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The Lady in White Haunting Ebersberg Forest

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Said to haunt the area around The Hubertus Chapel in the vast Ebersberg Forest in Bavaria, Germany, the Lady in White is seeking revenge for those refusing her a ride. But is she truly the only thing haunting this old and mystic forest?

Between the trees stretching for miles and miles in Bavaria, Germany, an alleged apparition in the Ebersberg forest. The story says that if the white lady appears to lonely travelers in the forest, something bad is going to happen. Usually a fatal accident if you don’t stop for this vanishing hitchhiker. .

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The Hubertus Chapel in Ebersberg Forest is situated on a very sharp bend where there have been many traffic accidents in the past before they mended the bend on the road. Skeptics will say this is probably the background to this urban legend. However, others will defend the legend, claiming something strange was going on in the forest, long before the Lady in White appeared. 

Ebersberg: in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Ebersberger Forst  is one of Germany’s largest continuous areas of woodlands. Ebersberg’s history is closely tied with the nearby Benedictine monastery founded in 934 and since then, a lot of legends and mysteries have remained unsolved within the darkness between the trees.

The Lady in White of Ebersberg Forest

The bend around the chapel has been defused, and the road widened since the legend emerged. The whole B2R in the forest is still a place for common accidents and still people blame them on the Lady in White’s wrath. . 

The Hubertus Chapel: in the center of the Ebersberg Forest is a wayside chapel on State Road 2080 between Ebersberg and Schwaberwegen, at the junction with Scheibenweg. The chapel is dedicated to Saint Hubertus, the patron saint of hunters and marksmen. The oldest document of its existence is a map from 1783. The current building was erected in 1859. This is the place where the urban legend of the Lady in White is set. // Image: J. Patrick Fischer

According to the legend, the chapel is haunted by a woman who died in a car accident at this spot in the 1940s. Some say that she died in the forest after her car broke down. She tried to hitchhike out, but only one guy passed and left her, which is why she froze to death and now seeks revenge.

Some say that it was a hit and run. She died there in the roadside ditch close to the chapel, abandoned by her murderer, and has found no peace since. In another version, the woman’s two children also died in the accident.

The story of the woman in white goes that she will be hitchhiking on the side of the road, but she will only appear if you are a male driving alone on this road at around midnight. If you take her with you, she will sit in the back seat for a while and then vanish. 

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If you don’t take her with you, she will appear on the passenger seat and grab onto your steering wheel to cause an accident. 

The Truth Behind the Urban Legend

But did such a death actually occur along these roads? It is most often said that the accident happened in the 1940s, but the documentation of it comes from the 1970s. 

There is no record of an accident like the one described in the origin story of the White Lady. Up until the 1980s, there were frequent accidents on the state highway near the chapel. In 1985, a car struck the chapel. After that, the road alignment was slightly altered and the curve was straightened, which reduced the number of accidents on the road.

Still, the legend lives on and people have claimed to have encountered the ghostly lady. Once, it is said that even the police tried to arrest the ghost at the chapel. What is also reported on is several people being arrested for dressing up and impersonating the ghost around the chapel. 

The legend of the White Lady at the Hubertus Chapel is also the basis of the Ebersberg horror film series, which consists of two seasons of four episodes each.

The Irrlichter Lights of Ebersberg Forest

But what about the other things said to lurk within the Ebersberg forest? There are the so called “irrlichter” of the ebersberg forest that have spun a lot of legends. 

Irrlichter: This is the German name for will-o’-the-wisp or the Ignis fatuus, the ghostly light sometimes seen at night over bogs and swamps. In folklore and superstition , will-o’-the-wisps are predominantly considered to have an ominous or malevolent nature, but it seems that the lights of the Ebersberg forest have kinder intentions.

The story goes that some guy got lost in the woods and couldn’t find out. After wandering for a while he saw a light shine for a second in the distance. It kept appearing and he decided to follow it, despite most stories like this, leading people out in bogs, or to darker parts of the forest where they never emerge from.  After following it, he found himself on the side of a road with the dark trees behind him. These lights can still be seen today, guiding lost people out of the woods.

The Ghostly Boar of the Forest: Another strange legend is about the Satanic Boar haunting the forest. Count Sieghart von Sempt hunted a huge boar here in the 9th century. When he finally got it within range of his lance, it suddenly vanished as if by magic. A hermit told the count: “The boar is Satan. Build a church and a castle to protect it, and the spell will be broken. After gifting it to the monks, the first provost received the skull of Saint Sebastian, the plague saint, from Pope Stephen VIII during a journey to Rome, and it was placed in the church. The ritual of the flourishing pilgrimage consisted of pilgrims drinking consecrated wine from the skull. This bizarre ritual continued until 1923.

For ages, even before the legend of the Lady in White emerged, it was a test of courage for the local children to go into the forest at night and look for the will-o’-the-wisps. Was it the honey fungus mushroom that gave off a glow of fluorescently light at night, or is it actually something else inside of the Ebersberg Forest? 

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Ebersberg – Wikipedia

Hubertuskapelle (Ebersberger Forst) – Wikipedia

Spuk am Gotteshaus – Ebersberg – SZ.de

Die weiße Frau vom Ebersberger Forst: Heimatforscher lüftet das Geheimnis

Gruselalarm im Ebersberger Forst: Weiße Frau schleicht durch den Wald – FOCUS online 

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The White Lady of Köhlholz Forest

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In a forest near Kemoding in Germany, the pregnant Anna Schwarzenberger was murdered. Since then, people have spoken of the White Lady of Köhlholz, who finds no peace. A cross now stands as a reminder of this event.

A large wooden cross in the Köhlholz forest, directly on the B 388 near Kemoding, has been erected as a wayward shrine as a reminder of several events: terrible accidents along the dangerous road and a bloody murder that happened in 1831.

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The 2.5-meter-high “Fertlbauernkreuz” (Fertlbauer Cross) was built by initiative of Andreas Faltermaier from Kemoding, as a wayside shrine of the same name had long stood on this spot , but disappeared a few years ago. In the Kemoding area alone, a small hamlet belonging to the municipality of Fraunberg, several very different crosses can be found.

Köhlholz Forest: The forest can be found along the way to Kemoding Village, part of the municipality of Fraunberg, Erding district, Upper Bavaria.The village lies approximately six kilometers southeast of Fraunberg. Image Source

The Murder in Köhlholz Forest

The Köhlholz is one of the largest wooded areas in the district and stretches from Kreuthäusl on the B 388 to Danerberg, just before Ottering. Since the 19th century, the forest has been primarily known for a gruesome murder.

On July 31, 1831, a lover stabbed a young, heavily pregnant woman 14 times there. Because of people still living with the name in the area, his name is often retracted from records. He was an unmarried farmer known as MG from H. She was Anna Schwarzenberger from Lern ​​(Berglern). 

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On that fateful night, he had tricked his lover into believing he was inviting her to the fair in Dorfen. After stabbing her, he then drowned her in a small pond when she was still alive, even after all of her stab wounds. The murder went undiscovered for almost three weeks until G. turned himself in. 

Anna Schwarzenhuber was eight months pregnant at the time of her death and the newspaper at the time, the Bayerische Landbötin, called the perpetrator a “reject of humanity.” G. was sentenced to death. However, his mother, through an appeal to the king, managed to have the death sentence commuted to life imprisonment in chains. G. presumably died in prison.

The Haunting of the Forest

Since then, the legend has persisted that Anna has never found peace. Since the 19th century, many coachmen have reported seeing the sad, heavily pregnant mother wandering about as a white figure. In the past, farmers used to drive their carts at high speed through the Köhlholz forest. 

Even today, she is occasionally sighted by walkers in the Köhlholz forest. Many people still report that they are overcome by a deep sadness when they drive through the Köhlholz. Driving through the Köhlholz forest, Anna is said to appear and sit in the passenger seat and gaze at you with large, sad eyes. 

Especially at the end of August and beginning of September, a faint crying or sobbing can supposedly be heard. It was during this time of year that Anna’s child was said to have been born.

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The Mysterious White Woman Haunting the Belchen Tunnel in the 80s

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Crossing through the Jura Mountains in Switzerland, an urban legend about the ghost of a lady in white is said to have haunted the Belchen Tunnel and was widely known and written about in the 80s. Question is, is she still haunting the tunnel?

At the crossroads of Switzerland, Germany, and France, the three peaks collectively known as the Belchen Triangle—particularly the Swiss Belchenflue near Basel—carry an ancient legacy: aligning with solstices in Celtic times. But in modern folklore, this triangle harbors darker secrets—haunted roads, phantom hitchhikers, and unexplainable phenomena that linger in the night. 

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Although there are many legends and urban legends around these parts, no one is more retold than about the Belchen Tunnel, or the Bölchentunnel. According to some local accounts, hikers and drivers have glimpsed strange lights flickering near peaks at night. Though allegedly due to military flares or misleading reflections, these eerie illuminations feed beliefs that the mountains are still guardians of otherworldly mysteries. 

The Belchen Triangle: The Belchenflue in Eptingen is one of the most famous mountains in the Basel region. It is not just a striking mountain; it is also part of an ancient mystery. Along with the Belchen peaks in the Black Forest and Alsace, it creates a near-perfect triangle, resembling a Celtic solar calendar. Druids utilized these landmarks to track solstices and equinoxes. Researchers found that the distances and arrangement of these mountains show impressive geometric patterns that illustrate the Pythagorean theorem, highlighting the Celts’ advanced knowledge of astronomy and geometry.

The Haunted Belchen Tunnel

The Belchen tunnel is found on the boundary between the Solothurn and Basel-Landschaft cantons of Switzerland and is said to be one of the most haunted tunnels in the world. The tunnel as it is today, opened in 1966 as part of the A2 motorway from Basel to Chiasso through the Jura Mountains. The Belchen Tunnel quickly became notorious—not for traffic, but for its ghostly encounters. In June 1980, drivers reported picking up a male hitchhiker who vanished mid-tunnel, even as the car sped. 

The first stories about the legend was actually said to be of a male ghost haunting the tunnel and hitchhiking from unsuspected cars. June 1980, a man was picked up by the tunnel but vanished from the backseat, although the car was going fast. 

By January 1981, the legend had transformed into being a woman haunting the roads and it was written about in the newspapers after an article in the Blick mentioned the legend. “I had many callers on the phone back then who firmly claimed to have seen a ghost in Eptingen,” says Armin Gyger. The retired highway patrolman never believed the callers.

It especially became a well known tale during Shrove Tuesday carnival that year. Sightings shifted to a spectral “White Woman” in flowing robes and it was called the Bölchengespenst. Dozens of frightened calls flooded Basel police. 

Belchen Tunnel: North portal of Belchentunnel on A2 motorway, near Eptingen, Switzerland. // Source

The White Lady of the A2 Belchen Tunnel

One chilling account on 26 September in 1983 involved two female lawyers who stopped in Eptingen to help a pale middle-aged woman through the tunnel. They stopped on the hard shoulder and one of the women got out to open the back door to the elderly lady. She seemed clumsy and they asked if she was alright, only for her to whisper, “Something really awful is going to happen,” before disappearing from their backseat as they entered the tunnel. 

They reported it to the police who searched the car, but they found nothing. The two women stumbled into the restaurant on the money night between 7 and 8 in the evening and cried, claiming they had something to tell to the owners, Marie-Therese and Paul Burkhardt

This vanishing hitchhiker tale echoes worldwide and became one of the many legends of White Lady or “Weisse Frau” that are so popular in both German and French speaking countries, but few roads are as consistently linked to a single figure. At times, locals also report encounters with a dark-suited man who foretells bad weather or disaster before evaporating into the shadows. 

Driving Through the Legend

In addition to the white woman haunting the roads, there is some saying that a group of construction workers died when parts of the tunnel collapsed as they were building it. Their restless spirits are now haunting the tunnel, appearing to those passing through. 

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The Belchen Triangle whispers of ancient astronomical secrets—but on the A2, at night, its tale turns to the modern and eerie, even after it was renovated completely in 2003. Whether you believe the White Woman is a vanishing hitchhiker of myth, or a restless spirit tied to Alpine lore, travelers are advised: some thresholds should remain uncrossed after dark.

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Belchen Tunnel is haunted by the ghost of an old lady

Túnel de Belchen – Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre 

Es spukt im Belchentunnel! – Marie-Therese und Paul Burkhardt aus Härkingen SO über ein sonderbares Ereignis «Diesen Abend werden wir nie vergessen!

Plötzlich war sie weg, die Weisse Frau | Basler Zeitung

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The Haunted Jenny Dixon Beach and Wilfred Barret Drive

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One of the most haunted beaches in the world is said to be the Jenny Dixon Beach in New South Wales. Here, the last decades have been filled with stories of vanishing hitchhikers along the roads as well as older ghosts coming in from the sea. 

The sun-drenched coasts of New South Wales, Australia, are known for their rolling surf, golden sands, and laid-back seaside towns. But there’s one beach where the lapping waves seem to carry more than seashells and driftwood. 

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Beneath the tourist-friendly veneer of Jenny Dixon Beach lies a sorrowful, sinister past — one whispered about in local pubs and by late-night campfires.

Jenny Dixon Beach: This beach in New South Wales, known for its ghost stories and haunting legends and is to find on most of the “most haunted” lists of haunted beaches in the world.

The Hitchhiker of Wilfred Barrett Drive

One of the ghost legends haunting the beach actually comes from Wilfred Barret Drive, a stretch of road along the beach between Magenta and Noraville, and is the ghost of a vanishing hitchhiker, now called Jenny Dixon by the locals. 

Horror Movie: The Ghost Story inspired the 2011 horror film Jenny Dixon Beach and has attracted many curious paranormal investigators hoping to communicate with her.

It was sometime in the 1970s when an unspeakable act of violence left its stain on this otherwise idyllic coastline. Or, as the area was nicknamed  “the child abuse capital of NSW” by The Daily Telegraph in 2022, perhaps it was never peaceful at all. Some even claim that the murder was as early as the 1950s. 

According to local legend, a young woman was hitchhiking along Wilfred Barrett Drive, the road that skirts the dunes by Jenny Dixon Beach. In many variations of the legend she was headed home from work. She was picked up by a group of men, often said to be five. Instead of offering her a safe ride, subjected her to a brutal assault on the Jenny Dixon Beach. 

They left her to die alone on that dark beach or maybe in the bushes close to it. Some say that she was found there, dead, some say that she was still alive when they found her, but died a few days later of her injuries. The police had nothing to go on. Her killers were never caught. Justice, it seems, got lost somewhere between the trees and the tide.

But the woman’s restless spirit didn’t stay buried with her in those coastal sands. It is said that her ghost lingered for revenge. Some say that a group of five men died in horrible and mysterious ways over the course of the next few years. One hanged himself. One died in a car accident, claiming that someone walked in front of his car in his dying breath. One drove off a cliff and one either died of a self-inflicted gunshot or ran his car over an embankment after picking the ghost up in his car, driving him mad when no one believed him. Before they died, they allegedly complained about seeing and hearing things before they died. 

For decades, drivers traveling Wilfred Barrett Drive at night have reported seeing a woman in white, pale and sorrowful, walking the roadside. She is also said to be seen close to the Nora Head cemetery where it is believed the girl is buried. 

Some have even claimed to pick her up. She rides in the car for a while, sitting in the backseat, murmuring little or nothing at all, before vanishing into thin air, leaving behind only the lingering scent of cigarette smoke.

The Truth Behind the Hitchhiking Murder Victim

According to most sources, there seems to be more police reports about people seeing the ghost of the hitchhiker from Wilfred Barret Drive than about the murder she supposedly died from. Local people as well as those just travelling through not knowing about the legend are supposedly seeing the vanishing hitchhiker from time to time. 

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The part about the men seeing and hearing things before they died is also a classical horror trope from books and movies, but if you talk about the stories in the surrounding neighborhoods, they will definitely know what you talk about as well as having a few stories of their own. 

A real case connected with the ghost story is the disappearance of the Holmes sisters from the 1950s. Eighteen year old Grace and her little sister, eleven year old Kathleen went for a walk to Norah Head lighthouse and never returned. 

A day later, their dead bodies were found in a swamp close to Tuggerah Lake. A local fisherman was suspected and even charged for their murder, but was never convicted. 

Today the case remains unsolved. 

The Woman from the Janet Dixon Ship

But the hitchhiker isn’t the only ghost said to roam Jenny Dixon Beach, and this one comes from a much older time. 

In 1973, four terrified campers burst into town with a story straight from a nightmare. The group of 12 year old boys that had been camping on the beach, claimed a woman in a long, old-fashioned dress appeared to them in the dead of night, reaching out from the shadows with desperate, pleading hands. The boys said they threw sticks at her, but they went right through her transparent body. They ran up the stairs from the beach towards the car park, but she followed them, still with her arms outstretched towards them. She vanished before their eyes, leaving behind a bone-deep chill and footprints in the sand where no one should have been.

Local historians tie this spirit to a maritime tragedy: the wreck of the Janet Dixon, the coal schooner from which the beach takes its name. It was passing through Norah Head, just south of Jenny Dixon Beach by the Tasman sea. Because of the unfamiliar coastline of at least seven ships wrecked in these parts between 1871 to 1903. This was when the lighthouse was built. 

In the mid-19th century, the ship was lost to the treacherous waters off the Central Coast. One woman — thought to be the captain’s wife or a passenger — washed ashore at what would later become Jenny Dixon Beach. Her young son, who had been aboard with her, never did.

This story has also been attributed to Raymond Grove who lives close to the beach, and he spent the rest of his life trying to find out who she was. This is most likely also where the story of a grieving mother searching for her son comes from. 

Since that night, the woman is said to roam the shore, searching for her lost child, her sorrow carried on every crashing wave.

The Haunted Jenny Dixon Beach

Jenny Dixon Beach is a strikingly beautiful place to visit by day. The waves sparkle, the sand is soft, and the headlands offer a stunning sunset view. But when the sun dips below the horizon and the ocean turns black as ink, the beach’s other side awakens.

If you ever find yourself driving that lonely stretch of Wilfred Barrett Drive after midnight and a lone figure appears on the roadside, pale and dressed in white, do yourself a favor:

Keep driving.

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The Eerie Mystique of Koloa Tree Tunnel in Hawaii

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Casting long shadows of the road, the Koloa Tree Tunnel on Kauai is said to have some haunted legends surrounding it. From car malfunctions to strange hitchhikers in the night, what really goes on in this canopy tunnel?

The Koloa Tree Tunnel on Maluhia Road, a seemingly serene and picturesque stretch on Kauai, is more than just a scenic drive. It is not a tunnel in the traditional sense, but around 500 trees on the side of the road covering it under a thick foliage. With its canopy of over century-old eucalyptus trees arching gracefully over the roadway, the tunnel has an undeniable beauty. 

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The Eucalyptus trees are said to be sacred trees as the leaves have a purifying effect and help to make the energy around us a good one. But could this stretch of tree also be haunted? Because beneath this beauty lies a chilling reputation, as the tunnel is said to be haunted by ghostly apparitions and cursed by ancient forces.

A Tunnel with a Dark Secret

But where did the trees come from? There are more than one story. Some think it was a donation from Walter Duncan McBryde imported from Australia. Or was it the Knudsen family to help solidify the boggy roadway who planted them? 

Tree Tunnel: Traveling on Maluhia Road between Po’ipu and Koloa, you will run through this mile-long tunnel of Eucalyptus trees surrounded by open fields. // Scott Schiller/Flickr

Another theory holds that the trees were planted to form a windbreak for nearby sugarcane crops. The Koloa Tree Tunnel, was also said to have been planted in 1911 to mark the entrance to the Koloa Plantation, has become an iconic gateway to the town of Koloa. At one time, the tunnel was said to be three miles in length.

The Ghostly Encounter of Four Brothers

One of the most famous stories associated with the Koloa Tree Tunnel involves four brothers who were driving through the tunnel one night. As they cruised along the shadowy road, their car suddenly sputtered to a halt. Puzzled, as it was a new truck, the brothers attempted to restart the vehicle, but it refused to budge. Just then, they noticed a strange light in the distance, slowly approaching over the incline.

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The light moved steadily toward them, casting an otherworldly glow on the tunnel’s gnarled branches. Expecting another car, the brothers waited in tense anticipation. But to their shock, the light vanished without a trace, leaving them in pitch darkness. Moments later, their car inexplicably roared back to life. They sped away, hearts pounding, unable to shake the feeling that something— or someone—had been watching them.

Spirits of the Tunnel: Pele or the Night Marchers?

The mysterious light and the sudden failure of the brothers’ car have fueled speculation about what truly haunts the Koloa Tree Tunnel. Some believe the light was Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes, known for her unpredictable and fiery temper. She is often believed to wander the roads of Hawai’i as the vanishing hitchhiker, and many stories about cars driving by this stretch of road says they have seen her on the side of the road

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Others suggest it was the ghostly procession of the Night Marchers—phantom warriors doomed to eternally walk the islands, warning the living to steer clear.

According to legend, encountering the Night Marchers can be a deadly experience, as these spectral beings demand respect and will strike down those who dare to interrupt their sacred march. It’s said that the car stopped to prevent the brothers from crossing paths with the marchers, sparing them from a terrifying fate.

The Haunted Koloa Tree Tunnel of Kauai

Despite its haunted reputation, the Koloa Tree Tunnel remains a popular route for both locals and visitors. So, the next time you find yourself driving through the Koloa Tree Tunnel, keep your eyes peeled and your senses sharp. You might just catch a glimpse of something—or someone—otherworldly watching from the shadows, as the eerie past of this haunted tunnel reaches out to touch the present.

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The Mythology of Madame Pele Haunting Hawai’i

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Goddess of fire and volcanoes in Hawaiian mythology, the ghost of Madame Pele is said to haunt the islands. As an old woman hitchhiking along the road to a beautiful woman warning about a volcanic eruption, this goddess never left the islands. 

Mai ka Lua a‘u i hele mai nei, mai Kīlauea,
Ke kui ‘ia maila e nā wāhine o ka Lua ē
‘O Puna lehua ‘ula i ka papa
I ‘ula i ka papa ka lehua o Puna

From the crater I’ve come, from Kīlauea,
The women of the caldera have strung leis
The foundation of Puna is crimson, covered in lehua blossoms.
Sacred is the fountain covered with the lehua blossoms of Puna
– Chants for pele are performed at Halemaʻumaʻu, where it is said Pele currently resides.

Can a goddess become a ghost? Can her presence haunt the place she once resided over? Madame Pele is said to be the goddess of volcanoes and fires in Hawaiian religion, but also the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. She is often referred to as Madame Pele or Tūtū Pele to show respect and known as “She who shapes the sacred land.” Even when the old religion was officially abolished in 1819, people still kept believing in her and her ways found ways to stay in the modern world that was changing Hawaiians ancient ways drastically. 

The Kilauea volcano is believed to be inhabited by a family of fire gods, her siblings being connected with other elements, and there are many stories about her, especially about her being passionate, power hungry and jealous with a fiery temper. 

Madame Pele: Painting of Pele by Hawaiian artist & historian Herbert “Herb” Kawainui Kāne

Legend has it that Madame Pele herself journeyed on her canoe from the island of Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. Some say she came from the mystical floating land Kuaihelani or perhaps even a land said to be “close to the clouds.” The chronology of Pele’s journey corresponds with the geological age of the Hawaiian islands.

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When on her journey, it was said she tried to create fires on different islands, but her sister, Nāmaka, was chasing her, wanting to put an end to her. In the end, the two sisters fought each other and Madame Pele was killed. With this happening, her body was destroyed but her spirit lives in Halemaʻumaʻu on Kilauea. They say, “Her body is the lava and steam that comes from the volcano”. 

This is only one of the many stories tying her to the Kilauea volcano, and many other stories tell about her family, her travels and how she is connected to the nature she passed on her journey. But we will here focus about the legends of her haunting the Hawaiian islands that the islanders still takes very seriously

Madame Pele’s Warning about Volcanic Eruptions

The locals also sometimes believe that Madame Pele warns the locals about the oncoming eruptions and appears and manifests either before or during the eruptions from the volcanoes. 

She can also change form, appearing as a white dog or with the dog accompanying her. She also appears as an old woman with white hair, or as a beautiful young woman. She is said to be wearing a red muumuu, long white dress or even dark and ashy clothing.

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The dog is sometimes a manifestation of her, sometimes her pet, sitting on the slopes of Mauna Loa where no real dog could survive.

Mauna Loa Volcano: lava flow from Mauna Loa during its 1984 eruption.

This is perhaps one of the newer tales about her ghost or spirit lingering in the world, but at least since the 1930s, there have been many tales about how people claim to have encountered her, on the road, before an eruption or close to the volcanoes.

Haunting of Madame Pele

There are many ghost stories where Madame Pele appears or that people think that Tūtū Pele must be behind. 

One urban legend claims that she is walking along the roads close to Kīlauea. If passersby are trying to stop her or talk to her, she is said to vanish, like in the same way the ghosts of the Vanishing Hitchhiker legend does. 

Over a ten year period, one named Katherine Luomala, collected 48 different variations of the legend where Tūtū Pele showed up as the character from the vanishing hitchhiker legend. She sometimes accepts the offers of getting a lift before vanishing, or even just asks for a cigarette before going away. In some stories she gets revenge on those refusing to give her a ride.

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If you have seen her, you are obligated to spread the word and warn others about the oncoming eruption she is warning about, or face the consequences when you suffer misfortune in the next eruption. 

According to people living on the Big Island, they have the saying: “Never refuse an old lady – she might be Madame Pele.”

The Ghost of Madame Pele’s Man

The legend of Madame Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanic fire, relates how she fell in love with a man called Lohiʻau, but found that he had died. She found his ghost as a thin presence in a cave, and with great difficulty used her magical powers to restore him to life or her sister Hiʻiaka, goddess of hula, did it. 

He was destroyed again as Tūtū Pele killed Lohiʻau herself in a fit of rage, but his ghost was again found, this time in the form of a bird flitting over the waters, and was once more restored to life.

Pork over Pali Highway

There is also the case of bringing pork over the Pali Highway, which is Route 61 on Oahu. If you do bring the pork though, there are stories about the cars stalling when you drive over it and wont start again before you throw the pork out. 

What is the reasoning for the pork rules on this road? According to some it comes from the feud Madame Pele had with Kamapuaa, the pig-man god. He was her husband but cheated on her. When she discovered it, they divided the island into two territories they would not be allowed to cross.

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Another variation of this story is over Saddle Road on the Big Island, where drivers crossing between east and west should not be carrying pork with them. This particular stretch of Saddle Road is also a location where many claim to have seen Madame Pele.

The Painting of Tūtū Pele

About 1929, D. Howard Hitchcock made an oil painting of Madame Pele that his son donated to the park In 1966, where it was displayed in the visitor center from 1966 to 2005. The painting was criticized for portraying the Hawaiian goddess as one with European features.

Madame Pele: The painting many know the Madame Pele by today, painted by D. Howard Hitchcock

In 2003, the Volcano Art Center announced a competition for a “more modern and culturally authentic rendering” of the goddess.” An anonymous judging panel of Native Hawaiian elders selected a painting by Arthur Johnsen of Puna, Hawaii from 140 entries. In Johnsen’s painting, the goddess has distinctly Polynesian features, holding a digging stick (ʻōʻō) in her left hand and the egg that gave birth to her younger sister Hiʻiaka in her right hand. In 2005, the Hitchcock was replaced with Johnsen’s painting.

Madame Pele’s Curse of the National Parks

In addition to people claiming the dog is a warning of death, there is also the story about Madame Pele’s curse in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. It is said that if you take a lava rock or even sand away from the Hawaiian islands, something Madame Pele sees as her own children, you will have bad luck until it is returned 

There are plenty of sand and stones that are taken from the land every year, but there is also a thing when people bring it back because they think they are cursed. This is also the case with Cursed Artifacts from the Grand Canyon and Bodie Ghost Town Frozen in Time with strong legends of people thinking they are cursed if they remove something from the place. 

People blame when their pets die, losing their jobs or houses burn down on Madame Pele’s wrath. But what is really behind the curse?

The National Park Service as well as hotels around the islands claim that every year they receive the things taken by post, by tourists seeking Madame Pele’s forgiveness. 

Cursed Lava Rocks: Kilauea Volcano in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Many believe the curse, but there are also many saying that the curse was invented in the mid-20th century by park rangers tired of the tourists taking stuff all the time or perhaps even by the bus drivers, tired about the sandy and dirty buses, as there really is no old tradition for this legend from the Hawaiian folklore. There are at least written records of it since 1946.

In fact, when westerners first arrived they learned from the local Hawaiian that they shouldn’t pick the flowers from the Ohia tree, eating the Ohelo berries or touch the rocks, as it could reflect badly on the Hawaiians and she mostly retaliated in a volcano eruption, not giving people bad luck. 

Madame Pele’s Haunting Today

Even though you don’t believe the curse, believe the law that forbids people from taking Hawaiian nature from the islands.

Unlike many old deities from ancient religions, the belief in Madame Pele and people practicing their faith to her continues even to this day. 

Pele practitioners leave flower leis, food wrapped in “ti” leaves and other offerings on the edge of volcanoes as a sign of respect. Often they leave berries, and sometimes in newer times, gin has started to become a thing to offer. Rangers in the parks seldom interfere with the visits, which often include special hula dances and chanting.

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The Hitchhiking Ghost at Everett Road Covered Bridge in Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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Along the old bridge crossing the stream in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the Everett Road Covered Bridge is said to be haunted by the ghost trying to catch a ride, often connected to a tragic tale that happened years ago.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park stands as a haven of rolling hills, bucolic farmland, and scenic historic structures along the Cuyahoga River that used to be so polluted it caught fire a couple of times in the past. 

The park between Cleveland and Akron in Ohio, offers a lush and diverse landscape that stands in stark contrast to the surrounding urban areas. Visitors can explore more than 125 miles of hiking trails, including the famous Towpath Trail, which follows the historic route of the Ohio & Erie Canal. The park is home to Brandywine Falls, a stunning 65-foot waterfall, and the Beaver Marsh, a vibrant wetland teeming with wildlife. Cuyahoga Valley also preserves numerous cultural and historical sites, such as the 19th-century buildings in the village of Peninsula and the scenic Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, which offers a nostalgic journey through the heart of the park. 

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While it may not boast the fame of some other national parks, with a staggering 2.2 million visitors annually, it conceals stories that transcend the ordinary – tales of specters and hauntings that linger within its scenic expanse.

Everett Road Covered Bridge: The red bridge, a rebuilding of what used to be there is said to be haunted by a hitchhiking ghost. Who could this ghost be? Someone who died crossing it, or something older, even before the Everett Road Covered Bridge was built?

The Everett Road Covered Bridge

One of the park’s eerie focal points is the Everett Road Covered Bridge over the Furnace Run stream, the last vestige of covered bridges in Summit County, Ohio. Steeped in history, this bridge holds a mysterious tale that intertwines tragedy and the supernatural as rumor has it that it is haunted. 

According to local lore, on a chilling winter night in 1877, a farmer named John Gilson and his wife embarked on their journey home from a holiday party with some friends. Usually they crossed another place of Furnace Run, but the rising water and ice blocked where they usually crossed.

As their sled wagon traversed the Everett Road Bridge, tragedy struck – one of the horses stumbled, sending them both, including the Gilsons, into the icy river below. Mrs. Gilson miraculously survived, but her husband did not.

However, historical discrepancies challenge this narrative, as records suggest the bridge did not exist at the time of Mr. Gilson’s purported demise, although the road was built in 1856 already. Some say that the incident is what sparked the construction of the bridge, connected to the United States Centennial in 1876. 

An alternative story suggests that the Everett Road Covered Bridge was constructed over a Native American burial mound, as some road construction workers claimed to have found, adding an extra layer of mystique to its already enigmatic history that no one really knows how or when it started.

The Ghost Haunting the Park

Regardless of the tale, an unsettling presence has left its mark on the Everett Road Covered Bridge – a ghostly hitchhiker, perpetually wandering in the hopes of catching a ride with an unsuspecting driver between the supposed burial ground and the wooden bridge. It is unknown when the rumors started to spread, but in the end, the tale sounds alot like the ghost story of the vanishing hitchhiker.

Is it the lingering spirit of Mr. Gilson, yearning to find his way back home? Or perhaps, a restless Native American soul of the Hopewell culture native to Ohio as far back as over a millennia, seeking its final resting place? 

Cuyahoga Valley National Park: One of the trail you can hike in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It is said that they are haunted by a spirit wanting to catch a ride.

People claim to have heard disembodied voices in the night, pleading for help as if they are in dire danger. Paranormal researchers make the claim of seeing orbs and mysterious fogs when seeking the ghosts.

The mysteries shrouding the Everett Road Covered Bridge invite brave souls to venture forth, to traverse the haunted span and uncover the secrets whispered by the winds that dance through the timeworn timbers. The original bridge was washed away in a spring flood in 1975, and another built close by years later. The Haunting is said to remain the same. 

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Lucy of Roaring Fork: The Vanishing Hitchhiker of Smoky Mountains

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On the scenic route in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the ghost of Lucy of Roaring Fork is said to roam the road of Roaring Fork Motor Trail through the historic part of early settlers as a vanishing hitchhiker. 

On the outskirts of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail winds its way through the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, offering a scenic journey by car through the remnants of early settlers’ homesteads of cabins, mills and historic buildings along the way. 

Named after the fast-moving mountain stream it parallels, the trail offers a captivating drive through lush forests, vibrant wildflower meadows, and historical log cabins that paint a picture of early Appalachian life. Visitors can enjoy a leisurely drive while making stops at various points of interest, including cascading waterfalls, like the popular Grotto Falls, and old-growth forests teeming with wildlife. 

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Amidst the beauty of this historic trail, a haunting legend unfolds – a tale that has earned Roaring Fork a reputation as one of the most haunted roads in America. At the center of this spectral narrative is the enigmatic figure known as Lucy of Roaring Fork.

Roaring Fork Motor Trail: In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park the Roaring Fork Motor Trail by Gatlinburg will take you through the historic parts of the mountains where the early settlers lived and the ghost of Lucy remained.

Lucy the Ghost of a Girl

But who is Lucy of Roaring Fork? There are many legends, but some say she was a young girl or woman who died when her family cabin burned down and is now haunting the surrounding roads and forest. Exactly when this was supposed to happen is uncertain, but it is mostly said to be around the turn of the century or early 1900s.  

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The story of Lucy of Roaring Fork is told as a vanishing hitchhiker story, an urban legend that spread in the latter part of the 20th century, but if there was any tales about her haunting the area before turning into an urban legend, is uncertain. 

The Cabin: In the story, Lucy died in a fire Roaring Fork Motor Trail is filled with little cabins as pictured along the way.

Lucy as the Vanishing Hitchhiker

As the legend goes, at the turn of the twentieth century, a young man, sometimes given the name Foster, traveled the trail on a chilly autumn evening. To his surprise, he encountered a young woman clad in rags, wandering barefoot through the ancient forest. Driven by kindness, he extended an offer to drive her home, a gesture she graciously accepted. After safely depositing the mysterious woman at her doorstep, the young man continued on his journey. Yet, the memory of the beautiful hitchhiker lingered, a ghost in his thoughts.

Unable to shake the enchantment, the man returned to her home the next day, seeking to reunite with the captivating Lucy. When he inquired about her with Lucy’s mother, he received a chilling revelation that sent shivers down his spine.

“I gave Lucy a ride home last night, and I would very much like to see her again,” the young man explained.

“That’s impossible!” exclaimed the mother. “Lucy passed away many years ago.”

The Tale of Lucy of Roaring Fork

The tale of Lucy, the vanishing hitchhiker, echoes through the decades, a classic tale heard many places in the world with its own local twists and lore being added to this phenomenon known as the vanishing hitchhiker. 

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Lucy of Roaring Fork’s ghostly presence lingers, weaving through the mist-laden trees, eternally hoping for a journey home that transcends the realms of both the living and the departed.

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The Ghost Girl on the Arrabassada Road

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There is a ghost girl hitchhiking on the Arrabassada road in Spain. On a sharp turn in the road people claim to have picked up a vanishing hitchhiker that keeps reminding them to slow down on the dangerous road before disappearing when they have safely passed the bend. 

Spain is widely known for its beautiful landscapes, rich history and delicious food, but there’s one road that has a different reputation altogether. This road in Barcelona, is infamous for its haunting presence. The road is believed to be haunted by a ghost that lingers there. This ghost has caused several accidents on the road, making it one of the scariest roads in Spain.

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This stretch of road between Sarria-Sant Gervasi and Horta-Guinardo in Barcelona are tales of a ghostly hitchhiker. This urban legend was one of the ghost stories presented in Llegendes de Barcelona by Per Joan de Déu Prats, but the core of the story would be familiar globewide. 

The Girl on Revolt de la Paella

Reports about a girl passing cars have been picked up by the Revolt de la Paella, which is a sharp bend of the Arrabassada road. The girl is said to have been wearing a white dress. 

According to the legend it is said that after picking up what the drivers think is a hitchhiker, she gets nervous as the car is closing in on a specific course and she tells you to be careful and slow down because it is dangerous. 

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She is even said to have stopped cars and saved the driver from a crash from an oncoming vehicle. She then tells the driver that this was the place she died and she spends the rest of her afterlife trying to save others from suffering her fate. 

After the drivers are able to pass the sharp bend safely, she vanishes into the thin air, her job done. 

Revolt de la Paella: On this sharp bend on the Arrabassada Road in Barcelona, Spain, it is said that a woman is haunting the road. In this classic vanishing hitchhiker story, a ghost is getting into cars only to mysteriously disappear.//Source: Joan Andrés de Barcelona/Wikimedia

The Vanishing Hitchhiker on Arrabassada Road

There is also the story about a young man who picked her up on Arrabassada Road, one of those thinking she was just a normal girl hitchhiking. She asked him to let her out right before they reached the curve for some reason. Although the young man didn’t understand, he followed her advice and stopped the car. 

Because they stopped he was saved from a collision of a truck he would have hit if he had not stopped to drop her off. 

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After this incident it is said he attended a party where the host of the party looked a bit like the girl he had picked up that night. 

Turned out to be the niece of a lady that got killed in a car collision on the same curve he had been in danger of crashing himself. 

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The Ghost of the Lady in White Sari of Delhi Cantt

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After darkness falls on Delhi Cantt in the city, the ghosts are said to appear. Several of the locals have reported about the ghost of a woman wearing a white sari approaching cars, asking for lifts. Where she is going is unclear, but if you tell her no, it is said she will chase you. 

The part of Delhi called Delhi Cantonment or simply Delhi Cantt is located in the heart of New Delhi, is a bustling hub of activity during the day. The Delhi Cantt houses a lot of the defense and army housing and schools. 

It is said that this part of Delhi is the safest area. However, as the sun sets and the night falls, a different kind of activity takes over – the eerie and ghostly kind. 

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With all of these army forces you would think that Delhi Cantt would be a peaceful one. But according to the local word of mouth it is anything but. The area of over 10 000 acres close to Dhaula Kaun is notorious for its spooky legends, with tales of supernatural occurrences and sightings of apparitions and unexplained phenomena. 

The Woman in White Saree

According to the legend, there is a middle aged woman wearing a white sari that is said to haunt the area of Delhi Cantt. She is said to have gray hair, and some sources even point out that she apparently has hairy arms.

Why she is said to wear a white saree though, is uncertain, however, many ghost stories involve a woman in white saree. In India and especially in Hinduism, the color white is also the color of mourning, and many  widows have traditionally worn them. The white saree is also said to represent purity, innocence as well as spirituality. This with the fact that most modern ghosts globally are wearing white, makes this trope especially common. 

The Ghostly Tales of Delhi Cantt

Back to this particular ghost story, there are some variations of the reports and sightings. Some claim she comes out from the lush and green areas, some say she is just wandering the roads, most reports pinpoint her to between 1 and 4 am.

She is said to be walking along the roads and asks for a lift when night falls over the neighborhood. Apparently many of the call centers in the area advised their employees never to stop their car and give anyone a lift. 

If you deny her a lift, it is said that she is following the car and even matching its speed, so you can’t outrun her. 

It is said that she is the ghost of a lady that was killed on the route when she was going someplace. Perhaps on the road in a car accident, or perhaps in the green forestry people claim she comes from. To where we don’t know, but apparently she is still trying to get there. 

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References:

Delhi Cantonment – Wikipedia 

India.comIndia’s Most Haunted: Delhi Cantonment area 

Spooky Tales: Spots In Delhi Which Are Said To Be The Most Haunted 

This Road In Delhi Cantt. Is Apparently Haunted & Those That Stop By Are Never Seen Again! 

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