Post by xXSpookyXx on May 9, 2008 13:21:53 GMT -11
Just about every state in America, as well as countries all over the world have a story about a ghost in their area that hitches for rides. There are many variations of this story with a wide spectrum of what the ghost does. The ghost either just harmlessly dissappears or in more sinister events does something very frightful in the car to cause a car accident.
In fact, in my very area there is one such legend known as the red-headed hitchhiker of Rt 44...
People have claimed to see a red-headed man walking down U.S. Route 44 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and some have stopped to pick him up only to have him disappear on them. It sounds like an excellent story, giving people chills around a campfire, but the story might be more truth than legend and the ghost might be more supernatural than literary.
Descriptions of the ghost and the encounters seem to follow the same basic pattern. The driver is driving along Route 44 at night, usually near the Seekonk-Rehoboth, Massachusetts line, when they encounter a well built man between the ages of thirty-five and fifty-five. He has red hair and usually a beard and is dressed in a red flannel shirt with either jeans or brown work pants and work boots. Sometimes he is well kept, but other times he appears disheveled with an overgrown beard, dirty pants and an untucked shirt. Most times he appears solid to the drivers but not quite all there and there is a rare report of him seeming transparent throughout the entire encounter.
The biggest discrepancy in the physical description of the hitchhiker is with his eyes. Some say they look normal but just don’t feel right. Some say they are black and empty, others glowing and lifeless. Every color has been attributed to them at one time or another, from yellow and red to green and it is this inconsistency which adds fuel to the skeptic’s argument against the existence of a genuine spirit.
The basic encounters all follow a similar pattern. Someone is driving along the road, usually alone, when they see a man in the road or on the side of the road. They may hit him or stop to pick him up. The hitchhiker will interact with the person and then eventually vanish before their eyes or no longer be there when they turn to look. This is followed by some type of audio finale where he laughs at them, yells or taunts them.
Anyone who has driven that stretch of road at night can understand the uneasy feeling that pervades Route 44.
Full article... www.masscrossroads.com/redhead.html
In fact, in my very area there is one such legend known as the red-headed hitchhiker of Rt 44...
People have claimed to see a red-headed man walking down U.S. Route 44 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and some have stopped to pick him up only to have him disappear on them. It sounds like an excellent story, giving people chills around a campfire, but the story might be more truth than legend and the ghost might be more supernatural than literary.
Descriptions of the ghost and the encounters seem to follow the same basic pattern. The driver is driving along Route 44 at night, usually near the Seekonk-Rehoboth, Massachusetts line, when they encounter a well built man between the ages of thirty-five and fifty-five. He has red hair and usually a beard and is dressed in a red flannel shirt with either jeans or brown work pants and work boots. Sometimes he is well kept, but other times he appears disheveled with an overgrown beard, dirty pants and an untucked shirt. Most times he appears solid to the drivers but not quite all there and there is a rare report of him seeming transparent throughout the entire encounter.
The biggest discrepancy in the physical description of the hitchhiker is with his eyes. Some say they look normal but just don’t feel right. Some say they are black and empty, others glowing and lifeless. Every color has been attributed to them at one time or another, from yellow and red to green and it is this inconsistency which adds fuel to the skeptic’s argument against the existence of a genuine spirit.
The basic encounters all follow a similar pattern. Someone is driving along the road, usually alone, when they see a man in the road or on the side of the road. They may hit him or stop to pick him up. The hitchhiker will interact with the person and then eventually vanish before their eyes or no longer be there when they turn to look. This is followed by some type of audio finale where he laughs at them, yells or taunts them.
Anyone who has driven that stretch of road at night can understand the uneasy feeling that pervades Route 44.
Full article... www.masscrossroads.com/redhead.html