HRG attended a tour organized by Haunted Hamilton in August of 2003, one of the stops being Fort George. During the tour of the tunnel at the far end of the fort, Anita Goodrich managed to capture the photo posted below. There was quite a bit of controversy over this photo, however we offer the following facts and you can decide for yourself.
This photo was taken of Jeff O. who insisted that he was by himself at the end of the tunnel at the time. You will note however, that there are two figures in the photo, one being Jeff and another figure in black. There were about 4 or 5 of us all together at the other end of the tunnel watching all this take place.
Jeff is absolutely positive that no one was standing down at that end of the tunnel near him at the time. When we shouted and asked Jeff who was standing to his right (our left) near the door, he stated he was the only one there. No one else answered to acknowledge that they were standing near Jeff, which led us to believe Jeff was alone at that end of the tunnel in front of the entrance (check out audio clip below). We also managed to capture this same shot on video and went through it frame by frame and we confirmed a black shadow standing near Jeff by the door.
Jeff later emailed us with the following statement:
In regards to the apparition caught in a picture in the tunnel at Fort George and to the possibility that another person was present. I just want to say for the record there was nobody anywhere near me when the photo in question was taken as I was asked several times by your team members as there was mention of someone standing beside me. Also I was using an Infrared thermometer that dropped from 62 degrees Fahrenheit to 50 degrees Fahrenheit at the same time the apparition was spotted by, I believe, 4-5 people with the naked eye. And to just confirm when we tried to duplicate the settings the infrared thermometer would not go below 60 degrees, Fahrenheit. Also the tunnel had a large door at the end and at the same time the temperature readings were taken the door was shut to avoid outside drafts.
Hope to talk to you soon
Regards, Jeff O.
After we returned to the bus, about 90 minutes later, we made a point of asking everyone if they were in the tunnel during this time period and if so why they didn't answer when we called out. Every single person denied being in the tunnel at the time, with the exception of the few that were standing with us at the time. Each claimed they were not present after we described what had happened. Several days later however, one of the tour group who had denied being in the tunnel when we asked on the day of the occurrence changed her mind and said, yes she had been standing there. That leaves us with several questions.
1. Why didn't she acknowledge she was standing there when we were shouting for a reponse during the occurrence?
2. Why didn't Jeff see her standing near him?
3. Why did she initially deny being there?
4. Why did she later decide to fess up?
She either lied in the beginning about being there during the occurrence or she lied later about being there at all. Either way, her credibility is questionable because one way or another, she did indeed lie about it; we just don't know when or why. She could have saved us a lot of trouble if she had just admited she was indeed there at the time. The sad part is that the photo is now questionable and we have to dismiss it. We never did get any explanation as to why she came forward later.
See bus driver interview below.
