Many go their entire life and never have a paranormal experience. Then others have many occurrences. Then there are people like me who have a spirit who visits on a semi-regular basis.
Since my trip to Yorktown Virginia in 2004, I have had a colonial era British soldier, Mr. Baker, visit me.
I have been able to research who he was and learn more about him. He surrendered during the Revolutionary War and owned and ran a tavern in Yorktown until his death.
I have seen him dozens of times over the years and he always looks the same; white shirt with a white cravat, beige knee breeches and waistcoat, white stockings, black shoes, and a black tricorn hat.
When I first saw him, I had no clue who he was but I was dying to know and started digging into historic records. Funny thing, one day at a former job a little girl came up to me and asked me who the funny dressed man was. I asked her what he looked like and she told me,"His pants look funny and are too short and he is wearing knee socks." I asked her what color his clothes were and she said, "It's kinda brown and his jacket matches his pants. He also has a triangle hat on, it looks funny." I asked the girl who appeared to be around 5 or 6 years old what he was doing and she told me, "Oh, just watching, he smiled and nodded his head. He said he wants to make sure you're ok." I assured the little girl he was my friend and he wouldn't hurt anyone. She replied, " I know, he's nice."
I have to admit, it made me feel go to know that someone else saw him. He always seems to show up at key times, either when I am getting ready to go home to Virginia for a few days or when I am really needing reminders of home. I often wonder if he is trying to get me to move back to Virginia?!
~Jamie Pearce
Founder of Historic Haunts Investigations
Since my trip to Yorktown Virginia in 2004, I have had a colonial era British soldier, Mr. Baker, visit me.
I have been able to research who he was and learn more about him. He surrendered during the Revolutionary War and owned and ran a tavern in Yorktown until his death.
I have seen him dozens of times over the years and he always looks the same; white shirt with a white cravat, beige knee breeches and waistcoat, white stockings, black shoes, and a black tricorn hat.
When I first saw him, I had no clue who he was but I was dying to know and started digging into historic records. Funny thing, one day at a former job a little girl came up to me and asked me who the funny dressed man was. I asked her what he looked like and she told me,"His pants look funny and are too short and he is wearing knee socks." I asked her what color his clothes were and she said, "It's kinda brown and his jacket matches his pants. He also has a triangle hat on, it looks funny." I asked the girl who appeared to be around 5 or 6 years old what he was doing and she told me, "Oh, just watching, he smiled and nodded his head. He said he wants to make sure you're ok." I assured the little girl he was my friend and he wouldn't hurt anyone. She replied, " I know, he's nice."
I have to admit, it made me feel go to know that someone else saw him. He always seems to show up at key times, either when I am getting ready to go home to Virginia for a few days or when I am really needing reminders of home. I often wonder if he is trying to get me to move back to Virginia?!
~Jamie Pearce
Founder of Historic Haunts Investigations
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