Othniel Charles Marsh had a very rich uncle, George Peabody, a self made millionaire, who, after repeated urgings of his nephew, donated $150,000 to construct the building that would house the first Peabody Museum in 1866. Never completed and torn down, the collections of artifacts were brought to the current location, on Yale's campus, in New Haven, CT. Mr. Marsh was the first professor of paleontology in North America and the museum's first director.
The entire second grade of Eli Whitney school and I, along with an army of teachers and parents had a wonderful day touring the property and seeing all the collections of interesting things from beetles and butterflies the size of a bat, to dinosaur bones and gigantic turtle remains, to shrunken heads, a Mayan calendar stone, a mastodon, even a saber-tooth tiger and totem statues.
I used the majority of my film (actually disk space on digital camera) photographing the center display dinosaur bones (which were not behind any kind of glass casing), mainly because that's where I felt the most energy, not in the least bit negative I might add. I noticed the children had a few globules around them, but it was when I was downloading the photos that I saw the multitudes in, around, and amongst the dinosaur exhibits near the center of the room and ceiling areas.
Some of the photos have been lightened and reduced in size, however everything is much clearer on a larger scale.
There is a lot of history to the Yale Campus buildings and many secrets. With their year long celebration going on, some of the inner areas are being opened to the public for tours and viewing. It is a perfect opportunity for area ghosthunters to do some investigating!
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