ANCASTER , ONTARIO

...A BRIEF HISTORY : THERE ARE TWO HERMITAGES ON THE PROPERTY...THE ORIGINAL BEING BUILT BY REV. GEORGE SHEED IN 1826 , THEN SOLD TO MR. OTTO IVES IN 1833 AFTER REV. SHEEDS PASSING IN 1832...THIS THE HERMITAGE THAT THE LEGEND COMES FROM...THE SECOND HERMITAGE WAS BUILT BY MR. GEORGE LEITH IN 1855 AFTER AQUIRING SOME OF THE LAND  FROM MR. IVES , IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1934...THESE ARE THE RUINS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY...THE LEGEND IS TO HAVE OCCURED BETWEEN 1833 AND 1835 AND IS THAT MR. IVES HAD HIRED A SCOTTISH COACHMAN NAMED WILLIAN BLACK WHO WAS ALSO AN ENGLISH TUTOR TO TEACH HIS WIFES NIECE...SOON THEY FELL IN LOVE AND WHEN WILLIAM ASKED MR. IVES FOR HIS NIECES HAND IN MARRIAGE , IT WAS REJECTED...THE NEXT DAY MR. IVES FOUND THE BODY OF WILLIAM BLACK HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS IN THE BARN....

...THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN ON FEB. 24 , 2007 AT THE HERMITAGE...WE WERE UNABLE TO VISIT THE ORIGINAL HERMITAGE , THERE ARE " NO TRESPASSING " SIGNS POSTED AT THE ENTRANCE AS  ITS A PRIVATE ROAD AND THE HOUSE IS STILL USED...THE TEMPERATURE RANGED FROM -2 TO -4 DEGREES CELCIUS BOTH DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT WITH MINIMAL WIND...NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS PHOTOGRAPHED OR SEEN ON VIDEO...WE ARE STARTING TO EXPERIMENT WITH INFRARED VIDEO AND PHOTOS DURING THE DAY USING VARIOUS IR  FILTERS TO GET INTO A DIFFERENT LIGHT SPECTRUM THEN  NORMAL...SOMETHING MORE WE CAN ADD TO OUR INVESTIGATIONS.....

...VIDEO STILL TAKEN DURING DAYTIME USING NIGHTSHOT & INFRARED FILTER...