Many
people have had experiences with
Ghost roaming highways and byways,
whether that be as simple as a persons
ghost hitchhiking like Resurrection
Mary, or hitting a person with their
car and having them disappear into
thin air, there's nothing there
and sometimes the actual visual
apparition of the all ready dead
person. Route 66,
Archer Avenue,
Grunch Road, A75 Kinmount Straight,
Quapaw Road just to name a few.
Some say what's worse then haunting
house... haunting a lonely stretch
of highway through out eternity?
Road side shrines
to those that have died in car accidents
are see all around the world but
what about the many unreported apparitions
that roam them ... And a few monsters
too! Suburban street ghost sightings
are becoming more commonplace.
Some paranormal
investigators have related different
scenarios to why our highways and
streets and back roads are filled
with ghosts. Some believe it is
that of the ghosts that have died
on these paved streets. Still others
think it is a spirit of someone
who has decided to travel cross
country to see other relatives or
just seeing the world as something
they could not do in life.
Imagine being
killed on a highway why would you
be doomed to roam the spot where
you died... do you think these ghosts
are still trying to get to where
they were going? Haunted crossroads
and highways are nothing new. Centuries
of these types of haunting's go
all the way back to ancient times.
Some believe streets and lonely
roads leading to cemeteries or the
most haunted. This belief also kindles
the old tales of meeting the devil
at the crossroads to sell your soul.
Ghost
Lights In The Road
Ghost lights happen
on deserted roads quite often. And
today the "ghost lights"
are becoming a top tourist attraction
world wide. A real ghost light is
any one of many unusual visual phenomena
that appear in specific areas around
the world. This describes the appearance
of lights where one presumes there
should be none. There is no single
explanation for what causes ghost
lights, but possible causes are
mirages, refracted light from automobile
headlights, swamp gas, ball lightning,
St. Elmo's fire, Will o' the wisp
or the piezoelectric effect from
underground quartz crystals. But
what if they are spirits of the
dead?
The will o' the
wisp or ignis fatuus, or in plural
form as ignes fatui ("fool's
fire(s)") refers to the ghostly
lights sometimes seen at night or
twilight that hover over damp ground
in still air — often over
bogs. It looks like a flickering
lamp, and is sometimes said to recede
if approached. Much folklore surrounds
the legend, but science has offered
several potential explanations.
GHOST
LIGHTS RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
THROUGH THE TREES PHOTO FROM A CELLPHONE
CAME SENT TO US BY FAYE DONALDSON
IN ORANGE TEXAS.
Ghost lights,"
often appear actually as one bright
light, often dimming and then bouncing
back over roads streets and mountains
as a great blaze of light. Many
ghost light web pages carry the
claim that the Army Corps of Engineers
were not able to explain the lights.
The original 1946 report by the
Army Corps of Engineers:
From an article titled:"Solving
The Mystery Of The Tri-State Spook
Light" in The Kansas City Star
of Sunday, May 19, 1946, on pages
C1 and C2 by Charles W. Graham (a
member of The Star's Staff) it states
that under the command of Maj. Thomoas
E Sheard of Camp Crowder, they contacted
Richard Y. Jones, chief of the civil
engineering dept., who with his
friend Joe Duck had already determined
the cause of the lights but had
never officially reported their
findings, and began an investigation.
Using car lights and synchronized
watches on a scheduled system on
the Quapaw road, they were able
to reproduce virtually all of the
observed phenomena commonly reported
as the ghost light.
Bones glow in
dark due to oxidation of white phosphorous.
That's why it is called Ghost Light.
The phenomenon is called chemiluminiscence.
Examples of this
phenomena can be found around the
world:
Australia
Min Min lights
Finland
Paasselkä devil
Norway
Hessdalen light
Canada
Baie Chaleur Fireship
St. Louis Light
Sweden
Martebo lights
Thailand
Mekong lights (Nekha lights)
United States
Arkansas
Crossett Light
Gurdon Light
North Carolina
Brown Mountain Lights
Maco light
Georgia
Surrency Spooklight
Indiana
Moody's Light
Michigan Upper Peninsula
The Paulding Light
Missouri
Hornet ghost light
Ozark Spooklight
Oklahoma
Spooklight (same as Hornet ghost
light, at the Oklahoma-Missouri
line)
Texas
Bragg Road ghost light ( Light of
Saratoga )
Marfa lights
Utah
Skinwalker Ranch
Virginia
Cohoke light
They appear in many colors, shapes,
and sizes, though the basketball-sized
globular orange variety seems most
common. Most sightings occur at
night, when some lights can be seen
from miles around. They're reported
to be able to move against the wind
and reach extraordinary speeds.
Their terrestrial nature means that
though many sightings are sporadic,
there are some locations where they
appear relatively often. It's through
studying these hotspots, such as
Hessdalen in Norway and the Engligh
Pennines, that their characteristics
become evident.
Corpse Fire – this name comes
from lights appearing specifically
within graveyards where it was believed
the lights were an omen of death
or coming tragedy and would mark
the route of a future funeral, from
the victim's house to the graveyard.
Corpse Light or Corpse Candle (in
late 19th and early 20th century
Newfoundland)
Dwaallicht, meaning "wandering
light" in Dutch, luring people
deep into peat bogs for no apparent
reason.
Foxfire
Friar's Lantern
Hinkypunk in the West Country (probably
derived from the Welsh Pwca (Puck))
The Hobby Lantern - used in Hertfordshire,
East Anglia, and in Warwickshire
& Gloucestershire as Hobbedy's
Lantern
Irrlicht, German expression which
derives from "irre(n)"
with several meanings such as crazy,
foolish, to get lost, to lure and
to search and "Licht"
equal to light. It is an evil ghost
in German medieval fairy tales apearing
as a glowing sphere of light in
the dark woods, seducing people
to leave the roads and pass into
the woods.
Irrbloss, Swedish word that is a
contraction of the words "irra"
(wander randomly) and "bloss"
(torch).
Jack-o'-lantern
Jacky Lantern or Jack the Lantern
(in Newfoundland)
Kolli vai pisaasu - a Tamil term
used to describe a ghost (pisaasu)
with burning embers (kolli) in its
mouth (vai). There is a contention
whether both will o' the wisp and
kolli vai pisaasu are the same.
Liderc, or Lidérc, a demon
of Hungarian folklore that flies
at night in the form of fiery light,
scattering flames.
Luz Mala, meaning "evil light"
in Argentina and some parts of South
America. They are believed to be
wandering, malevolent ghosts.
Lyktemenn is the Norwegian word
for the phenomenon, meaning "men
with torches". The traditions
are similar to the other North-Western
European traditions
Peg-a-Lantern in Lancashire, or
Jenny-with-the-lantern in Northumbria
and Yorkshire
incorrectly identified Saint Elmo's
Fire
Spunkie – a Scots name used
in the Scottish Lowlands.
Fleyber - a Scottish-Gaelic name
used in the Scottish Highlands.
Vaett Lys is the name given to Will
o'the Wisp in Norway, having the
literal meaning of "Vaett's
Candle," the Vaett being a
kind of goblin of dwarfish stature,
believed to dwell in mounds.[3]
Virvatuli "flickering fire"
and aarnivalkea "treasure fire"
are amongst the many Finnish names
for this phenomenon. It is also
called liekkiö ("flamey")
when it is believed to be a ghost
of a murdered child.
Walking Fire
Min-min: a term used by some Australian
Aborigine societies to describe
atmospheric phenomena similar to
ball lightning or Will o'the Wisps;
at one time believed to be the spirits
of lost (or stillborn) children.
As in many other cultures, the Min-min
were believed to be dangerous to
human beings, especially young children.
Haunted Highways
The story is told
that a man named Hal, a welder who
had worked for several long hard
years at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula,
Mississippi. Haunts a lonely stretch
of Haunted Mississippi Highway.
Many still see him and several Gulf
Coast Paranormal groups investigate
the sightings to this day.
Hal's
ghost on a lonely Mississippi highway
photo Eric Mayence. The story has
often been told that a man named
Hal. A Mississippi welder who had
worked for several long hard years.
With all the future plans he had
made,"axed to pieces."
Hal is said to haunt a lonely stretch
of Highway in Haunted Mississippi
where a Lone Motel once stood. To
read more about this highway haunting
visit here!
Tuen Mun Road,
Hong Kong - Over the years, hundreds
of people have claimed that this
highway is haunted. Since 1978,
many lives have been lost due to
car accidents on that expressway.
The high death toll is blamed on
ghosts because they supposedly pop
up in the middle of the road when
people are driving, thus causing
them to make really sharp turns
to avoid them and then end up crashing.
The ghosts of past victims are said
to be seen there at night and some
drivers have even claimed that they
lost complete control of their vehicle
several times.
Civil
War ghost stories, A long and
windy road near the Pike Creek
area that many have sighted eyes,
herd screams at night, had things
run in front of their cars, seen
things chasing their cars, accidents
are a near miss on this dark and
creepy road. The trees that line
it seem to fallow you and bend
down towards your passing car,
the woods seem to move with you
instead of being passed, keep
your eyes open and your foot on
the break while driving this haunted
road. There is also somewhere
on this road a tree said to have
had an abandoned baby placed in
it to die, sometimes if brave
passersby stop they can hear the
tree "crying" the distinct
sound of an infant crying in the
darkness surrounds visitors.
NEW
ORLEANS TOP FIVE HAUNTED STREETS
Many
locals know the best place to
experience a one-on-one encounter
with some of the resident ghosts
and ghouls that prowl the streets
of Haunted New Orleans. Haunted
New Orleans Tours has created
a definitive guide to some of
the city’s spookiest and
most ghost-ridden thoroughfares
where specters make contact with
the living on an almost daily
basis. The following locations
are those most frequently reported
to Haunted New Orleans Tours:
#1.
Canal Street at City Park Avenue.
One drive through this major city
intersection and it’s obvious
to see why the area ranks number
one on our list of Haunted New
Orleans Streets. This major intersection
once marked the outermost limits
of the old city of New Orleans
and is a location where an amazing
thirteen cemeteries converge.
Beyond the intersection is the
median (in New Orleans vernacular,
the “neutral ground”)
that once was the location of
the New Basin Canal: in itself
yet another graveyard for so many
Irish, German and Italian immigrants
died in digging it and all of
them were buried where they fell.
There have
been a variety of reports stemming
from encounters near vortex
of the dead: from spirits seen
walking hand in hand down the
wide avenues of Greenwood Cemetery,
to the plaintive, disembodied
voices that call to bus riders
waiting at the corner near Odd
Fellow’s Rest, the reports
are astonishing. Near this location
several witnesses have spotted
the ghost of a young woman dressed
all in white running into the
path of oncoming traffic at
the corner where Canal Boulevard
becomes Canal Street. Some have
speculated that the figure is
that of a bride and they point
to the fact that one of New
Orleans’ legendary reception
and dining halls – Lenfant’s
-- stood nearby for decades.
Why the bride is running or
what she might be searching
for will forever remain a mystery.
Others who have seen her have
debunked the bride theory for
something more sinister: they
have said she has all the appearance
of a pale, ghostlike creature,
with a gaunt, skeletal face
and long, bony hands that make
a horrible “clack-clacking”
noise on the car doors of the
hapless souls who wait too long
at the Canal Boulevard stop
sign. There have been other
reports of ghostly funerals
passing through the CLOSED gates
of the Masonic cemetery late
in the night, and this is one
of the intersections where the
infamous Haunted Bus is said
to stop, and barrel on into
the empty night. If you happen
by this particular intersection
remember: here the dead truly
outnumber the living, and they
are not restful.
#2. Esplanade Avenue at Moss
Street and Bayou St. John.
This intersection,
where grand old Esplanade Avenue
crosses over Bayou St. John
at the Moss Street Bridge has
long been reputedly haunted.
Along the Avenue near this intersection
is St. Louis Cemetery No. 3
where many of the great old
New Orleans families now sleep
in eternal repose. But some
of the families who chose a
better view of the Bayou with
their earthen beds surely must
have felt betrayed when their
remains were exhumed and moved:
Originally, St. Louis No. 3
extended nearly all the way
to the shore of the Bayou. In
the 1940’s a part of the
land was sold and houses were
built where gravestones once
stood; later, in the 1970’s,
the huge Park Place apartment
building was erected where the
houses once stood. Reports have
come of spectral beings loitering
near corner of Esplanade and
Moss, as if they are lost souls
looking for their resting place.
Also near this intersection
is the old convent of the Cabrini
nuns, who still teach at Cabrini
High School on nearby Moss Street.
Mother Cabrini, the founder
of the order, lived in the building
herself and tales of her spirit
still being seen kneeling and
praying at the grotto are legendary.
In the early 1900’s Bayou
St. John and the surrounding
area were the domain of Jose
Planas, the King of the French
Market. He owned most of the
land from Esplanade to the French
Quarter and operated several
barges and tugs that did commerce
along the Bayou, once a major
route to Lake Pontchartrain
and ultimately to the Gulf of
Mexico. Residents who live in
the restored cottages near this
major intersection tell stories
of hearing the resonant voice
of Jose himself, still giving
orders to his barge crews; when
Jose is seen, he appears as
a man dressed in a white, Havana
style suit, usually near the
base of the statue of Confederate
General P.G.T. Beauregard.
#3.
St. Charles Avenue.
This grand
promenade of old New Orleans
has its share of reputed apparitions
and haunting's.
Union
soldiers and once even the ghost
of General Benjamin “The
Beast” Butler have been
sighted on the steps of famous
Gallier Hall. During the Union
occupation of the city of New
Orleans, Gallier Hall was used
as a Federal headquarters. There
is also a ghost connected to Gallier
Hall that appears only during
the Bacchus Mardi Gras parade:
Some rattled parade-goers have
run screaming to police reporting
that they have just witnessed
a stabbing. When police return
to the scene of the alleged crime,
the first block on the Lafayette
St. side of Gallier Hall, there
is no victim and nothing out of
the ordinary is found. As it happens,
in 1972, a young man was attacked
and brutally stabbed between two
cars on this side of Gallier Hall.
He died two blocks down at the
intersection of Lafayette and
Baronne Streets. Perhaps what
we are seeing is simply the ghostly
reenactment of his tragic last
minutes on earth?
On the Uptown
side of St. Charles Avenue,
in the area that inspired the
chronicles of Anne Rice’s
Mayfair Witches, strange things
are reported near the famous
Bultmann Funeral Home where
some have witnessed ghostly
hearses idling on side streets
and have heard the piercing
cry of a young woman in jeopardy.
Ironically, some years ago,
a young woman was attacked near
the funeral home entrance and
was dragged to her death along
a side street, all during the
height of rush hour traffic.
Near the intersection
of St. Charles and Napoleon
Avenues a ghostly couple is
said to await a bus that for
them never comes. They are seen
dressed in Sunday best and when
the bus arrives, they apparently
never get on. Also near this
intersection is sometimes seen
the ghost of a lost little boy.
He is seen crying broken-heartedly
and standing in the gutter on
the river side of Napoleon.
When someone approaches him,
it is said he turns and runs
away, disappearing into thin
air. Tragically, a little boy
was pulled under the wheels
of a Mardi Gras float at just
this location many years ago
when the Super Krewe's (as they
were then called) first began
using the Uptown parade route.
Could this spectral image be
that of the lost little boy
whose Mardi Gras was ruined
so long ago?
#4.
Lakeshore Drive
Like St. Charles
Avenue, this long stretch of
famous New Orleans roadway seems
to have more than its share
of haunting's, such as: Lakeshore
Drive and Kildeer where a biker
and his child were killed in
a hit and run trying to cross
at the base of the high rise
bridge here; many people have
reported being startled by the
ghostly figure of a man on his
bike, with a child fixed in
a seat behind him, who rushes
out in front of vehicles and
disappears into thin air. Lakeshore
Drive at “TI- KI Beach,”
where the ghost of a college
student who drowned during a
fraternity initiation is seen
walking up to cars that park
here and looking mournfully
into the windows before vaporizing
into the dark. Lakeshore Drive
at Mardi Gras Fountain, where
the ghost of a motorcyclist
who plowed off the road here
and into the fountain in the
1960’s is said to come
and sit beside hapless visitors
to the old fountain; they report
that he is still wearing the
torn leather jacket and the
blood stained helmet that he
was found in. And somewhere
along Lakeshore Drive is to
be found one of the most troubling
haunting's in New Orleans, though
the exact location is unknown.
It is told that during the 1930’s
a man who was swimming in the
Lake was sucked under the seawall
steps and drowned because he
could not escape. Friends searched
for him and finally a diver
located the opening under the
steps and the body was discovered.
Haunted New Orleans Tours has
received several reports from
people who have unintentionally
chosen the exact spot of this
tragedy to share a quiet moment,
only to be startled into abject
terror as the ghostly arm and
shoulder of a man appear in
the wash near the bottom of
the steps: According to all
reports, NO ONE has stayed around
to see the head and face come
up out of the water. (This one
is hit or miss and you never
know if the spot you’ve
chosen is the right one, until
you see that glowing hand reach
up from the black waters of
Lake Pontchartrain.)
#5.
Rampart and Basin Streets.
You can’t
have one without the other in
this “two’fer.”
Rampart Street was for years
uncounted the northern boundary
of the French Quarter and has
been the source of many reports
of haunting's and paranormal
encounters. Basin Street, Rampart’s
raunchy sister, is a legendary
cradle of brothels and the blues,
and a perfect recipe for haunting's.
The Old Mortuary
Chapel, or Our Lady of Guadeloupe
and St. Jude Shrine as it is
called today, was once the final
stop before an earthen bed for
victims of the yellow fever
epidemics of the late 18th and
early 19th centuries. The dead
and dying of Bronze John’s
subjects were taken en masse
to this chapel to receive the
Last Rites from the only souls
still willing to approach the
victims with compassion, the
priests and nuns of the Mortuary
Chapel. Today there is almost
continuous activity in and around
the church and novenas to St.
Jude, the Patron Saint of Impossible
Causes, are a constant. But
in the quiet interludes, in
the dark hours before dawn and
at sunset after the rush hour
traffic has passed, some say
the sound of Latin benedictions
can still be heard over the
ghostly moaning of the dying
in the last throes of the grip
of the yellow death. One startling
report comes to Haunted New
Orleans Tours of a group visiting
from South Carolina who decided
to take an independent tour
of the old chapel and somehow
got a glimpse of the Other Side:
while wandering the aisles of
the church, amid the muffled
conversation of churchgoers
and other tourists, the group
came face to face with a nun
wearing a habit so antiquated
that it immediately stood out
as odd. It is said that she
passed them without a look or
word, and in such complete silence
that it made at least one of
the party give her a second,
longer look. To his dismay,
he realized as he watched that
the nun was FLOATING almost
a foot above the chapel floor.
Struck speechless by the sight,
all he could do was watch in
shock as the nun literally floated
onto the altar and through the
sacristy door. Often visitors
to the church smell an intense
scent of lavender in the nave
of the church when no one is
there: lavender was used to
mask the scent of illness that
once so pervaded the little
old chapel.
Another famous
and haunted Rampart Street landmark
is Congo Square. Today it is
adjacent to Armstrong Park near
the Municipal Auditorium, but
in the 18th and 19th centuries
it was the beating heart of
the African Americans in New
Orleans. Frequented by both
Free People of color and Negro
servants and slaves of the gentile
New Orleans families, Congo
Square quickly took on a life
of its own. African Americans
who came together to share and
celebrate their African culture
in a marketplace atmosphere
that in the evenings became
a celebration of music and dance
held great gatherings there.
Many distinguished New Orleanians
would join in the celebrations
at Congo Square, including Marie
Laveau and her followers who
practiced their voodoo rituals
there deep into the night. The
wild rhythms also attracted
one of the most famous American
composers of that time: young
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the
composer of such famous works
as “A Night in the Tropics”
and “The Banjo,”
visited Congo Square as a child
and into his youth – and
some say he still visits there
in death. Reports have come
to Haunted New Orleans Tours
of a tall man, dressed in 19th
century clothing, groomed in
the style of the day with sideburns
and moustache, who walks silently
down Rampart Street to the gates
of Armstrong Park and disappears
inside. One report tells of
the man being accompanied by
an Octoroon woman dressed in
servant’s clothes of the
time: it is a well known fact
that the servants of Gottschalk’s
household are the ones who first
exposed him to the fiery rhythms
that would plant the seed of
ragtime in his musician’s
heart. Perhaps his Octoroon
is still accompanying him? Those
who have researched the story
of Gottschalk have recognized
his tall, dark figure immediately,
but he is not confined to Rampart
Street and is often seen near
the corner of Royal and Esplanade
standing outside the cottage
where he was born. The ghost
of Marie Laveau has also been
seen in the park itself, dancing
in a ghostly dance to music
only she and the spirits of
the Other World now can hear.
Dressed in white and looking
as beautiful as when she lived,
her dark eyes flash as if she
knows very well she is dead
and that she is scaring the
life out of you!
Nearby Basin
Street has always had a seedy
reputation and the brothels
that flourished there in the
late 1800’s and early
20th century did nothing to
change that opinion. But can
it be that the ghosts of prostitutes
from long ago are still working
their Basin Street beat? One
man claims that he was actually
approached by one of these ghostly
prostitutes and was led to a
rendezvous in a darkened yard,
only to find himself completely
alone: the woman had vanished
altogether. Ghostly music haunts
Basin Street; remnant notes
from days of yore when jazz
and the blues were in their
infancy. One complaint to the
New Orleans Police Department
about “the jazz band practicing
upstairs in that empty building”
seem to be proof enough that
ghostly musicians still get
together to jam: when the NOPD
arrived, they found the place
deserted, without even electricity
or a way inside. One familiar
Basin Street ghost is that of
famous turn of the century craftsman
and painter Alphonse Aveton,
who is still seen in his turn
of the century painter’s
clothes, walking down Basin
or climbing scaffolding that
IS NOT THERE along the sides
of buildings now decrepit and
abandoned but which once bore
the mark of his artistry. Family
members of Aveton claim to have
no idea why their relative is
still plying his trade in the
hereafter but wish wholeheartedly
that he’d come over to
their houses and do some work
for them! Such is the way with
most old New Orleans families:
you may be gone but you are
never forgotten!
The
Legend of New Orleans Grunch
Road Revealed
Some
people claim it was in Chalmette,
Louisiana, some other people
claim it was in Gentilly,
but the REAL Grunch Road was
located in a remote part of
Eastern New Orleans near the
community of Little Woods.
In
those days, when New Orleans
was still developing it's
Eastern subdivisions, most
people only encountered Grunch
Road by accident. A dead end
of scant shells and sand,
sheltered by overgrown woods
and water oaks it led off
into the ferny darkness off
the major two-lane highway
of Haynes Boulevard.
http://www.hauntedneworleanstours.com/hauntedroads/grunchroad/
So the next time you feel like
a nice, relaxing drive, or you’re
out “cruising” with
your friends or significant
other, be sure to take this
handy list along and keep your
eyes peeled when your path crosses
one of the Haunted Streets of
New Orleans!!
Resurrection
Mary
Resurrection Mary is a famous
ghost story and is considered
by many to be the original hitchhiker
ghost story. It takes place
around the Chicago area in Justice,
Illinois. Many travelers down
Archer Avenue -- a street which
runs through the city of Chicago
-- and its South Suburbs, have
reported seeing a young blonde
girl walking by, some who have
seen her have claimed to even
have given her a ride. The girl
is said to be very quiet once
picked up and disappears once
the driver passes the gates
of Resurrection Cemetery in
Justice Illinois.
This
stretch of Archer Avenue
is part of Resurrection
Mary's territory. Mary,
the hitchhiking ghost,
is picked up by drivers
and disappears as they
drive past Resurrection
Cemetery.
Artist:
Dickey Lee Lyrics
Song: Laurie (Strange
Things Happen) Lyrics
Last night at the dance
I met Laurie,
So lovely and warm,
an angel of a girl.
Last night I fell in
love with Laurie -
Strange things happen
in this world.
As
I walked her home,
She said it was her
birthday.
I pulled her close and
said
"Will I see you
anymore?"
Then suddenly she asked
for my sweater
And said that she was
very, very cold.
I
kissed her goodnight
At her door and started
home,
Then thought about my
sweater
And went right back
instead.
I knocked at her door
and a man appeared.
I told why I'd come,
then he said:
"You're
wrong, son.
You weren't with my
daughter.
How can you be so cruel
To come to me this way?
My Laurie left this
world on her birthday
-
She died a year ago
today."
A
strange force drew me
to the graveyard.
I stood in the dark,
I saw the shadows wave,
And then I looked and
saw my sweater
Lyin' there upon her
grave.
Strange
things happen in this
world.
TO
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Straight
Hauntings on the A75 Kinmount
Straight in South West Scotland
have led to it being called
'the Ghost Road.' Here is a
brief list of some of the more
famous sightings along this
route.
Derek and Norman Ferguson were
driving along the A75 near Kinmount,
around midnight, when a large
hen flew towards their window
screen, but vanished on the
point of impact. The hen was
followed by an old lady who
ran towards the car waving her
outstretched arms. She was followed
by a screaming man with long
hair and further animals, including
'great cats, wild dogs, goats,
more hens and other fowl, and
stranger creatures', who all
disappeared. The temperature
then dropped, and when the brothers
stopped
the car, it began to sway violently
back and forth. Derek got out
of the car and the movement
stopped. He climbed back in
and then, finally, a vision
of a furniture van came towards
them before disappearing.
Donna Maxwell,
27, was convinced she had hit
a man in the road whilst driving
along the A75 near Swordwellrig
with her two children. Travelling
at 50 mph she saw the man jump
out in front of her, about two
feet in front of her car. He
was in his 30's, with short
hair, wearing a red top and
dark trousers. She braked hard,
involuntarily closing her eyes
and bracing for impact. When
she opened her eyes, the car
had stopped but there was no
sign of the man. She contacted
the police and the area was
searched but there was no evidence
of an accident. A description
of the accident issued to the
media a week later failed to
provide any further explanation
of the accident.
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/dumfriesshire/dumfrieshire1.html
Primrose
Road, South Bend, Indiana
The tale of
Primrose Road is a strange and
intriguing one. It is apparent
that the true origin of this
urban legend, and that these
stories have masked any factual
information concerning real
events or encounters. Be that
as it may, let's take a look
at some of the things that are
said to occur on Primrose Road.
One of the strangest parts
of the legend states that if
you drive down Primrose Road
at less than twenty miles an
hour your tires will be slashed.
It is said that if you travel
over thirty miles an hour, your
vehicle will simply die. In
either case, you will have to
walk to get help. Cell phones
are said to be useless as you
will be unable to get any signal
whatsoever. It is stated that
while you are walking you will
hear unearthly sounds and that
a ghost will appear telling
you to go back to your car because
there is danger ahead. Another
part of the legend states that
while you are walking down Primrose
Road a phantom farmhouse will
appear, but that it won’t
appear long enough for you to
investigate. It is also rumored
that occult rituals have been
performed in the area, and that
during one of these rituals
a woman was sacrificed and her
body was deposited in a nearby
lake. Witnesses claim to have
seen the ghost of the woman
reliving the ritual on the anniversary
of the night she was sacrificed.
It is also reported that near
the lake where her body was
left that an overpowering sense
of sadness can be felt.
http://www.ghostvillage.com/resources/2005/twc_12202005.shtml
ROBERT JOHNSON’S
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL AND THE
CROSSROADS CURSE
Rosedale,
Mississippi, where Highway 8
intersects with Highway 1. Robert
Johnson and his infamous crossroads
deal with the devil –
in which he traded his immortal
soul for musical genius –
is deeply ingrained in the mythology
and legend of the rural South
and is one of the best-known
tales of American folklore.
If’n
yo wants to make a deal with
de deb’l yo gotta take
yo guitar and a black cat bone
and go on out to a lonely, empty
fork in de roads long about
midnight. Yo’s got to
sit down dere and play dat guitar
with dat black cat bone, playing
yo best song, yo know, and wishing
on the deb’l all the while.
After a short time yo goin’
hear somethin’ hummin’,
deep and low like a bumble bee
only getting’ louder all
de time. Den yo’s gonna
feel somethin’ come up
behinds yo tugging at yo guitar
wantin’ to takes it away
– and dis goin’
be the old Deb’l himself.
But dontcha looks round, boy!
Yo gots to keep on strummin’
as if’n yo still hads
de guitar in yo hands. Right
soon, dat deb’l he gonna
give that old guitar back to
yo and yo’s goin’
be able to play anything yo
heart desire on dem old strings!
Yes, you is gonna play dat guitar
until yo fingers bleed, boy,
but only as long as the deb’l
will let yo – coz one
day he comin’ back with
his own guitar and yo is gonna
haves to accompany him if’n
yo wants to or not!”
The story of Robert Johnson
and his infamous crossroads
deal with the devil –
in which he traded his immortal
soul for musical genius –
is deeply ingrained in the mythology
and legend of the rural South
and is one of the best-known
tales of American folklore.
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So the next
time your on that haunted
highway that leads to eternity
keep your eyes pealed you
might just see a real ghost!
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