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Alexander Robinson was the English name of Chee-Chee-Pin-Quay,
Chief of the Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa Indian tribes. He lived in the Chicago area during the time of the infamous Fort
Dearborn massacre. At the time of the massacre, April 15, 1812, it was Robinson who helped to save John Kinzie, Captain and
Mrs. Heald and their families from the bloodbath that resulted from the destruction of Fort Dearborn.
At the treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829, Alexander Robinson
was granted "two sections on the Rivere Aux Pleins above and adjoining the tract herein granted to Claude La Gramboise." Here
he lived with his french wife, Catherine (Chevalier) and children. Mrs. Robinson died in 1860 and Robinson lived until 1872;
one year after the great Chicago fire. Descendants continued to live on the property until May 26, 1955 when their homestead
mysteriously burned to the ground and, soon after, the property was bought by the Cook County Forest Division. Also, on October
16, 1955 the nude bodies of John and Anton Schuessler ages 13 and 11 and Robert Peterson aged 14 were found in Robinson Woods.
As for the reported phenomenon, there have been ghost
lights, psychic smells, the sound of wood being chopped, banging of indian drums and the apparition of Chee-Chee-Pin-Quay
himself, which was witnessed by Ted "the caretaker of the woods".
Investigation
September 17, 2005 4:00pm - 7:30pm
October 2 & 3, 2005 11:00pm - 12:30am
October 23 2:00am - 3:30am
Equipment:
TriField emf meter, Trifield Natural em meter, noncontact infrared digital
thermometer, Nikon digital camera, 2 digital voice recorders, Hi8 video camera with night shot.
Investigators:
Jim, Trevor,Holly
Baseline readings:
emf: 0 - 1.5mg
temp: September 17 - 68°
October
2 - 70°
October
23 - 38°
After reading about the alleged haunting of
Robinson Woods in numerous publications, an investigation was decided on.
On September 17, 2005, we arrived at the woods
around 4:00 pm. Since we had never been there, we thought it would be good to do a walk through while it was still light
outside. After completing our survey of the area we were getting ready to get out our equipment, when we were confronted
by a strange Polish immigrant. He said his name was Ted and he was the caretaker of the woods. Even though he
was a bit off the wall, he did have many stories to tell us. Ted took us on a guided tour of the area pointing out supposed
indian burial mounds. He claimed to communicate with the spirits of the indians buried on the land, including Chee-Chee-Pin-Quay
himself. Ted also claims to have seen a full bodied apparition of an old indian that walked down the trail, patted him
on the back , and left him a walking stick before strolling away only to disappear. He believed the man to be Chee-Chee-Pin-Quay.
After Ted left us, we set up the video to cover the monument stone, as this is one of the supposed focal points of activity.
We then took baseline readings of the area. Nothing strange was found, with the exception of elevated emf readings to
the left of the monument. It was discovered that there were power lines running through the woods that caused the higher
readings. We then set up in positions to observe during the vigil. The recording of evp's was attempted on several
occasions with no results. The whole night was uneventful with the exception of our encounter with Ted.
On October 2, 2005, we stopped back at Robinson
Woods on our way home from an investigation at Tito's On The Edge (Ethel's Party), a bar in China Town. Since we didn't
get any results by the monument last time, we decided to walk back deeper into the woods. We took readings as we
walked and attempted to record evp's. Nothing anamolous was noted. We also found nothing out of the ordinary in
photos or on the video. We decided to go back to the area around the monument to try there. When we got there
large groups of teenage kids started filtering past into the woods, some of them carrying a half barrel of beer. With
all this comotion, we decided it would be fruitless to continue with this investigation, so we left.
On October 23, 2005, after a promotional
demonstration at a local Halloween attraction we decided to go to Robinson Woods for one last attempt at obtaining proof of
paranormal activity. Nothing anomalous was obtained on any of our equipment on this trip either. Although there
are many accounts of unexplained activities from many reliable sources, we were unable to document any proof. At this
time we have no intentions of futher investigations of Robinson Woods.
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