History & local legend
Schellsburg’s Old Log Church was built in 1806 for German Reformed and Lutheran congregations. It stands beside the cemetery where Steve Kamrud, writing for the Ghost Research Foundation, described a visit with friends that ended with the sensation of an unseen person holding his arm.
First, the group noticed four flags around a cannon in the cemetery. Three hung still, but the fourth snapped as though a strong wind were blowing. Kamrud said he could feel no breeze.
Back at the church, his companion Kris held a camera up to a window. As they turned a corner together, Kamrud felt cold fingers close around his forearm. The grip tightened, relaxed and tightened again while he walked along the front of the building. It released him at the opposite corner. He compared it to a woman taking his arm as they crossed a street.
Sources
- Steve Kamrud, If I Ever Doubted Ghosts Before—I Don’t Anymore!, firsthand trip account for the Ghost Research Foundation, archived December 2, 2007
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, 1806 Old Log Church, on-site historical marker, photograph and adjacent coordinates
- Society of Architectural Historians, Schellsburg and Vicinity, log church’s 1806 origins and cemetery setting
