For most of us, driving down a highway is nothing unusual. And when we get to where we are going....it is pretty much but forgotten about the road we just traveled. But when darkness comes, the haunted highways brings stories of ghosts, hauntings, and the supernatural.
Whether it is vanishing hitchhikers, street walkers, phantom travelers, or lost souls, you are bound to hear story after story of haunted highways.
I think one of the most common tales is that of the Phantom Hitchhiker. Phantom travelers are ghosts of humans, animals, or even a vehicle that appears along a roadway, trail, or at a rest stop. The haunting is usually associated with a tragedy, an anniversary, a wrongdoing, emotional turmoil, or some other connection with the specific location.
The tale of the phantom hitchhiker-a ghostly figure that enters your vehicle, only to suddenly disappear without warning-is an archetype and the most common of all ghost travelers.
BEWARE: These could be signs that you may have just encounter a PHANTOM HITCHHIKER!
1.The hitchhiker gives you an address. Upon arrival, you notice your PASSENGER has disappeared!
2. Rather than hitchhiking, the ghost meets you at an event....say...dance or maybe an amusement park and ask for a ride. And before you reach the destination, they are GONE!!!
So, I'm sure you all have heard of the most famous story of all.............. Resurrection Mary.
The story goes that around 1939 the ghost of a young girl with long blond hair and blue eyes, dressed in white, started appearing along Archer Avenue between Willow Springs and Justice, Illinois. She would suddenly materialize in the middle of the road. Some motorist claim their cars passed right through the girl. If you were brave enough to stop, she would softly ask to be taken to OH HENRY PARK, where she could be seen dancing throughout the night. When the dance hall would close she would ask someone at the dance hall for a ride. Sometimes she would ask to be let out Resurrection Cemetery. Then she would open the gates and disappear.
Now, NOT all highways are haunted by apparitions of people.......motorist have reported seeing ghostly headlights.....spooky animals....even phantom cars and trucks. For whatever haunts these dark and lonely highways....we may never be able to prove exactly why they are there. My guess is, they are staying around for the very same reasons anything else becomes haunted. Unfinished business...... don't know they are dead....and that to me ....I think is probably the best explanation more than anything else.....they don't know they are dead. Death happens so suddenly sometimes, that a spirit doesn't know what has happened and stays in the place it knows best or was last at....obviously there are more tragic wrecks with other cars and trucks, people and animals on highways than other locations. This could explain why there are such a "variety"of apparitions seen on one highway. Just a thought....
And lets not forget Highway 666 has been hailed as one of the most haunted places in America. It is located in the region that is identified as the “Four Corners”. Many know the “Four Corners” as the States of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico – not the entire states, only certain geographical locations of each state. In the year of 2003, the United State renamed the ominous highway to U.S Route 491. Christians believe that the number that is reflected in three sixes represents what they refer to as the “Number of the Beast”. When this highway was under its assumed evil number identifier, many referred to it as the “Devil’s Highway”. Based on statistics, there were an unusually high number of accidents and fatalities on this road when it was named 666, so many gained the belief that anyone that traveled on this road would immediately be cursed.
If you have EVER experienced a HAUNTED HIGHWAY I would love to hear about it!!!!!!!!!
Whether it is vanishing hitchhikers, street walkers, phantom travelers, or lost souls, you are bound to hear story after story of haunted highways.
I think one of the most common tales is that of the Phantom Hitchhiker. Phantom travelers are ghosts of humans, animals, or even a vehicle that appears along a roadway, trail, or at a rest stop. The haunting is usually associated with a tragedy, an anniversary, a wrongdoing, emotional turmoil, or some other connection with the specific location.
The tale of the phantom hitchhiker-a ghostly figure that enters your vehicle, only to suddenly disappear without warning-is an archetype and the most common of all ghost travelers.
BEWARE: These could be signs that you may have just encounter a PHANTOM HITCHHIKER!
1.The hitchhiker gives you an address. Upon arrival, you notice your PASSENGER has disappeared!
2. Rather than hitchhiking, the ghost meets you at an event....say...dance or maybe an amusement park and ask for a ride. And before you reach the destination, they are GONE!!!
So, I'm sure you all have heard of the most famous story of all.............. Resurrection Mary.
The story goes that around 1939 the ghost of a young girl with long blond hair and blue eyes, dressed in white, started appearing along Archer Avenue between Willow Springs and Justice, Illinois. She would suddenly materialize in the middle of the road. Some motorist claim their cars passed right through the girl. If you were brave enough to stop, she would softly ask to be taken to OH HENRY PARK, where she could be seen dancing throughout the night. When the dance hall would close she would ask someone at the dance hall for a ride. Sometimes she would ask to be let out Resurrection Cemetery. Then she would open the gates and disappear.
Now, NOT all highways are haunted by apparitions of people.......motorist have reported seeing ghostly headlights.....spooky animals....even phantom cars and trucks. For whatever haunts these dark and lonely highways....we may never be able to prove exactly why they are there. My guess is, they are staying around for the very same reasons anything else becomes haunted. Unfinished business...... don't know they are dead....and that to me ....I think is probably the best explanation more than anything else.....they don't know they are dead. Death happens so suddenly sometimes, that a spirit doesn't know what has happened and stays in the place it knows best or was last at....obviously there are more tragic wrecks with other cars and trucks, people and animals on highways than other locations. This could explain why there are such a "variety"of apparitions seen on one highway. Just a thought....
And lets not forget Highway 666 has been hailed as one of the most haunted places in America. It is located in the region that is identified as the “Four Corners”. Many know the “Four Corners” as the States of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico – not the entire states, only certain geographical locations of each state. In the year of 2003, the United State renamed the ominous highway to U.S Route 491. Christians believe that the number that is reflected in three sixes represents what they refer to as the “Number of the Beast”. When this highway was under its assumed evil number identifier, many referred to it as the “Devil’s Highway”. Based on statistics, there were an unusually high number of accidents and fatalities on this road when it was named 666, so many gained the belief that anyone that traveled on this road would immediately be cursed.
If you have EVER experienced a HAUNTED HIGHWAY I would love to hear about it!!!!!!!!!
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