The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

"THE GHOST OF RESTON"

RESTON, VIRGINIA NEAR WASHINGTON, D. C. IS NOW A NEW TOWN, BUT
WAS ONCE THE SITE OF A BEAUTIFUL MANSION ALSO KNOWN AS RESTON.
A YOUNG GIRL WITH LONG BLONDE HAIR LIVED HERE LONG AGO. SHE
WAS COURTED BY A MAN WHO BECAME INSANELY JEALOUS AND IN A
FIT OF ANGER, KILLED AND DECAPITATED HER, TAKING THE HEAD
WITH HIM IN HIS FLIGHT. THE HEADLESS BODY WAS BURIED ON
THE GROUNDS OF RESTON, BUT THE HEAD WAS NEVER DISCOVERED.
SEARCHING FOR HER HEAD, THE GHOST OF RESTON HAUNTED THE
MANSION UNTIL IT WAS DEMOLISHED. WITHOUT A HOUSE OR HEAD
NOW, SHE CONTINUES TO HAUNT LONELY ROAD AND WOODS NEAR
THE TOWN OF RESTON AND HAS RECENTLY APPEARED TO SEVERAL
CARLOADS OF TEENAGERS WHO HAVE MADE A HOBBY OF "GHOST
WATCHING." SHE SEEMS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BLONDE
GIRLS LIKE HERSELF, FOR WHEN A CAR CONTAINING A BLONDE
PARKED NEAR, SHE NOT ONLY APPEARED, BUT DREW CLOSE TO
THE CAR AND TRIED TO ENTER THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE
GIRL INSIDE SCREAMED AND THE GHOST DISAPPEARED.

Data entry tech comment: SPELLING AND STRUCTURE CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DORM