It was with disbelief that I read the Sun Journal story about so-called “ghost hunters” entering cemeteries in Farmington. I find it appalling that any town would allow its most sacred areas to be used in that way.

I understand people being drawn to the thrill of the occult, and things that go bump in the night; and I also understand that some people actually believe in ghosts. There are certainly those buried in these places whose lives ended violently. Their lives and tragic deaths should not be manipulated by superstition, entertainment or for a club’s recreation; it is degrading to their memories.

Loved ones are interred with dignity and the supposition that the cemetery will remain a place of quiet and dignity. Allowing groups like these ghost hunters into our cemeteries should be unacceptable by anyone who cares about the sanctity of the places where we have laid our family members, friends and neighbors to rest.

Nancy Johnson, Dixfield