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GHOST STORY
WHEN MY YOUNGER BROTHER AWOKE DURING THE NIGHT, HE MISTAKENLY ENTERED THE CLOSET AND SCREAMED.
WHEN THE FAMILY ARRIVED, HE TOLD THEM THAT A LADY DRESSED IN WHITE HAD REACHED OUT TO PAT HIM ON THE HEAD.
TWO DAYS LATER, THE FAMILY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM THAT THE BOY'S GRANDMOTHER HAD DIED IN POLAND THE SAME NIGHT
THE LADY IN WHITE APPEARED IN THE CLOSET.
Submitter comment:
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MOMENT OF DEATH RELATIVE APPEARS DRESSED IN
WHITE. SHE TOOK HAND OF GRANDSON. DEATH TOOK PLACE IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
TALE
THE DAY BEFORE MY GRANDFATHER DIED, MY GRANDMOTHER WENT
TO VISIT HIM AND HE WAS TALKING TO NANCY AND WAS SAYING
"I'M NOT COMING HOME NOW, NANCY. I'LL SEE YOU IN THE
MORNING."
THE ODD THING IS THAT NANCY WAS HIS MOTHER AND WAS
DECEASED AND THAT HE DIED THE NEXT MORNING AT 6:00 A.M.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GHOST STORY
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
WHERE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD RUNS. IT HAPPENED
YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN MEN WALKED THE TRACK CHECKING
THEM AND SIGNALING TRAINS. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL GOES
THROUGH VERY FAST AND KILLED ONE OF THE SIGNALERS. THE
MAN WAS DECAPETATED AND HIS HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND.
SOMETIMES WHEN A PERSON LOOKS DOWN THESE
Submitter comment:
MAN DECAPITATED BY A NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRAIN IN SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA AND HIS HEAD WAS NOT FOUND.
ITEM CONTINUED ON ONE OR MORE CARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST
Data entry tech comment: AT LEAST ONE 5 X 8 CARD SEEMS TO BE MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
GHOST STORY
TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET
THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY A FRIEND IN LOUISIANA WHO HAD LIVED IN
THE PHILIPPINES BEFORE HE CAME TO THE SOUTH. HE TOLD ME A STORY OF A
GIRL WHO WAS MURDERED ER THIS BRIDGE. THE GIRL WOULD HANG OUT UND
BRIDGE AND WHEN A CAR WENT BY, SHE WOULD TRY TO
STOP THE CAR BY
STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOW, THIS BRIDGE WAS
OUT IN THE
COUNTRY AND IT WASN'T USED VERY MUCH. WELL, IT SO HAPPENS THAT MY
FRIENDS' COUSIN HAD JUST BOUGHT A NEW SPORTS CAR AND WAS OUT JOY
RIDING
IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE TOP DOWN. AS HE WENT OVER THE BRIDGE, HE
SAW THE GIRL, BUT KEPT RIGHT ON GOING. THE NEXT THING HE KNOWS IS
THAT
THE GIRL WAS SITTING IN THE CAR IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM. ALL THE
GUY COULD DO IS STEP ON THE GAS AND DRIVE LIKE HECK AS FAR AWAY FROM
THE BRIDGE AS HE COULD AS FAST AS HE COULD. NOW, MY FRIEND CLAIMS
THAT
GIRL WHO WAS MURDERED UNDER THIS BRIDGE. THE GIRL WOULD
HANG OUT UNDER THE
HALF BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR.
Where learned: LOUISIANA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-30-1972
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE A LONG-HAIRED HIPPIE TYPE
YOUNG MAN WAS SEEN HITCHHIKING. THIRTY TIMES HE WAS
PICKED UP AND THIRTY TIMES THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
WHEN THIS GUY WAS PICKED UP, HE WOULD CLIMB INTO THE CAR
OR TRUCK AND FASTEN HIS SEAT BELT. IN A LITTLE WHILE HE
WOULD LEAN OVER TOWARDS THE DRIVER AND WHISPER "JESUS
IS COMING" AND POOF, HE WOULD DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIRTY TIMES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, A YOUNG HITCHHIKER WOULD
FASTEN HIS SEATBELT, WHISPER "JESUS IS COMING", AND DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
A FRIEND OF MINE WAS DRIVING BY THE BUCKET OF BLOOD
{CEMETERY AT MT. ELIOT AND VERNOR} {DETROIT, MICHIGAN}
WHILE IT WAS RAINING WHEN HE STOPPED FOR A LIGHT.
THE BACK DOOR OF HIS CAR OPENED AND CLOSED. HE DON'T KNOW
WHY BUT HE DROVE TO MACK AND BRUSH WHERE HE CAUGHT THAT
LIGHT. THE SAME DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED AGAIN.
Submitter comment: BUCKET OF BLOOD CEMETERY
Data entry tech comment: MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
I WAS LISTENING TO A NEWSCAST BY PAUL HARVEY ORIGINATING
FROM CHICAGO. HE OPENED HIS PROGRAM WITH THE FOLLOWING
STORY: A DRIVER PICKED UP A HITCHHIKER AT NIGHT ON
A WEST VIRGINIA FREEWAY. AFTER TRAVELING SOME DISTANCE,
THE HITCHHIKER SAYS, "JESUS IS COMING." HE THEN
DISAPPEARS, EVEN WITH SEAT BELT FASTENED, AND DOOR
LOCKED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST
FEW WEEKS, AT THE SAME AREA.
Submitter comment:
PAUL HARVEY NEWS CAST TELLS THAT VANISHING HITCHHIKER ON WEST
VIRGINIA FREEWAY SAYS "JESUS IS COMING" AND DISAPPEARS EVEN WITH SEAT
BELT FASTENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-14-1971
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THIS ONE MAN IS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND HE SEES THIS
GUY HITCHHIKING. SO HE STOPS AND GIVES HIM A RIDE.
THE HITCHHIKER BUCKLES HIS SEATBELT. THEN HE LEANS
OVER TO THE DRIVER AND SAYS "JESUS IS COMING," AND
DISAPPEARS.
Submitter comment: VANISHING HITCHHIKER BUCKLES HIS SEATBELT AND SAYS "JESUS IS COMING."
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THERE WAS A HITCHHIKER ON A HIGHWAY SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
WHEN SOMEBODY STOPPED TO PICK HIM UP, THE HITCHHIKER
WOULD GET INTO THE CAR AND AFTER A WHILE HE WOULD
TELL THE DRIVER THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END. THE
DRIVER WOULD LOOK AROUND AT THE HITHIKER BUT HE WOULD
BE GONE. THIS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF DRIVERS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE BELIEVED THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
VANISHING HITCHHIKER SAYS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
ONE NIGHT A BOY WAS DRIVING PAST MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY
AND SAW A GIRL WAITING FOR A BUS. THE BOY STOPPED
AND ASKED THE GIRL IF HE COULD DRIVE HER HOME. SHE
SAID YES AND GOT IN HIS CAR. THE BOY TOLD THE GIRL
HE WAS GOING TO A DANCE AND ASKED THE GIRL IF SHE WOULD
LIKE TO GO WITH HIM. SHE AGREED AND HE TOOK HER HOME.
LATER HE PICKED HER UP AND THEY WENT TO THE DANCE.
AFTER THE DANCE HE TOOK HER HOME AND SAID HE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE HER AGAIN AND A FEW NIGHTS LATER, HE CAME TO THE
GIRL'S HOUSE AND ASKED HER MOTHER IF HE COULD SEE THE
GIRL. THE MOTHER LOOKED AT THE BOY AND TOLD HIM THE
GIRL HAS BEEN DEAD FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Submitter comment: MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY {DETROIT ASSUMED}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THERE WAS A BOY WHO WENT TO A PARTY AND DANCED ALL NIGHT
WITH A GIRL DRESSED IN WHITE. HE ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE HIM AGAIN, BUT SHE SAID SHE NEVER COULD.
HE TOOK HER HOME REMEMBERING THAT SHE FELT VERY COLD.
THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES TO DIFFERENT BOYS. THEY
WERE FRIENDS, SO THEY DECIDED TO ALL GO TO HER HOUSE.
WHEN THEY DID, A WOMAN ANSWERED THE DOOR AND SAID THAT NO
ONE LIVED THERE WITH THAT DESCRIPTION. THEN ONE OF THE
BOYS SAW THE GIRL'S PICTURE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THE WOMAN
SAID THAT SHE WAS HER DAUGHTER AND HAD BEEN DEAD OVER A
YEAR. THE BOYS DECIDED TO DIG UP HER COFFIN. WHEN THEY
DID, THEY FOUND THAT SHE HAD NOT DECAYED AND THAT SHE HAD
ON A WHITE DRESS THAT WAS SOILED. THESE BOYS CRACKED UP AND
ARE NOW IN AN INSANE ASYLUM.
Submitter comment:
BOYS DANCE WITH COLD GIRL DRESSED IN WHITE. MOTHER IDENTIFIES HER AS
GHOST THROUGH PICTURE. EXHUMED BODY IS NOT DECAYED AND WEARS A WHITE
DRESS. BOYS GO INSANE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
SPIRIT LEGEND
THE RILEY FAMILY IS THOUGHT TO HAVE HAD A VERY RELIGIOUS
ANCESTER WHO HAD BECOME A NUN AND SPENT HER LIFE IN THE
CONVENT PRAYING FOR THE SOULS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WHEN
SHE DIED, EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY WAS CERTAIN THAT SHE
IMMEDIATELY WENT UP TO HEAVEN FOR HER ETERNAL REWARD.
HER FATHER, PATRICK'S GRANDFATHER, DIED SEVERAL YEARS AFTER
THE DAUGHTER. HIS DEATH TOOK PLACE IN HIS OWN HOME, FOR
HE HAD LAIN DOWN TO TAKE A REST ON THE COUCH IN THE LIVING
ROOM WHEN A HEART ATTACK CAME UPON HIM AND HE DIED.
THE LEGEND GOES, THAT AT THE EXACT MOMENT OF HIS DEATH,
THE DRAPERIES IN THE LIVING ROOM OF HIS HOME ROSE UP INTO
THE FORM OF PRAYING HANDS, THOUGHT TO BE THOSE OF THE
DAUGHTER UP IN HEAVEN PRAYING FOR THE QUICK JOURNEY OF
HER OWN FATHER TO JOIN HER.
Submitter comment:
DRAPERIES FORM PRAYING HANDS BETOKEN PRAYING HANDS OF DEAD NUN
FOR HER FATHER AT THE MOMENT OF HIS DEATH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; ARLINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
GHOST STORY
TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET
TURKS AFTER THEY DIE RETURN TO HAUNT CHRISTIANS.
THERE WAS NOISE UNDER OUR HOUSE WHERE WE KEPT THE HORSES.
MY MOTHER WENT DOWN TO LOOK BUT SHE SAW NO ONE AND SHE LOCKED
THE DOOR. WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE THE HORSES IN THE MORNING,
SHE FOUND A DEAD TURK'S BODY. THEY ONLY LIVE AT NIGHT TO
HAUNT.
Submitter comment: ARMENIAN BELIEF THAT TURKISH GHOSTS HAUNT CHRISTIANS AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
GHOST STORY
TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET WHILE HITCHHIKING IN 1936,
WE WERE GOING TO NEW YORK. WE HAD GOTTEN A RIDE FROM A FARMER BUT HE HAD TO LEAVE US ON THE
OPEN ROAD. MY FRIEND AND I DECIDED TO REST ON A BLUFF WHERE WE COULD SEE IF ANY CARS WERE COMING.
WE WERE THERE FOR A WHILE WHEN WE HEARD FOOTSTEPS. THE MOON WAS FULL AND WE WERE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T
SEE ANYBODY ON THE ROAD. AN OLD MAN WAS WALKING TOWARD US. AFTER EXCHANGING GREETINGS, HE ASKED IF WE
WERE HUNGRY. HE THEN OFFERED US A COCONUT HE GOT FROM A FARMER. HE SLOWLY WALKED AWAY AND DISAPPEARED
FROM OUR SIGHT. I CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE BLUFF ONLY TO FIND A CEMETERY. SCARED, WE WENT TO THE ROAD
AND HITCHED A RIDE TO A DINER. THERE THE SHERIFF WAS DESCRIBING AN OLD MAN, THE ONE WE MET. HE HAD BEEN
DEAD FOR FOUR WEEKS. WHEN WE HEARD THIS, WE FAINTED. AFTER TELLING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHERIFF, HE TOLD
US THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IT HAD HAPPENED IN TWO WEEKS.
Submitter comment: GHOST NEAR CEMETERY OFFERS COCONUT TO TRAVELERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEMORATE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
LEGEND
ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, MY AUNT AND UNCLE, MARY AND PAT KELLY,
OWNED A HOME ON A HILL ABOUT THREE MILES OUT OF MASSON, QUE-
BEC {CANADA}. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL LIVED A FAMILY
BY THE NAME OF ROBETAILLE. EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHTS, THE ROBETAILLES GAVE A SQUARE DANCE FOR THE
COMMUNITY. THE WHOLE FAMILY PLAYED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
WHEN THE LAST ROBETAILLE DIED, JOE "THE FIDDLER" THE DAY
AFTER HIS FUNERAL MARY KELLY HEARD MUSIC COMING FROM THE
ROBETAILLE HOUSE. SHE WENT AND GOT PAT KELLY AND HE
HEARD THE MUSIC ALSO. EVERYONE ON THE STREET HEARD THE
MUSIC, SO THEY WENT AND GOT THEIR PARISH PRIEST, FR.
ROTHIER. HE LISTENED AND HEARD THE MUSIC ALSO. HE SAID
IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS THEIR SPIRITS PLAYING AND
THAT IT WAS A SIGN BECAUSE THEY HAD HELPED THE YOUNG
PEOPLE OF THE TOWN WITH THEIR MUSIC. THIS CONTINUED
EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HOUSE WAS PUT UP
FOR SALE BUT NO ONE WOULD BUY IT, SO IT WAS TORN DOWN.
ONCE AFTER IT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN, THEY HEARD THE FIDDLE
PLAYING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS THAT THIS IS TRUE FOR WHEN THEY WERE
ALIVE, SHE HEARD THE ROBETAILLES PLAY.
SOUNDS OF SQUARE DANCE MUSIC HEARD FROM HOUSE AND ITS SITE EVEN AFTER
LAST FIDDLER DIES.
KELLY AND ROBETAILLE FAMILIES, NEAR MASSON, QUEBEC, FATHER ROTHIER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CANADA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-24-1972
GHOST STORY
THE THIRD FLOOR STACKS OF THE LIBRARY AT U. OF D. USED TO
BE A PSYCHOLOGY LAB AND ONE NIGHT A PSYCH PROFESSOR WAS
MURDERED THERE. SO NOW HIS GHOST HAUNTS THE LIBRARY
STACKS, ESPECIALLY ON 3M. ONE DAY IT REARRANGED SOME
BOOKS OR DID SOME TYPE OF WORK FOR MARK. HE CAME TO DO
THE WORK AND IT WAS ALREADY DONE FOR HIM.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN A KIDDING MANNER. HE WAS TRYING TO SCARE ME.
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY
PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD SPIRIT,
OR GHOST. THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT SHE WAS LYING AWAKE
IN BED LATE ONE NIGHT ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO. SHE HEARD A
CREAKING NOISE OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF THE BEDROOM AND SAW
THE FIGURE OF THE WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR AND A WHITE
NIGHTGOWN GLIDE BY INTO THE LIVING ROOM. SHE THOUGHT
ONE OF HER FOUR DAUGHTERS HAD COME DOWNSTAIRS, BUT SHE
HAD HEARD NO ONE ON THE STAIRWAY. MRS. TROIANI GOT OUT
OF BED AND WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. THERE WAS NO ONE
THERE. SHE THEN WENT UPSTAIRS AND FOUND ALL FOUR
DAUGHTERS FAST ASLEEP. THE DAUGHTERS INSIST STILL THAT
THEY DID NOT GO DOWNSTAIRS THAT NIGHT. MRS. TROIANI
BELIEVES THAT SHE SAW THE "SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
LEGEND ABOUT AN IRISHMAN
THERE ONCE WAS AN IRISHMAN NAMED JACK. JACK WAS KICKED
OUT OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF HIS MISERLINESS. HE WAS
STOPPED AT HELL'S GATE BY THE DEVIL BECAUSE OF ALL THE
PRACTICAL JOKES HE HAD PLAYED ON THE DEVIL. SO NOW HE
WALKS THE EARTH, BOBBING FOR APPLES, TELLING FORTUNES
AND GHOST STORIES WITH HIS LANTERN UNTIL JUDGEMENT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: 10-29-1971
GHOST STORY
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL AND HER 9 HEAR OLD BROTHER WERE HOME
ALONE ONE DISMAL HALLOWEEN NIGHT. AS THEY STOOD ON THE
PORCH WATCHING THE FEW STRAGGLING TRICK-OR-TREATERS, THEY
SAW A WHITE FIGURE MOVING IN THE CEMETERY WHICH WAS JUST
THREE HOUSES AND ONE RAILROAD TRACK AWAY. AT FIRST
OF COURSE, THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE SEEING THINGS--UNTIL
THE WHITE FIGURE STARTED COMING TOWARD THEM. BY THE
TIME THE FIGURE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACKS THEY WERE
QUITE FRIGHTENED--RAN INTO THE HOUSE, LOCKED THE DOORS
AND TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE
DOORBELL BEGAN TO RING. IT SEEMED LIKE IT RANG FOR A
HUNDRED YEARS UNTIL FINALLY THEY HEARD THEIR PARENTS'
CAR PULL IN THE DRIVEWAY. WHAT A RELIEF! THE DOOR
OPENED AND THE CHILDREN HEARD SOME LAUGHING. THE
FATHER CALLED THE CHILDREN--"COME AND SAY HELLO TO YOUR
UNCLE, HE'S BEEN RINGING THE DOORBELL FOR THE LAST
HALF HOUR. HE SAID NEXT TIME HE WON'T COME DRESSED
AS A GHOST."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A TRUE STORY. ALTHOUGH I KNEW BOTH
CHILDREN INVOLVED, I DID NOT HEAR THIS DIRECTLY FROM
THEM. I MYSELF BELIEVE IT WAS NOTHING BUT A FANTASTIC
RUMOR CIRCLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
SCARE STORY
ON THE WEST SIDE OF DETROIT THERE IS A STREET CALLED
BECK ROAD AND AT THE END OF THE ROAD IS AN OLD FARM
HOUSE. THE FARM HOUSE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE TILL YOU
ARE RIGHT UP TO IT, THIS IS CAUSED BY THE WEIRD
FORMATION OF THE TREES ALONG THE ROAD. WHEN YOU DRIVE
DOWN THIS ROAD A LIGHT RESEMBLING THE SUN FOLOWS YOUR
CAR; IT NEVER CATCHES UP TO THE CAR OR DOES ANY HARM.
Submitter comment:
KATHY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT BUT DID THINK IT WAS
INTERESTING. SHE USED TO GO DOWN THE STREET WITH
FRIENDS WHILE SHE WAS IN THE EIGTH AND NINTH GRADES.
MYSTERIOUS HARMLESS LIGHT FOLLOWS CARS ON BECK RD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-18-1971