ZOMBIE ROAD INVESTIGATION 2006





The Zombie Road Area Night Investigation in the West St. Louis County area was conducted on
Saturday, July 15, 2006  from 7:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

In attendance were Greg, Judy, Terry, Tom, Tim, Theresa, Melissa, Sona, Jody, Sandy, Steven M and
Elliot of MPR; Chester, Steve, Jim and Chris of Midwest Paranormal Investigative Association (MPIA);
and Corey, Rachel, Melissa and Felica of St. Louis Paranormal Investigative Team (SPIT).

Local weather conditions for this walk/investigation for the time period of 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. were
clear to partly cloudy, wind from the N/NE 7 to 9 mph shifting to E/SE 5 to 8 mph,  temperature was 93
degrees Fahrenheit dropping to 81, dew point was 66 rising to 70, barometric pressure was 30.08
rising to 30.12 and relative humidity was 40% rising to 69%.

Lunar data was a Waning Gibbous Moon at 79% Full. Solar X-Rays were normal and the Geomagnetic
Field was unstable.




"Zombie Road" real name "Lawler Ford Road" is about 2 miles long through a valley of forest oak land
hills and ends near the Meramec River in the Glencoe, MO area where it meets the newly established
"Al Foster" trail.

The history of this area goes back to ancient Native American times where this was one of the few
pathways cut by nature over the centuries through the bluffs to the Meramec River area just beyond
them. It is believed that traveling ancient Native Americans used this pathway for foot travel and also
quarried flint here for the making of various tools and weapons.
In the early 1800's a Ferry (boat) was operated at the bottom area of this passage at times where a
ford was located in the river for settlers and travelers to cross the Meramec River to the other side
where the Lewis family owned much of the land. The origin of the road name is unknown to historians
even today.

Ninian Hamilton a settler from Kentucky was the first settler to occupy and own land in this area in
1803. After his death in 1856, James E. Yeatman a prominent St. Louis citizen, a founder of the
Mercantile Library and president of the Merchants Bank acquired the large parcel of land that Mr.
Hamilton settled and owned.

The Pacific Railroad completed their railroad line from St. Louis to Pacific along the Meramec River in
this area in the 1850's. Della Hamilton the wife of Henry McCullough, who was Justice of the Peace for
about thirty years and Judge of the County Court from 1849 to 1852, was struck and killed by a train in
this area in 1876.

The first large scale gravel operations on the Meramec River began at what would become Yeatman
junction in this area. Gravel was taken from the Meramec River and moved on rail cars into St. Louis.
The first record of this operation is in the mid-1850's. Later, steam dredges were used, to be
supplanted by diesel or gasoline dredges in extracting gravel from the channel and from artificial
lakes dug into the banks. This continued until the 1970's.

Another interesting fact concerning this area is that Winston Churchill, the American author who was
a "best seller" of romantic novels at the turn of the century, visited this area in the late 1800's. His
widely read novel The Crisis is set partially in St. Louis and partially at Glencoe. The novel, which
Churchill acknowledged was based on the activities of James E. Yeatman, depicts the struggles and
conflicts in St. Louis during the critical years of the Civil War. It is believed that Angelica Yeatman
Carr, daughter of James Yeatman, was his model for the heroine, Miss Virginia Carvel.
From about 1900 until about 1945, Glencoe and this area was one of the resort communities of the
Meramec River's clubhouse era. Many of the homes were summer clubhouses, later converted to
year round residences then lost to the great local floods of the 1990's.




There are many Urban Legends surrounding this road and area which have been ongoing for
decades. The main legend is that the road is haunted by a man killed by a train in the 1970's. Another
legend concerns some which were rock-climbing and one of the kids fell and broke his neck. Instead
of his friends going and getting help, they left him there dead for weeks. Then in the 1970's there is
yet another legend concerning some teenagers who were down there sniffing Pam (the non stick
cooking spray)and one guy suffocated while doing this and his friends just left him down there dead.
Also, legends exist that concern the crushed old Chevy Vega in the creek bed along this road and the
death of one or more teens who were inside it.

With these then others concerning an old woman with a gun in a house near the end of the road who
yells at passersby, ghost stories about Indians then more recent stories of modern day witches and
devil worshipers frequenting the area what better place to investigate an "Urban Legend" area?
We can safely rule out the story about the man getting killed by the train in the 1970's as the train
ceased operations in this area prior to that. Unless the miniature trains which the Wabash, Frisco and
Pacific (WF&P) Railroad Association operates on weekends caused a death, which there are no
accounts of, then there can be no truth to this specific legend. However, we do have the truth that
Della Hamilton was killed by a train in 1876 which is one hundred years earlier and the opposite sex of
this Urban Legend.

We can not positively conclude that the other deaths revolving around the other Urban Legends are
true or not, but can lean towards the Pam story being a truth as a person on this investigation went to
Parkway West High School in the 1970's and remembers such happening and on the internet another
person has confirmed this as well while attending this High School during the same time period.
It was also confirmed that at one time there were cinder block buildings near the quarry of this area
which did contain satanic and other ritualistic markings and graffiti and were used by local teens, etc.
for possible alcohol and drug gatherings. However, these buildings have been recently removed by
Castlewood State Park which recently obtained part of the property in this area for completion of the
new "Al Forest" trail.

Missouri Paranormal Research will still be conducting further research for possible confirmation of
the stories listed above. If you have any information concerning these then please contact us.




Missouri Paranormal Research would also like to take this time to thank all of the property owners
involved in this area for giving permissible access to our group for conducting this specific
investigation. We would also like to remind others that individuals and groups should NEVER trespass
on any property to conduct any investigation. Trespassing is illegal and can pose dangers to people
in your group and to others as well.

The areas concerned in this investigation are either privately, State or County owned. Law
enforcement and Park Ranger Services do patrol this area frequently and the nearby private citizens
monitor this area for trespassers. Violators will be reported and prosecuted by the proper legal
authorities.

The night time investigation of this area involved an intensive process of gaining legal permissions
from all parties owning land in this area including the notification to all law enforcement agencies
which have jurisdiction within this area.



For this multi-team investigation several film and digital still cameras, various video cameras with
night shot and infra red extenders, EMF meters, IR Thermometers, an ambient temperature
pyrometer, and a Russian radiation detector were used.



The investigative group gathered at the Wabash Frisco & Pacific (WF&P) Railroad in Glencoe, MO
between 7 and 8 p.m.

A team consisting of Steve M & Tim of MPR; all members of MPIA and all members of SPIT launched
from the bottom to begin investigating.  The remaining MPR members proceeded to the Ridge
Meadows Elementary School Parking Lot and launched about  9 p.m. from the top of old Lawler Ford
Road to begin investigating.  Both investigative groups finished their investigation between 12 and
12:30 a.m.



1. Unexplainable hot and cold spots were experienced by many of the investigators present.

2. Anomalous lights and sounds were experienced by many present.

3. Sulphur/Gun Powder smells were observed by Tom and Greg during the last stretch of the trail
going to Glencoe.

4. Some investigators experienced a slight push, touch or grab by unseen forces.

5. Various investigators experienced unexplainable accelerated battery drains on their equipment.

6. Some investigators witnessed shadow like anomalies moving throughout the area.

7. EMF spikes of up to 7 milligauss were observed.  Base EMF for the entire area is "Zero".




Several digital and film still pictures were taken by various investigators along with several hours
worth of video and audio.   Full analysis of all gathered stills, video and audio will take some time to
complete.

Preliminary Analysis

In Process - Some Pictures posted on the Zombie Pics 4 page of this site and some EVP posted on the
Zombie EVP page.






Final Analysis & Results

This investigation added to the already wealth of anomalous pictures captured in this area and are
posted.



This was a follow up investigation to an earlier October 22, 2005 & November 5, 2005 investigation of
this area.  With the combined experiences between the two investigations and the evidence captured
including EVP's, photographs and various unexplainable phenomena; it is the opinion of Missouri
Paranormal Research that there is enough evidence to substantiate an actual haunting or existence
of paranormal activity in certain specific locations within this generic area.   




Gregory Myers, Administrator
Missouri Paranormal Research
Links For Further Information

Here are some links for further information concerning the Zombie Road Area
and its history.

ZOMBIE ROAD MYSPACE PAGE

JT's Zombie Road Page

Glencoe - From the Begining by Al Foster

Joker Grin's - Zombie Road Page

Gamers Impact Forum - Zombie Road Discussion
Music provided by local St. Louis
artist and musician (MPR's Own) Tom
Halstead and his band Shock Session.









"BEHIND THE LINES"
Artist: SHOCK SESSION
CD: Nightmare Chamber







Credits: © (p) 2006 Halstead
Productions/ASCAP
MISSOURI PARANORMAL RESEARCH
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF ZOMBIE ROAD 07/15/2006
Report Completed 9/21/2006
History and Profile of Area
Urban Legend or Facts?
Trespassing Issue
EQUIPMENT USED
Human Experiences and Oddities
INVESTIGATION
Potential Evidence for Analysis and Evaluation
Resulting Evidence
Conclusion

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