History & local legend
Frankfort Mineral Springs in Raccoon Creek State Park once drew visitors to Edward McGinnis's health resort. Its spring, waterfall, and sheltered grotto later attracted a different kind of visitor: paranormal investigators looking for traces of the people who had known the old spa.
On February 15, 2002, Pittsburgh's Team Raw Fear explored the site after dark. Sarah Adams photographed the hollow beneath the waterfall while Marty Patterson stood watch. The team's photographer described an abrupt feeling of sadness in one part of the old spa and erratic electromagnetic-meter readings farther along.
The group also made an audio recording in the hope of capturing a voice. When the investigator listened afterward, he heard none.
Sources
- Team Raw Fear, original photo journal from February 15, 2002, with named participants and field notes
- Team Raw Fear, original investigator’s account and the inconclusive tape
- Pennsylvania DCNR, Raccoon Creek State Park history, resort and grotto
- OpenStreetMap, Frankfort Springs Falls on the Mineral Springs Loop
