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"LUKE THE SPOOK"
THE STORY GOES THAT THERE IS A MENTAL INSTITUTION AROUND THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 37 MILE ROAD AND ROMEO PLANK ROAD. IN
THE OLD DAYS, BACK IN THE EARLY 1900'S, COACHES USED TO PASS
BY, AND THEY ALWAYS HAD A LAMP SWINGING FROM THE BACK OF THE
CARRIAGE. ONE NIGHT A MAN ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTION. AS HE FLED,
A COACH CAME BY, KNOCKED HIM DOWN, AND AS IT ROLLED OVER HIM, THE
HORSES' HOOVES CUT OFF HIS HEAD, WHICH ROLLED UNDER A BRIDGE. HIS
BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. THE WEIRD PART IS IF YOU PARK BY THIS BRIDGE
(YOU WILL SEE A STRANGE)
LIGHT MOVING TOWARDS YOU. YOU'LL TRY TO START YOUR CAR, BUT IT
WON'T START, BUT YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL GO LIKE CRAZY.
AT THE LAST MINUTE THE CAR WILL START, AND THE LIGHT WILL
FOLLOW YOU AS YOU GO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT NOT ONLY HEARD OF THIS STORY, BUT ACTUALLY VISITED
THIS SPOT AND SHE CLAIMS THAT THE STORY OF THE LIGHT IS REALLY
TRUE, IT HAPPENED TO HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 05-14-1965
SPIRIT OF THE WHEAT
NEAR HEMLOCK, MICHIGAN THEY TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE "SPIRIT OF THE
WHEAT". THEY GROW A LOT OF WHEAT AROUND THERE. EVERY SUMMER AT
HARVEST TIME, THE FARMERS WOULD GO OUT INTO THE WHEAT FIELDS AND SEE
WHAT THEY CALLED SPIRITS COMING OUT OF THE WHEAT FIELDS, IF THEY SAW
THE SPIRIT, THEY KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR THE HARVEST. IT TURNS OUT
THAT THERE ARE LARGE DEPOSITS OF NATURAL GAS IN THAT AREA AND ALL
THE FARMERS WERE REALLY SEEING WAS THE GAS SEEPING OUT OF THE GROUND
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S UNCLE TOLD HIM THIS STORY. THE UNCLE, ALEC
MANZONNI, IS A RESIDENT OF HEMLOCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 02-28-1965
LIGHT ABOVE ST. MARY'S
ABOUT TWELVE OR FOURTEEN YEARS AGO NEAR DAZY, NORTH DAKOTA
ON ST. MARY'S FARM THERE APPEARED A LIGHT ABOVE ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
THE GERMAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY WAS AMAZED AND AFTER A TIME AFRAID
OF THE LIGHT. THE PRIEST EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS PERHAPS THE SOUL OF
A PERSON NOT AT REST. HE ASKED THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
PRAY FOR THE POOR SOUL. PLANES OF NEAR BY AIRPORTS WERE SENT UP TO
SEEK OUT THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT SOURCE WAS
FAR TOO HIGH FOR ANY PLANE TO REACH. PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS
ALIKE GATHERED FROM MILES AROUND AT THE CHURCH TO PRAY. AFTER
ABOUT A WEEK THE LIGHT DISAPPEARED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO LIVES ON ST. MARY'S
FARM. THIS LADY IS MY GRANDMOTHER AND IS USUALLY AN EXTREME
DISBELIEVER OF UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS OF THIS SORT. HOWEVER, SHE IS
VERY STAUNCH IN HER TESTIMONY, ABOUT THIS HAPPENING.
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
DEATH OMEN
THE INFORMANT'S THREE YEAR OLD BROTHER APPROACHED HIS MOTHER IN THE
KITCHEN OF THEIR HOME AND ASKED HER, "MOMMA, WHAT'S THAT MAN DOING
STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM?" SHE SAID, "DON'T BE SILLY, JIMMY."
AGAIN HE SAID, "NO, WHAT'S THAT MAN IN THE BLACK SUIT DOING STANDING
THERE IN THE LIVING ROOM?" WITH THAT SHE GRABBED THE CHILD.,
AND WITHOUT LOOKING IN THE LIVING ROOM, RAN DOWNSTAIRS. THE
MOTHER'S BROTHER DIED THE SAME DAY.
Submitter comment:
YEARS LATER, THE THREE YEAR OLD STILL CONTENDS HE SAW A MAN
STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THE DISAPPEARING ACT
IN ENGLAND, MANY YEARS AGO, A CHURCH SOCIAL WAS TAKING PLACE
AND EVERYONE WAS INVOLVED IN PLAYING GAMES. MOST OF THE MEN WERE
PLAYING RUGBY ON A HUGE FIELD. ONE MAN KICKED THE BALL INTO
A FAR CORNER OF THE FIELD AND WENT AFTER IT. HE STARTED TO RUN
AFTER THE BALL AND THAT IS THE LAST ANYONE SAW OF HIM. PEOPLE
THOUGHT THAT HE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN INTO A DITCH OR A HOLE BUT THEY
WENT TO LOOK FOR HIM AND COULD FIND NOTHING AND TO THIS DAY THEY
STILL COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
Submitter comment:
MRS. BACON SAID THAT HER MOTHER AND SISTER TOLD HER THIS
STORY IN ENGLAND ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
THE LADY ON TANGLEWOOD DRIVE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO A GIRL WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED ON BELLE ISLE'S
TANGLEWOOD DRIVE. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE MOTHER WHO SPENT MANY
DAYS LATER LOOKING FOR HER CHILD CAN AT TIMES BE SEEN WALKING
DOWN TANGLEWOOD DRIVE DRESSED IN WHITE WITH AN AXE. SHE IS LOOKING
FOR HER DAUGHTER. THE GIRL WHO WAS KILLED WAS SLAIN WITH AN AXE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RUMORS.
Data entry tech comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT SAY WHETHER THE MOTHER IS A GHOST.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
LOVER'S LEAP LEGEND THE HOOK
THERE IS A STORY ABOUT A GIRL AND BOY WHO WENT TO LOVER'S LEAP
ONE NIGHT. THE RADIO WAS PLAYING IN THE CAR, AND WHILE THEY
LISTENED, THE PROGRAM TO WHICH THEY HAD BEEN LISTENING WAS
INTERRUPTED FOR A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN. IT SEEMS THAT A MAN HAD
ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY INSANE ASYLUM AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN WAS THAT HE HAD A
METAL HOOK IN THE PLACE OF HIS RIGHT HAND. ALL PEOPLE WERE
WARNED TO STAY AT HOME AND KEEP THEIR DOORS LOCKED. WHEN THE
COUPLE HEARD THIS, THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE AT ONCE, AND DID. THEY
ARRIVED AT THE GIRL'S HOUSE, AND AS SHE OPENED HER DOOR, SHE
SAW A METAL HOOK FALL FROM THE DOOR HANDLE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS STORY ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, BUT CANNOT
REMEMBER WHO TOLD IT TO ME.
Data entry tech comment: LOVER'S LEAP IS APPARENTLY MISTAKEN FOR LOVER'S LANE HERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
STORY
THERE WAS A GIRL WHO WENT TO WESTERN ONTARIO COLLEGE AND HER BOY
FRIEND CAME TO PICK HER UP FOR A FORMAL DANCE. HE WAS SITTING
IN THE LIVING ROOM WHICH WAS DIVIDED BY A STAIRWAY. THE PARENTS
COULDN'T SEE THEIR DAUGHTER AS SHE BEGAN COMING DOWN THE STAIRS.
THE GIRL'S SHOE CAUGHT IN HER DRESS AND PULLED IT DOWN TO HER WAIST.
HER DATE SAW THIS AND HER PARENTS DIDN'T AND SO TO DISTRACT
ATTENTION FROM THE GIRL, HE SAID, "OH, LOOK OUT ON THE LAWN. THE
PARENTS LOOKED OUT ON THE LAWN AND THERE WERE TWO DOGS ENGAGED
IN "HANKEY-PANKEY." THE FATHER DIDN'T WANT THIS KIND OF A BOY
TAKING OUT HIS DAUGHTER, THEREFORE FORBAD HIS DAUGHTER GOING OUT
WITH HIM. BUT THE GIRL CALLED HER MOTHER UPSTAIRS AND EXPLAINED
WHAT HAD HAPPENED. EVERYTHING WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
Submitter comment: SUSAN LEARNED THE STORY FROM HER GIRL FRIEND LAST YEAR.
Where learned: SUSANS HOME
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-25-1964
THE WHITE LADY
IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS A WOMAN WHO LIVES ON BELLE ISLE.
SHE LIVES ON MUSHROOMS AND SUCH AND IS VERY FRIENDLY WITH THE DEER
AND OTHER ANIMALS THERE. SHE IS DRESSED ALL IN WHITE AND IF YOU
GO TO BELLE ISLE AND PARK IN A CERTAIN SPOT, YOU CAN SEE HER
WALKING ABOUT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD OF THIS STORY FROM A BOY SHE USED TO DATE
WHO HAD SUPPOSEDLY GONE TO THIS PARKING SPOT AND HAD SEEN THIS
WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-14-1965
LOGGER'S LEGEND
A MAN NAMED DAVID WARD USED TO OWN A LOT OF LAND AND FORESTS
AROUND WATERS, MICH. HE WAS ABOUT THE RICHEST MAN IN THE AREA.
HE NOTICED THAT SOME OF HIS TREES WERE BEING CUT DOWN SO HE SET
OUT TO CATCH THE THIEF. HE HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHO IT WAS SO HE
DRESSED UP LIKE AN OLD BUM AND WENT TO THIS PERSON'S HOUSE
AND ASKED IF HE WOULD GIVE HIM A MEAL. THE MAN SAID YES, BUT HE'D
HAVE TO WORK FOR IT, AND HE TOLD WARD TO GO CUT DOWN SOME OF HIS OWN
TREES. (NOT KNOWING, OF COURSE, THAT IT WAS DAVE WARD HE WAS
TALKING TO.) WARD WENT AND CUT THE TREES DOWN AND BROUGHT THEM
BACK TO THE MAN. HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAN WAS
GOING TO KEEP THEM. (WARD MIGHT HAVE BEEN RICH BUT HE WAS ALWAYS
FAIR.) WELL, THE MAN PUT THE WOOD IN HIS OWN SHED AND OFFERED WARD
FOOD AND LODGING FOR THE NIGHT. THEN WARD TOLD HIM WHO HE WAS AND HE
MADE THAT MAN WORK FOR HIM FOR THE NEXT SEASON, CUTTING TREES, WITH
NO PAY, ONLY ENOUGH TO EAT AND A PLACE TO LIVE.
Submitter comment: HEARD AROUND GAYLORD, MICH. ABOUT 1930
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Gaylord
Keyword(s): THIEF PUNISHED BY MAN HE STOLE FROM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1963
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
THE STORY OF THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY ORIGINATED DURING THE 100
YEARS WAR OF THE TURKS AND HUNGARIANS. A LITTLE BOY WANTED TO
BE A DRUMMER BUT HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE. ONE NIGHT HE WENT OUT
AND STARTED TO BEAT ON HIS DRUM. IT JUST HAPPENED THAT THIS WAS THE
SAME NIGHT THE TURKS HAD PLANNED TO ATTACK A
HUNGARIAN HAMLET. THE DRUM AROUSED THE PEOPLE IN TIME FOR THEM
TO NOTICE THE INVASION AND PUT UP A DEFENSE WHICH STARVED (SIC) OFF
THE ATTACK.
Submitter comment: HANK LEARNED AS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
LEGEND
MY GIRLFRIEND ONCE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY BAD
ACCIDENT ON CHERRY HILL IN DEARBORN. THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED A YOUNG
GIRL ON HER BIKE AND A CAR. THE GIRL WAS HIT BY THE CAR AND DRAGGED
BY THE CAR FOR SOME DISTANCE. WHILE BEING DRAGGED, THE GIRL WAS
KNOCKING ON THE CAR FOR THE DRIVER TO STOP. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT IF
YOU TRAVEL IN YOUR CAR IN THE EXACT TRACKS OF THE CAR, YOU WILL HEAR
A KNOCKING ON YOUR CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
THE STATUE OF LITTLE JAKE
THERE WAS AN IRON STATUE MADE OF JAKE SELIGMAN AFTER HE DIED
AND THIS STATUE STOOD FOR MANY YEARS ON TOP OF A BUILDING THAT
JAKE SELIGMAN HAD BUILT. THIS BUILDING WAS THE FIRST IRON FRAME
CONSTRUCTED BUILDING IN SAGINAW. HE WAS UP THERE FOR YEARS,
UNTIL 1942. THE STATUE BLEW DOWN IN A HIGH WIND THEN, AND WAS
USED FOR SCRAP METAL FOR THE WAR EFFORT..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-02-1982
LOGS IN THE RIVER
ACCORDING TO MS BOW, YOU COULD WALK ALL THE WAY FROM GREEN POINT
TO SAGINAW ON THE LOGS IN THE RIVER. THIS DISTANCE IS
APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MILES.
Submitter comment: THE LOGGING INDUSTRY SURE HAD ITS BOOM DAY IN SAGINAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-02-1982
GHOST LEGEND
IN 1949 I WENT TO AMORY, MISSISSIPPI TO VISIT FRIENDS. THE
LOCAL TOWNSPEOPLE WERE TELLING A STORY AMONG THEMSELVES
ABOUT A FAMILY, THE HAMPTONS, WHO LIVED IN TOWN. NOW,
AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY 3000-4000 PEOPLE LIVING
IN AMORY, SO THIS KIND OF STORY SPREAD PRETTY FAST.
IT SEEMS THAT MR. HAMPTON HAD DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
IN 1943 WHEN HIS ONLY DAUGHTER WAS 10 YEARS OLD. IN 1949,
WHEN SHE WAS 16, IT WAS SAID THAT SHE BEGAN TO SEE HER
FATHER'S GHOST WAITING FOR HER AT THE FRONT GATE OF THE
FAMILY HOME WHENEVER SHE WENT OUT ALONE AT NIGHT. THE
SPIRIT WAS WAITING FOR HER TO RETURN SAFELY. THE GHOST
WOULD ONLY APPEAR WHEN SHE WAS ALONE AND WOULD QUICKLY
DISAPPEAR IF SHE TRIED TO APPROACH IT. HE NEVER ONCE SAID
ANYTHING. WHEN THE GIRL WAS SAFELY INSIDE THE HOUSE, THE
SPIRIT WOULD GO AWAY SATISFIED, ONLY TO REAPPEAR WHENEVER
SHE VENTURED OUT ALONE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LIVED IN LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI FROM 1925
UNTIL THE FAMILY MOVED TO DETROIT DURING WORLD WAR II.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1982
"ON NEWHILL, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, AFTER A RAIN, THE OCCUPANTS IN
MY MOTHER'S HOME SAW THAT THE RAIN WAS THE COLOR OF BLOOD.
THE REASON FOR THIS, ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER, WAS THAT THE PREVIOUS
OWNER, A MAN, HAD DIED THERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
"THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE MONEY BURIED IN THE WOODS IN BESSEMER,
ALABAMA, THAT CAN'T BE REMOVED. I HEARD SEVERAL MEN TALK ABOUT
TRYING TO DIG FOR IT; BUT WHEN THEY FOUND THE CORRECT SPOT,
THINGS STARTED HAPPENING TO SCARE THEM OFF. ONE SPECIFIC THING I
REMEMBER HEARING MENTIONED WAS THE ROCKS BEING THROWN AT THEM (THE
MEN) FROM ALL SIDES FROM SOME UNSEEN BEINGS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
"THIS ONE WAS TOLD BY THE MINISTER OF THE CHURCH I ATTENDED AS A
CHILD: THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL ON A PASSENGER TRAIN. SHE WAS
PUT OFF THE TRAIN IN THE DARK, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE BECAUSE
SHE HAD NO TICKET. AFTER THE CONDUCTOR FORCED THE LITTLE GIRL TO
LEAVE THE TRAIN, HE PULLED THE CORD, SIGNALLING THE ENGINEER TO
CONTINUE THE JOURNEY. HOWEVER, THE TRAIN WOULDN'T MOVE. FINALLY,
THE CONDUCTOR SAID, 'I KNOW WHY THIS TRAIN WON'T MOVE. I'VE
FORCED THAT CHILD OFF BECAUSE SHE HAD NO TICKET OR MONEY.' HE PUT
THE LITTLE GIRL BACK ON THE TRAIN AND SIGNALLED THE ENGINEER
AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE TRAIN PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENCE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER
"IN PITTSBURGH THERE IS A ROAD LOCATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN.
ON ONE SIDE THERE IS A LARGE BODY OF WATER AND ON THE OTHER SIDE
THERE IS A BRICK WALL THAT RUNS A MILE LONG. SO LATE AT NIGHT
THE FOG IS VERY THICK AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THIS ROAD A WOMAN
APPEAR ON THE ROAD OUT OF NOWHERE AND THUMB A RIDE. SHE WILL GET
IN THE BACK SEAT AND SPEAK BRIEFLY TO YOU. AS YOU REACH HER
DESIGNATION, SHE WILL DISAPPEAR. IT IS SAID THAT A YOUNG WOMAN
WAS KILLED ON THAT VERY ROAD SOME YEARS AGO AND HER SPIRIT RETURNS
TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF OTHER MOTORIST."
Where learned: DETROIT ; FRIENDS HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
THE STORY OF BLOOD ROAD
OUT IN THE HILLS NEAR ORTONVILLE, MICHIGAN THERE IS A ROAD THAT
PEOPLE NOW CALL BLOOD ROAD. THE ROAD IS VERY SECLUDED WAY OUT IN
THE COUNTRY AND LINED WITH HUGE TREES. ONE NIGHT A YOUNG COUPLE
WHO HAD BEEN OUT TO A PARTY WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEIR
CAR BROKE DOWN. THE YOUNG MAN TRIED TO START IT AGIAN BUT NOTHING
HAPPENED SO HE DECIDED TO WALK 15 OR SO MILES BACK TO THE NEAREST
HOUSE AND CALL FOR HELP. THE GIRL DIDN'T WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE
BECAUSE EARLIER THEY HAD HEARD A NEWS BULLETIN ON THE RADIO ABOUT
AN ESCAPED LUNATIC BELIEVED TO BE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION. HER
BOYFRIEND FINALLY CONVINCED HER THAT SHE WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF SHE
LOCKED HERSELF IN. HE SET OFF WALKING AND SHE LOCKED THE CAR AND
GOT A BLANKET OUT OF THE BACK TO KEEP WARM WITH. AN HOUR OR SO
PASSED AND THE GIRL FELL ASLEEP. SHE AWOKE TO HEAR A TAPPING AT
THE WINDOW. SHE COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS CAUSING IT BECAUSE IT WAS
SO DARK SO SHE LAID THERE UNDER THE BLANKET WAITING. EVENTUALLY
SHE SAW THE LIGHTS OF A CAR. TIRED OF WAITING AND VERY FRIGHTENED
SHE DECIDED TO FLAG IT DOWN THINKING IT WAS EITHER HER BOYFRIEND
OR SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP. SHE GETS OUT OF THE CAR AND AS SHE
TURNS TOWARDS THE APPROACHING CAR SHE SEES WHAT WAS CAUSING THE
TAPPING NOISE. HER BOYFRIEND WAS HANGING FROM A TREE BY HIS FEET.
HIS THROAT HAD BEEN CUT AND HIS ARM WAS HANGING DOWN NEAR THE CAR,
THE NOISE HAD BEEN HIS CLASS RING TAPPING AGAINST THE CAR WINDOW
AS HIS BODY SWONG IN THE WIND. THAT IS WHY THE ROAD IS CALLED
BLOOD ROAD.
Submitter comment: BRUNVANDS THE BOYFRIEND'S DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-20-1984