Strange lights, unidentified voices and mysterious shadows. We investigated these claims of the paranormal at AuGlaize Village Historic Village near Defiance, Ohio. AuGlaize Village is a recreated village restoration project of the Defiance County, Ohio Historical Society. The Village, begun in June 1966, provides a setting typical of rural northwest Ohio in the early part of the nineteenth century. The Village presently consists of 41 new, restored and reconstructed buildings (circa 1860-1920). It is claimed that several of the buildings on the property are haunted and we set out to try to document some of the claimed activity. We investigated the Village in May 2021 starting out in the Kieffer cabin, a one-room log home moved from McClure, Ohio to the Village in 1972. Not much history is known about who lived here or the early history of the cabin although it is believed this was home to a single man named Kieffer. We were one of the first teams to investigate this cabin. There really have been no claims of the paranormal. While we didn’t expect much, we did catch some unusual light anomalies on the static night vision camera and a couple of unexplained voices. We then moved to the Kinner cabin, a two story log home moved to the Village from Ayersville, Ohio. It is believed the cabin was built in the late 1800s and is said to be the former home of Guy and Ella Kinner and their 7 children. It is claimed that the voices of the children are often heard once the sun goes down. It is also claimed that the apparition of Mrs. Kinner is sometimes seen standing by the fireplace and footsteps are heard. While we were not able to capture any evidence of Mrs. Kinner or the phantom footsteps, we did capture what sounded like voices, including that of a child. From the Kinner cabin, we moved on over to the doctor’s office. This building is claimed to be the former office of Dr. Robert B. Cameron, a Defiance physician. According to the Defiance Historical Society, Dr. Cameron practiced from this building in Jewell, Ohio before he moved his practice to Defiance in 1915. The only claim of the paranormal from this building is that people feel an ‘energy charge’ in the doorway between the waiting room and the doctor’s office. For us, this was the most active building we investigated! We did capture what seemed to be intelligent responses during a spirit box session and our rempod went off several times. We also spent some time in the Vaughn’s Lock Keeper cabin which originally sat along the Miami and Erie canal in Defiance, Ohio where the Chief Supermarket now sits. Visitors to the Village claim to see strange lights in the windows of the cabin. We did not capture anything that resembled the lights described by visitors, but we did capture several flashes of light around the building during the day. It is possible these flashes were caused by some sort of insect, however they only occurred for a short time during the day – we did not see these flashes after dark Our final stop for the night was the Jewell Depot. The original depot was built by the Toledo, Wabash and Western railroad in 1856 (some say it was built in 1845). It is unclear when it was moved to the Village. Claims here include seeing the apparition of a man and woman and feeling strange when sitting in the conductors area. Names are often heard and visitors report the feeling of a lot of ‘energy’ in the building. Again, we were unable to document anything unusual on video or audio and we had no personal experiences in the building. Each of us took turns sitting alone in the conductor’s area and none of us felt any strange energy or emotions. Two other locations of note – the Pioneer cemetery is said to contain the remains of 2-4 individuals who were unearthed under the parking lot of the First Presbyterian Church in Defiance and the Farm and Equipment Building is said to be haunted by the spirit of a young Native American girl whose skeleton was once on display and whose remains have since been lost.
Is Auglaze Village haunted? This is not the most active location we have ever investigated however we were pleasantly surprised by the activity in the doctor’s office. Even if we can’t provide concrete proof that AuGlaize Village is haunted, its history alone is worth the visit!
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