Sep 16, 2005 9:03 am US/Pacific
Guardsmen Sense Ghostly Presence In New Orleans

(CBS5) The presence of the supernatural and the influence of voodoo long
have been synonymous with New Orleans.In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
members of the U.S. military are saying that there's something spooky going
on and it's not just images of death and destruction that's haunting them.By
all accounts, the Sophie B. Wright Middle School in New Orleans sits empty
and evacuated except for military personnel who have taken over the campus
as a staging site for missions around the battered city.But the men in
uniform have the feeling that they're not alone. It prompted a chaplain to
utter this directive: "In the name of Jesus Chris, I command you Satan to
leave the dark areas of this building."Said Sgt. Robin Hairston of the
California National Guard: "I was in my sleeping bag and I opened by eyes
and in the doorway was a little girl," . "It wasn't my imagination."Hairston
wasn't the only one seeing things. Spc. Rosales Leanor had her own close
encounter."I was using the restroom and I just saw a little shadow," Leanor
said, "kind of looming in front of me."Another member of the Guard unit said
that she saw and heard a little girl laughing when she opened a closet that
contained cleaning supplies.At a Baton Rouge marina, boats were strewn like
trash, but not a shred of paper could be found. Except for the pages of a
Bible, which was found by a soldier. It was open to the Book of Revelations.
At a nearby church, nearly destroyed, another Bible was found, showing the
exact same passage from Revelations.Like the power of nature, there is a
power at work in New Orleans that defies explanation.
By Janet Yee
(CBS5)
 

Jonathan D. Greene