The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

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

Date learned: 03-22-1972