Mysterious Oklahoma, Eerie True Tales From The Sooner State
By David A. Farris
Copyright ©1995 David A. Farris

Some ghosts are not seen, only heard. This disturbing tale of a disembodied voice comes from a cemetery in Arapaho. Since 1972, a voice has been heard calling "Oh no! Oh, my God! Robina has not been saved!"

When the voice first began, it was identified as that of the recently departed George Smith. In 1936, his daughter was killed in a car accident when she was only nineteen. Not only did he never get over her loss, but the fact that she had not achieved salvation haunted him until he was laid to rest next to his wife and daughter. The voice continues to be heard by visitors to the cemetery. In 1980, Cecil and Sharon Rutherford were decorating a nearby grave when they heard, "a deep groan; then a deep masculine voice - very sorrowful - bawled that Robina hadn’t been saved." The couple heard it again while about fifty feet from the Smith grave. Thinking it might be a prankster, the two looked around but could see no one.

Even a minister claimed to have heard the voice on March 13, 1979, while holding a funeral service at a nearby grave sight. In an attempt to find a natural explanation, Arthur Turcotte, a geologist who undertakes psychical research in his spare time, studied the grave sight. Not only could he not find natural explanation but he claims to have clearly heard the voice for himself.