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The Ghost Girl Haunting Cuesta de las Doblas

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There is a dangerous curve in the middle of a steep slope in Spain said to be haunted called Cuesta de las Doblas. Several drivers have reported about seeing what appears to be a stranded girl without her car on the roads. But as soon as they see her, she disappears into thin air like a ghost. 

The Haunted road in Spain is a place that is known for its chilling history and unnerving atmosphere. It has become a place where drivers have reported strange occurrences and encounters with the supernatural. This road has a reputation for being one of the most haunted in Spain. It is considered to be so scary that many drivers will avoid it altogether.

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This is the case with a particular bend in Spain that got extra attention in 2022 when the newspaper made a case for the haunted rumors going on there and let the people tell about their experiences, and they came flooding in. 

The Sharp Bend of Cuesta de las Doblas

The 2.3 kilometer long road of A-472 in Andalucia is said to be the road where some of the most serious traffic accidents happened in Spain as well as being one of the most haunted roads in the country. 

The road is down some slopes and suddenly there is a sharp curve that comes too abruptly on many drivers, especially if their speed is too high. 

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There are more than hundreds of deaths that have occurred at the Cuesta de las Doblas between the 568 and 570 kilometers point. The old highway was made in 1937 and has a deadly and bad design on one of the curves and has claimed the lives of more than 100 victims in over 70 accidents. 

The Most Deadliest Collisions on the Road

On April 9, 1937, 16 people died on the Cuesta de las Doblas and in 1961 22 people died when the truck they were all crammed in drove off the curve because of the high speed and ended up in the bottom of the ravine.

One of the big accidents that happened was in 1973 when a bus carrying 49 passengers on June 10th was going to Almonte for Pentecost Monday. It didn’t make the turn and plunged down the ravine, falling over 40 meters that killed 8 of the women.

After this, the point where the bus went off and into the ravine has been known as the Black Point. Because of the many deaths and accidents the place has become a well known place for hauntings and apparitions. 

The Girl on the Curve

But who is it that is haunting the road where so many died? There are more than one ghost story about this stretch of road, but most popular is the story about seeing the ghost girl on the curve. 

A cold and rainy night on November 3rd in 1976, a taxi driver was going towards Sanlucar up the slopes of Cuesta de las Doblas when he saw a girl in a long white dress and blonde hair. The man in the taxi stopped and asked her what she was doing out in the bad weather. She said that she had trouble with her car and asked if she could get a lift. The taxi driver agreed and started driving. 

After they had been driving for a few moments they approached the infamous curve. She asked him if he knew of the curve? The taxi driver said yes. The girl said: That is where I died and disappeared into thin air. 

This is how the urban legend about the ghost most seen on the bend is told. A classical vanishing hitchhiker story as we know it. She is sometimes said to be wearing a white dress, sometimes a red jacket. Sometimes her hair is dark, then it’s blonde. The story has spun several stories and what the original one used to be is now unknown. 

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Mostly the reports talk about seeing a little girl dressed in a red jacket that looks like she is hitchhiking in the late hours right before the dangerous curve. Her age is unsure, but many claim her to be everything from a girl to a woman in her mid 20s.

According to some of the darkest versions of the stories about her, she is said to be one that causes new accidents to make people join her like she died. Some say that she acts as a warning about the dangerous curve ahead. 

A man working for the Guardia Civil was once stationed in Sanclúar la Mayor and was driving down the slopes of Cuesta de las Doblas one night. He suddenly saw a little girl walking along the road barefoot. Both he and his partner looked at each other and had both seen it. 

They turned around the car to check if something had happened, but when they backtracked they saw no one. Even though there are not many places to go but along the curve. When they returned to the barracks they told the sergeant what had happened and he asked at what place it had happened. 

When they told him it was on the curve of the Cuesta de las Doblas, he smiled and said it was a ghost there, but they shouldn’t talk about it out loud. 

The fact that the girl on the curve disappears when the car is passing seems to be a common denominator for this ghost story. After the Guardia Civil officer told his story to the newspaper, another man called Alfonso Castro chimed in and told of a similar incident. 

He was also driving late at night and there were also two in the car when it happened. When they passed the mysterious girl on the Cuesta de las Doblas, the woman in the passenger seat followed the girl with her eyes and shouted that the girl had just disappeared into thin air when they passed her. 

They also stopped and backed up, not 10 seconds had gone by since they saw her. With a flashlight they tried to see her, but found no one. 

Cuesta de las Doblas Today

Even though there are new security measures they didn’t have in the earlier days, Cuesta de las Doblas is still considered to be dangerous to drive on with its three lanes and no hard shoulder. 

But perhaps if you are forgetful when driving on these roads, there will come a ghost and give a warning before you as well share her fate. Or in worst case scenario, she will cause the accident so you will join her in her road trip going on forever.

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The Red-Headed Hitchhiker on the Rehoboth-Seekonk Line

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The vanishing hitchhiker comes in all shapes and sizes as well as throughout all different religions and cultures. This is also the case with the so-called Red-headed hitchhiker from the Bridgewater Triangle that is said to haunt the Rehoboth-Seekink Line. 

Venturing into the heart of the Bridgewater Triangle in New England by Rehoboth Massachusetts, where folklore intertwines with reality, one encounters a tale that surpasses the ordinary bounds of the supernatural—the legend of the red-headed hitchhiker along Route 44 in Massachusetts. As the sun sets on Route 44 along the Rehoboth-Seekonk line, an unsettling encounter may await those who traverse the darkened road. 

Described as an figure with fiery red hair, clad in red flannel and blue jeans, this spectral hitchhiker is said to emerge with his thumb outstretched, seeking a ride into the unknown.

Route 44 is a patch of road in New England in the USA where the modern world is constantly reminded of its past on this highway. People believe this ghost to be someone that died on these roads, but have been unable to find the origin story of it all and who this ghost is supposed to be is a big mystery to all. 

The Mysterious Hitchhiker

The narrative surrounding the red-headed hitchhiker takes on various forms. Some claim to have seen him on the side of the road, while others speak of an eerie reflection on windshields, a phantom presence that materializes in the shadows. Despite the lack of a known origin story, the mystique surrounding this spectral figure has woven itself into the fabric of local legend.

It is said that he only gets in the back seat, even if it is only the driver there, looking perhaps around 40 to his early 50s and normal looking enough to stop and ask him for a lift. If you ask him about where he is headed, he doesn’t give any response. He only points down to the direction of where the driver is headed anyway. 

After a while The Red-Headed Hitchhiker starts to giggle, soon sounding maniacal and uncontrollable, piercing the ears of the driver. When the driver gets fed up with this and threatens to drop the hitchhiker off on the side of the road, the hitchhiker disappears without a trace except from emotionally scarring the people in the car. 

Description of the Apparition

Eyewitness accounts converge on a vivid depiction of the red-headed hitchhiker—a man with striking red hair that is said to be long with a big bushy red hair, his attire a haunting ensemble of red flannel shirt and dirty blue jeans. 

His spectral form appears, thumb extended mostly although not always for his hitchhiking adventures, beckoning to those who pass by. Whether glimpsed on the roadside or as a ghostly reflection in the windshield, the hitchhiker’s presence is undeniably unsettling with his harrowing dark, empty and soulless eyes.

The Haunted Bridgewater Triangle

But what really is the Bridgewater Triangle that seems to hold so many legends, like the one of the The Red-Headed Hitchhiker haunting the roads?

The Bridgewater Triangle is an area of about 200 square miles in southeastern Massachusetts. First described in the 1970s by cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman in his book, Mysterious America. 

Read more: One of the more famous spots in the Bridgewater Triangle is perhaps the Lizzie Borden House where a horrible murder was committed and only paranormal forces lingered. 

The Bridgewater Triangle is known for hosting an array of spooky sightings, from Bigfoot, Thunderbird to UFOs to ghosts to satanic cults and old Native American monsters and ghost stories. The history of this haunted expanse is more than mere speculation—it is a documented tapestry of tragedies and crimes that contribute to the ominous allure of the Cursed Forest.

Unlike many legends within the Bridgewater Triangle, the red-headed hitchhiker lacks a discernible origin story. Local legend trippers, those intrepid seekers of the supernatural, confess to never stumbling upon a first-hand account. The absence of a concrete beginning only adds to the chilling aura that surrounds this spectral hitchhiker, leaving the curious traveler with more questions than answers.

The legend was made famous by the book, The New England Ghost Files written by Charles Turek Robinson.

Tales of The Red-Headed Hitchhiker

Throughout the years, many have laid claims to have seen The Red-Headed Hitchhiker’s ghost supposedly haunting these roads. 

One driver recalls the hitchhiker moving right alongside his fast moving car. Another picked him up only to have him disappear from his seat. One couple, Harry and Sheena Hanson living in Swansea, talked about how their car broke down around 10 pm and the woman stayed in the car as the man walked to get some help. The man claims he saw him sitting on the side of the road:

“Suddenly, the man’s face got very strange,” Harry remembers. “He stopped grinning, he twisted his mouth, and I noticed that there was something wrong with his eyes. They were all clouded over…no pupils or anything…just (blank) and all white. I began to feel weird and started to walk away from him. As I hurried away, I heard the man laughing. I turned around, but he was no longer there. I mean, I could no longer see him there, but I still heard the laughing, (as though) it was coming from just a few feet away from me. And the laughing kept switching locations. First I heard it in front of me, then behind me, then to the left of me. It was bizarre. I began to run along the highway back toward the car, and, as I did, the laughing followed me for a good two or three hundred feet. It scared the (expletive) out of me. And then, it suddenly stopped.”

The man saw him on the side of the road and tried to talk to him, only to be yelled at before disappearing. The woman heard his laughing voice coming through the radio, taunting her until she ran away from the car crying as she was waiting for her boyfriend. 

People have also tried to call out to the man they see on the road, The man is slowly making his way towards their car, but as he approaches, he slowly gets transparent until he suddenly disappears. 

Journeying into the Unknown

As night descends upon Route 44, casting an inky veil over the Rehoboth-Seekonk line, the red-headed hitchhiker’s legend takes on an eerie life of its own, although no one knows where he comes from. Did he die on these roads?.

Drivers navigating the winding roads may find themselves captivated by an inexplicable sense of foreboding, a subtle whisper in the wind that hints at the possibility of encountering the enigmatic figure with the outstretched thumb.

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 The Redheaded Hitchhiker of Route 44, Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Haunted Place) 

Red Headed Hitchhiker of Route 44 – Spooky Southcoast 

The Ghostly Tale of the Redheaded Hitchhiker of Route 44 

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The Hitchhiking Woman in White in Palavas-les-Flots

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Explore Palavas-les-Flots, the haunted coastal city of France and learn about its mysterious supernatural phenomena of the ghost of a hitchhiking woman in white.

Palavas-les-Flots is a coastal city in France with a mysterious history. It has been the site of many supernatural experiences, including ghost sightings and numerous unexplained phenomena. Discover the spooky secrets behind this haunted city today!

Palavas-les-Flots is located within the historic Camargue region of France. A walk through the narrow, cobblestoned streets of Palavas-les-Flots will bring you past some of the city’s most mysterious and supernatural sites. 

Dame Blanches in French Folklore

One of the most pervasive supernatural mythologies associated with Palavas-les-Flots is that of the Dames blanches, or White Ladies. These mysterious figures are said to wander through fields and forests near the city, bringing with them both luck and misfortune to those who encounter them. 

They are known way back from myths and folklore as well and quite well spread in European ghost stories. Tales of these enigmatic creatures have been told for centuries, inspiring many artistic interpretations and offering a glimpse into a fantastic world beyond our own.

Today however they are most often told about in the deepest and oldest castles as ghost of ladies that died gruesome deaths, or along the road as women who died in a road accident of some sort. Very often they are mixed in with the urban legend of the hitchhiker. 

Dame Blanches in Palavas-les-Flots in 1981

Many people from the town claimed to have seen one of these mysterious White Ladies late at night near the water. They described the figure as incredibly tall, with flowing white robes and an otherworldly presence. 

There was one occurrence that became more famous than others. One night on May 20th, 1981 a group of four people aged 17 to 25 were taking their car for a trip to the sea. After a couple of drinks and a walk in the city they were headed back home around midnight. 

The people picked up a female hitchhiker in Palavas-les-Flots right before the Pont des Quatre Canals. 

She was dressed in a white raincoat and a scarf and looked to be in her fifties. She refused to speak and sat in the back of the car. Suddenly she would scream: Mind the turn, mind the turn , and the driver slows down and drives safely past the bend. 

Suddenly, the two passengers in the back scream out as the hitchhiker disappears into thin air. What exactly happened that night on the road in Palavas-les-Flots remains a mystery.

All the Woman in White Ghosts

While the White Ladies like the one told about from Palavas-les-Flots remain some of France’s most famous supernatural figures, and are hardly the only ones. Across the country, similar legends exist about white women in traditional northern French clothing lurking near places like cemeteries and abandoned houses at night. Whether or not these sightings actually occur is up to debate, but one thing remains certain: The mysterious stories will continue to captivate people for years to come.

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The Jayuro Road Ghost

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On a big and foggy highway north of Seoul, there is an urban legend of a ghost known as the Jayuro Ghost along the road, looking like she has a pair of sunglasses on in the dark. 

The Jayu Motorway, or simply Freedom Road is a big highway in South Korea connecting Seoul to Gyeonggi Province. In some parts you can even see all the way to North Korea from the motorway. The Jayuro Road has a high rate of car accidents because of frequent foggy weather and being badly lit along some parts. 

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But there is something else in the misty road to be wary of, according to many passing drivers, that claims to have encountered something that has been known as the Jayuro Ghost. 

The Jayuro Road Ghost (自由路鬼神) is a very famous korean urban legend that appeared in the early 2004 or 2005 and follows in with the many local variations of the global Vanishing Hitchhiker trope we have many stories about. 

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The urban legend grew large because of several celebrities that claimed to have witnessed the Jayuro Ghost along the highway. And although the popularity of the legend ebbs and flows since the early 2000s, there are still those who speak about seeing the Jayuro Ghost when driving in the dark.  

The Legend of the Woman in Sunglasses

Since it’s such a well known urban legend, there are now countless of variations of it as well. But most of them follow the same pattern.

If you drive along Jayuro Road in the middle of the night, there is supposedly a young woman in her 20s, waving to you while trying to hitchhike. It looks like the woman is wearing a long coat with large black sunglasses, and many realise who they met after they drive past her. 

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To just get a glimpse and not noticing anything strange of a lonely woman by a highway is perhaps the best. Because if you look closer, you notice that she is not alive at all. When you get closer to inspect, you can clearly see it’s not sunglasses, but rather a big black hole where her eyes were supposed to be. 

The Hitchhiker

One of the reports comes from a man that actually claims to have picked the Jayuro Ghost up when she tried to hitchhike. 

He was driving back from a dinner party and looked away from the road for a second. When he looked up, he saw the woman standing along the highway and he nearly ran her over. It looked like she had just escaped from an accident herself. She asked him if he could give her a ride home. The man accepted and put the address in the navigation system to follow. 

But before they reached the destination, the Jayuro Ghost disappeared. When he found out where the destination was, he realized that it was a cemetery. 

Who was this Woman?

Can you really trace back a specific person to an urban legend? It is not for lack of trying at least. When they aired a piece on the story on a TVN show in 2007, Kim Sehwan tried to contact the ghost through a medium. 

According to that story, the Jayuro Ghost was a woman in her 20s that was killed on the road in 2002 by strangulation, not far from where she is spotted. It was because of decay that she looked like she did with her dark gouged out eyes. 

According to the medium relaying the story, the culprit behind her murder was arrested in 2005. Although they never really followed up with a police report on this though. 

No matter who she is supposed to have been, a name has never come up. Although, stories of her along the foggy highway often does.

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The Ghost Bride at the Devil’s Curve

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On a road known as the Devil’s Curve in Colombia, the ghost of a bride has been reported on the road since the 70’s, asking passing cars for a ride. 

On the road can be a dangerous place to be, especially at night, during bad weather and at high speed. Especially when there are rumors about a ghost roaming the road that are asking you to take them with you.  

Since the 1970s, there have been reports about something that looks like the ghost all dressed in white on what is known as The Devil’s Curve or La Curva del Diablo in Puerto Colombia, a coastal town and municipality in Colombia. 

There are many tales about ghosts that asks for a ride, disoriented and alone alongside the roads.

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The Ghost Bride at La Curva del Diablo has later been dubbed as the ghost bride as many have thought it looks like she is wearing a white wedding dress. 

She is said to be asking for a ride of the cars passing by this dangerous road. If they refused, they would later see her sitting in the back of the vehicle, even if they didn’t let her in. 

If they did let her into the car, several reports of her sitting in the backseat crying are told, but when the driver turned to check on her, she disappeared, leaving the seat wet. In some versions she smiled and left a sickening smell of rotting flowers in the air before disappearing. 

The buses passing by also report a woman that is signaling them to stop. One taxi driver named Hugo Rangel told a story of meeting her in 1993. He was scared as he knew of the ghost bride. She was covered in dirt and looked terrible. 

This tale of a female hitchhiking is a very common ghost story throughout the world. The urban legend of The Vanishing Hitchhiker comes in many variations. Considering just how many die a sudden and tragic death on the roads, there might be some truth to some of them?

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La Descarnada of the Highway

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On the highway in El Salvador, be vary of who you stop for along the way. Especially beautiful women that asks for a ride to a nearby place. It might very well be the vengeful spirit of La Descarnada.

On the long stretch of highway from Santa Ana to Chalchuapa in El Salvador, an old legend is just refusing to die. The legend of La Descarnada, meaning the fleshless in English. She is a vengeful spirit in female form that lures and seduces men that she meets on her way. At first she looks beautiful, young and healthy, but when she has the man in her claws she shows herself in her true form: a rotten living skeleton.

The tale of La Descarnada is a typical ghost legend that are told all across South America and share many similarities with the legends of La Sayona in Venezuela and La Llorona in Mexico for instance. Often her origin story is rooted in being a scorned woman that goes after any man as she wasn’t able to get revenge on the one that mattered. The legend of La Descarnada has also evolved from an old folklore legend to be more similar to the urban legends like The Vanishing Hitchhiker.

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La Siguanaba of Central America

The Legend of La Descarnada also has a lot in common with the legend of La Siguanaba. Also known as Cihuanahual, Caballona, Chuca, Sucia, Bandolera, Macihuatli, Matlacihua, Tisigua, and more, is a legendary figure from Central American folklore. Her name, derived from the Quiché language, means “spectral sister of the abyss.”

The Siguanaba is known for her eerie encounters with men who cross her path. As the legend goes, she appears to men, but her face remains hidden. It’s only after she has ensnared a man’s attention that she reveals her true visage, which is often described as a horse or a skull in different versions of the story. This shocking revelation can lead to illness, madness, or even death. The origin of this myth is complex, with roots in both pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures and European folklore. Over time, these beliefs have intertwined, creating a unique and haunting legend that has persisted through generations.

The Hitchhiking Ghost

Late at night on the highway she signals the passing cars to stop. If it is a man travelling alone, she asks for a ride. When he asks her where she is going, she mentions somewhere nearby on his way and it is too easy for him to say he will drop her off there.

Inside the car, she starts her seduction, looking at him provocatively and luring him in. The man doesn’t resist and gives in, starting to caress her. Then the transformation starts, and her beautiful silky skin starts to peel off, little by little and muscles and bones starts to appear under the man’s caresses.

When the man notices it, he freezes, but it is already to late. She continues to decompose right in front of him until she is left as a living skeleton. And those who live to tell the tale have no way of explaining just what happened to them. Although, according to legend they are the lucky ones, as La Descarnada is a folktale that usually ends in the men’s death.

The Legend of La Descarnada

As the legend of La Descarnada continues to send chills down the spines of those who hear it, there is no denying the cautionary tale it holds. The dark tale serves as a reminder to be wary of strange encounters and to trust one’s instincts, especially when traveling alone on long stretches of highway.

For those who have the misfortune of encountering La Descarnada, the outcome is often fatal. The men who fall into her trap are left scarred by the terrifying transformation they witness, unable to comprehend the supernatural force that just took place before their eyes. Their stories, if they’re lucky enough to survive, become cautionary tales whispered among friends and family, spreading awareness of the dangers that lurk on the roads of El Salvador.

And so, the tale of La Descarnada remains ingrained in the consciousness of those who traverse the highways of El Salvador. Her vengeful spirit forever entwined with the folklore of the land, serving as a reminder to heed the warnings of the past and to navigate the roads with caution and wisdom.

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The Running Lady of Beeford

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Along the road in the English town, the ghost of a lady on the run haunts the area, allegedly causing accidents, and even deaths. This is the legend of the running lady of Beeford.

Beeford, East Yorkshire in England doesn’t sound like the most haunted place on earth. With the red bricked houses it looks like a classical quaint English town, never changing, dormant. Perhaps like the set of Midsummer Murders or the location of an Agatha Christie novel. Perhaps it indeed look a bit haunted, after all. Truth is, this place has been there even before England came to be. Mention in the Domesday Book, it has been there for a thousand years. Perhaps it will last a thousand more?

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And everyone knows that old towns must have their own local ghosts. And here, they have the legend of the running lady of Beeford that is haunting the roads leading in and out of the town.

Causing Accidents and Deaths

This particular ghost is a ghost on the road. On a stretch of road between Beeford and Brandenburton, a ghost of a lady has been seen roaming around late at night. The ghost lady is also called the Running Lady as she is seen running across the Beeford Straight toward the North Frodingham junction.

Tales of her ghost causing accidents have been told over the years in the more modern area, as it’s usually involves cars. Not only is the ghost reported on being seen, but the running lady of Beeford has also been the one to blame for several accidents on this particular road.

The Running Lady of Beeford: There is a local legend that people have seen the Runnin Lady of Beeford, haunting the road. Some of the stories about her, even hints that she was the cause of a deadly car crash.

One of these stories details the curse she has supposedly put on this place made a car crash into a three, killing six people. What made the crash? An accident caused by witnessing the running lady of Beeford, or something more sinister as some of the version of the legend hints at?

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There is also an anecdote about a motorcyclist picking up a female on the stretch on that road, only to find her gone when he turned around after a few miles. This story collides a bit with her habit of being on the run, but falls in line of the urban legend of a hitchhiker wanting a lift, but disappearing.

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What’s the Truth Behind the Running Lady of Beeford?

This ghost story falls right into the White Lady legend from Europe we can read about in so many of the classic ghost stories. Also, stories about ghosts along the road is also a well documented phenomenon across the world by now. But what about this particular legend of the running lady of Beeford? How much does it ring true?

Considering that Beeford is such a small place there would be more documented that six people actually died in a car crash around that area. But as per now, we have found no such proof.

And the description of her appearance is so vague and non existing that it’s hard to make out what type of lady we are seeing. Well that is, if we see anything at all.

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I was driving back home after a work seminar out of town. It was a long stretch, and I thought I would just drive through the night to get back. It was a narrow road, hardly any lights along the road. It was still a couple of hours until I would reach home, and I was listening to the weird night radio at the local radio station. It was mostly static.

Suddenly, I almost had to weer off the road. Right there, right by the side of the road, a girl was standing, her hands out, hitchhiking. I didn’t see her before my headlights shone right at her, making her appear out of nowhere.

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I floored the breaks. When the car stopped, my pulse was going off the charts, my breathing uneven, Shaken, but unharmed, I looked back to the girl. She was still standing there, unharmed as well. I exhaled, happy I hadn’t run her over. She was standing so still, just looking at me, her thumb, still held high in the air, waiting on a lift. I opened the door and stepped out.

“H-hello? Excuse me, but do you need a lift?”

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She turned her head and meet my eyes. She was wearing a white summer dress in the chilly night. Only a rugged denim jacket, filled with patches of bands and slogans shielded her from the unforgiving autumn wind.

“Are you ok?” I asked, now beginning to fear I had scared her with the car. She was still standing at the side of the road, not moving.

“Can you give me a ride?” she asked then, her voice was just a weak shiver. I looked around. There was nothing here. I had hours left before I reached home and was going to work tomorrow. But I couldn’t leave her here. Not when I also almost ran her over.

“S-sure. Jump in. Where to?”

She started to move, she came towards me, not making a sound as she walked over the road. She got in the backseat. I thought that was a bit weird, but didn’t say anything. Perhaps she felt safer at a distance. I got back behind the wheel and started the car.

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“Where do you live?” I asked. She didn’t answer at once. She was looking out the window, the moon hitting only half her face.

“Take me home,” she said, just a breathing. I wondered if I should call the police then. Clearly, something had happened. I had chills, and looked around. There was nothing coming out from the surrounding trees but the wind’s whisper.

“Where is home?” I asked, just driving, looking in the mirror, trying to figure out what to do. She sighed.

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“The blue house. The blue house at the right turn after the old bridge,” she said.

I had no idea where we were, but just continued forward, hoping to reach the bridge soon. I looked back again. She was beautiful, pretty in this sad way. Her face was pale though, and she looked out the window, staring at something in the distance.

“Did something happen? Tonight I mean?”

She turned her head and met my eyes in the reflections in the mirror. She nodded.

“Yes,” she said.

“Do you need to call someone?”

“Just drive me home.”

We continued in silence a couple of minutes. Every other time I checked in the mirror, she was staring out the window in a daze, other times, she was staring right back at me, her gaze direct.

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After driving for a while we reached a bridge.

“Hey, is this it? Is this the bridge?” I asked and turned. It was like she woke from a slumber, she sat up and got sight of the bridge.

“Yes, that is it, that is where it happened,” she said, her voice low, getting closer to me as she leaned forward to the drivers seat to get a better look. I could sense a smell, something sweet, something familiar. We were approaching the bridge.

“Where what happened?” I asked, the smell getting stronger, that familiar smell. That sweet smell. The smell of rot and decay.

“This is were I died,” she said, and I jumped. Her mouth right next to my ear, her low voice loud because of it. Again, I floored the breaks. The wheels spun, leaving a black mark on the road right by the bridge.

When I got control of the car again, I turned around. But she was gone. Only her denim jacket was left. I got out of the car, but saw nothing of her. The forest around was dark, the water under the bridge darker. The night grew colder. I got in my car and hurdled out of there, not stopping before I reached home.

Days went by, by I couldn’t get that lonely, pretty girl out of my head. I drove back and reached the bridge. In daylight I was able to find the turn she talked about and made it. When I saw the blue house, I sighed with relief. I wasn’t going crazy, she had really been there.

The garden was overgrown, the blue paint weathered and needed another coat. I rang the bell and waited with the denim jacket in hand, hoping to return it to the strange girl I had met.

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But it was an old woman that opened. She peered out at me, looking at me suspicious.

“Yes?”

“Ah, yeah, hallo, so… I met a girl a couple of nights ago, she said she lived here.”

“No girl lives here, it’s only me,” the old lady said. I was left standing there, confused and lost. The woman was about to close the door again when she stopped dead in her tracks. She opened her mouth, her eyes shocked.

“Why do you have that?” the lady asked, looking straight at the jacket I was holding in my hand.

“Oh this? It’s the girl’s, she forgot it in my car when I gave her a lift.”

The woman before me turned white. She had to support herself to stand upright. The door creaked and opened as she leaned on it. And when it did, I saw the picture. A faded picture of the pretty girl, smiling.

In a whisper the old lady said:

“No, no, that is my daughter’s. She died in a car accident on the old bridge over ten years ago.

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