Monday, August 04, 2008

Red Raider

Hi there!,



  1. This is an extension of the ghost stories told at the long defunct Red Raider Day Camp which sat on the same sight years ago. I and countless other boomer kids from the eastern suburbs attended this camp. These were the stories told around the campfire. Given that many of these kids now own homes in the immediate area, it's not unlikely the stories persist from one generation to the next. There is however a 19th century family plot on the back side of this former farm. It was of course rumored to be haunted. The light may well be attributed to the Red Raider himself making his rounds at night as he did in the last generation in order to keep overnight campers in their sleeping bags.

  2. Does anyone know who that Red Raider was that made those rounds? I do.

  3. the ghost is said to sing (in ghostly tones) as it wanders, lonely and desolate, through the mountains of geauga county:

    i'm red raider born and red raider bred
    and when i die i'll be red raider dead

    rah-rah red raider, raider
    rah-rah red raider, raider
    rah-rah red radiator camp!

    signed: boomer and archie, 1958