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Bright Cemetery is located on the east side of Havensport Road, just north of Bish Road, outside Baltimore, Ohio (Liberty Township, Fairfield County). The coordinates are 39° 49' 54.9" N, 82° 40' 23.74" W.

The cemetery is in a very isolated, desolate location - if my mom hadn't told me about it back in high school I would have never known it was there. Bright Cemetery is very old, the most recent grave is dated 1974. Unfortunately, since this cemetery isn't really close to any houses or buildings a lot of the graves have been vandalized. This cemetery has been a popular drinking spot for years, my mom remembers kids going there even back in the dark ages (late 1960's) when she was in high school (just kidding, mom!).

Bright Cemetery used to have a big iron gate that had the name at the top, but it was taken down a few years ago (the last time I remember seeing it was back in 1996). It was probably vandalized too. Even without the iron gate, this cemetery still looks creepy...especially at night. I think it's the wall and the way that it sits on the hill around the curve in the road that makes it look so cool. This is still one of my favorite cemeteries to explore!

In August 2004 I received an e-mail from Zach Low, a website visitor. He had a very interesting story to share about an encounter his dad, his sister, and his sister's friend had near Bright Cemetery:

"They were driving along Havensport, slightly after nightfall, headed towards Bright Cemetery. At some point, my dad's car drove over something in the road. He came to a complete stop and all three got out to inspect what small animal he had probably killed. What they found was no dead rabbit, but rather something more disturbing and perplexing; a pentagram, a five point star, shaped out of some sort of fencing or metal, just lying in the middle of the road. They got back in the car, the girls (and even my dad, who probably used it to add to the tale) probably disturbed, but continued with the trip anyway. When they got closer to the cemetery, something else very strange happend. My dad swears he saw three figures, dressed all in white, moving around the cemetery. He had to blink to make sure he wasn't just seeing things, but they were still there.

Now, I've explained about his imagination and how it probably could have gotten the best of him that night, but I asked him to swear that what he saw was real, and he seems sure of it. He'd never lie to me about anything, even more so, not about something like this, I'm sure.

When they all told me this, I was skeptical, as I imagine you might be now. I'm still not positive that the pentegram is not just some story they made up to add to the mystery and suspense that the family has given to that old road and graveyard. They could be trying to get the best of me, sure. But I do believe my father about the figures. There wasn't a lie in his eyes, if you understand what I mean. I'm also not sure that the star in the road was just some local kids messing around or if it was something more. I haven't investigated at all myself, but plan to do so sometime before the summer ends."

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