OUTLINE for Ghosts of Fort Tejon

 ATTENTION GRABBER:

“Peter Le Beck, Killed by a X bear, Oct.17^th 1837”

TITLE:

Ghosts of Fort Tejon

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THESIS:

Ghosts of Fort Tejon mimics many ghost stories based off of events that have occurred in the historic areas. However, these ghost stories like the Ghosts of Fort Tejon cannot be fully believable without actual proof of existence and records of the events happening.

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CREDIABILITY:

I have no further knowledge of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon; however, I have had experiences with apparitions in the past. For instance, the house my aunts live in has a dark shadow apparition that stands 6foot tall and his presence in the hallway makes you squeeze against one side as if there is someone walking right next to you. The apparition roams my aunts house which used to be my grand parents house before they passed, but we do not know who this apparition is and why he projects negativity into his areas. Just like the Ghosts of Fort Tejon this ghost’s backstory is unknown, but his presences is not unfelt.

GRAPHS:

I have found the following in the Ghosts of Fort Tejon…… I have found that there are at least three key fallacies that play a role in the story’s legend, along with 1 premises, 1 premises modifier and 1 Quasilogical argument. In my observation the fallacies triumph other aspects of the argument.

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PREMISES:

Observation

-The dates and the forts museum along with the carvings in the tree and the graves on site

-The graves show that people were either killed or died here. The museum shows the importance of the Fort.

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PREMISES MODIFIER:

Interpretative Schemes

-The story of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon.

-The story of Fort Tejon is limited and interpreted to fit the ghost’s stories that explain the wandering apparition.

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ARGUMENT:

Quasalogical argument

Reciprocity

-The apparitions and the things that occurred at the fort and the carving in the tree.

-The belief that the apparition is connected to the carved Oak tree.

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FALLACIES:

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Appeal To ignorance

-The story is told of how a Christian women had the soldiers dig up the bones of the Frenchman from the oak tree and give him a proper Christian service and cemetery. So he wanders because he was not Christian and his grave was desecrated…..

-There is no actual proof of this story or evidence to check it. So it is believed to be true as a result of not having any evidence to contradict it.

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Hasty Generalization

-The story being formed from the carving in the Oak tree and the tales of interaction with Apparitions

-As far as the evidence goes there was someone killed or buried by the oak  tree  and the stories of the apparitions are being used to form the Legend of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon

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Cum Hoc

-The Girl feeling a disturbance by the several large oak trees. The other girl who felt the stabbing pain before the small adobe building.

-The girl walking near the several large oak trees felt like there was a hanging there, so it must have happened. The girl who felt the stabbing pain near the adobe building felt like a murder of assault had occurred there so they must be connected.

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PICTURES

-gravestone of believed to be ghost of Peter le Beck

-Fort Tejon

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion I can see the justification of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon is simply whether you choose to believe or not, because of either actual experiences or interactions with the apparitions energy or believing the tale itself, however I do believe in order to actually verify the stories there needs to be more evidence and records of the event in order to conclude the apparition roaming Fort Tejon is Peter le Beck longing to return to his resting place and solve some of the questions formed, however the tale of his discretion is simply just that a tale until proven true or false.