothing shadowed next to a tree.  She was so distraught that she contacted her developer and accused him of altering her photos!  He exclaimed to her that there was no way possible that he could have done such a thing.  He would have had to cut pictures down, size them to the picture, take another picture of the object and insert it into her negatives.  She was convinced he was telling the truth.
    Mrs. Anthony gave the picture to the Dahlonega Gold Museum, where it still hangs to this day.  The photo was also published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 1953, and created a lot of interest.  Since then, many people claim to see many figures in the mist.  How many do you see?

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