A strange legend surrounds a railroad crossing just south of San Antonio, Texas. The intersection of roadway and railroad track, so the story goes, was the site of a tragic accident in which several school-aged children were killed - but their ghosts linger at the spot and will push idled cars across the tracks, even though the path is uphill. The story may be just the stuff of urban legend, but the accounts were intriguing enough that I wrote an article about the phenomenon, "The Haunted Railroad Crossing." The article included a photograph submitted by Andy and Debi Chesney. Their daughter and some of her friends had recently been to the crossing to test the legend, and she took some photographs. Inexplicably, a strange, transparent figure turned up in one of the photos. "They had no idea that it was in the picture until the next day when I printed out the picture and showed them," said the Chesneys. "It was really freaky. It appears to be a little girl carrying a teddy bear."
Other readers who have viewed the photo think it shows a little girl with a dog sitting at her feet. What do you think?
ABOUT THE HAUNTED RAILROAD GHOST CHILDREN. IF YOU CAN, BUY THE DVDS OF "GHOST STORIES" PRESENTED BY THE LATE PATRICK MACNEE. IN ONE EPISODE A FEMALE CO-PRESENTER VISITS THE CROSSING AND PUTS TALC ON HER CAR'S BACK BUMPER. IN FULL VIEW OF THE CAMERA - WITH HER ENGINE OFF - HER CAR IS PUSHED OVER THE TRACKS TO SAFETY AND WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF THE CAR THERE, FOR ALL TO SEE, ARE NUMEROUS CHILD-SIZE HANDPRINTS ON HER BACK BUMPER!! THIS IS NOT A LEGEND. THIS IS TRUE.
CONCERNING THE HAUNTED RAILWAY CROSSING, IF YOU CAN THEN BUY THE SET OF DVDS ENTITLED "GHOST STORIES" PRESENTED BY THE LATE PATRICK MACNEE. IN ONE EPISODE A FEMALE CO-PRESENTER VISITS THE CROSSING AND PARKS HER CAR ON THE RAILWAY LINES, COVERS HER BACK BUMPER WITH TALC, AND GETS BACK IN TO THE CAR. THEN - WITH HER ENGINE TURNED OFF - HER CAR MOVES UPHILL OVER THE TRACKS TO SAFETY - ALL IN FULL VIEW OF THE CAMERA. WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF HER CAR AGAIN HER BACK BUMPER IS COVERED IN CHILD-SIZE HANDPRINTS!! THIS IS NOT A LEGEND. THIS IS TRUE.
A strange legend surrounds a railroad crossing just south of San Antonio, Texas. The intersection of roadway and railroad track, so the story goes, was the site of a tragic accident in which several school-aged children were killed - but their ghosts linger at the spot and will push idled cars across the tracks, even though the path is uphill.
ReplyDeleteThe story may be just the stuff of urban legend, but the accounts were intriguing enough that I wrote an article about the phenomenon, "The Haunted Railroad Crossing." The article included a photograph submitted by Andy and Debi Chesney. Their daughter and some of her friends had recently been to the crossing to test the legend, and she took some photographs. Inexplicably, a strange, transparent figure turned up in one of the photos. "They had no idea that it was in the picture until the next day when I printed out the picture and showed them," said the Chesneys. "It was really freaky. It appears to be a little girl carrying a teddy bear."
Other readers who have viewed the photo think it shows a little girl with a dog sitting at her feet. What do you think?
ABOUT THE HAUNTED RAILROAD GHOST CHILDREN. IF YOU CAN, BUY THE DVDS OF "GHOST STORIES" PRESENTED BY THE LATE PATRICK MACNEE. IN ONE EPISODE A FEMALE CO-PRESENTER VISITS THE CROSSING AND PUTS TALC ON HER CAR'S BACK BUMPER. IN FULL VIEW OF THE CAMERA - WITH HER ENGINE OFF - HER CAR IS PUSHED OVER THE TRACKS TO SAFETY AND WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF THE CAR THERE, FOR ALL TO SEE, ARE NUMEROUS CHILD-SIZE HANDPRINTS ON HER BACK BUMPER!! THIS IS NOT A LEGEND. THIS IS TRUE.
ReplyDeleteCONCERNING THE HAUNTED RAILWAY CROSSING, IF YOU CAN THEN BUY THE SET OF DVDS ENTITLED "GHOST STORIES" PRESENTED BY THE LATE PATRICK MACNEE.
ReplyDeleteIN ONE EPISODE A FEMALE CO-PRESENTER VISITS THE CROSSING AND PARKS HER CAR ON THE RAILWAY LINES, COVERS HER BACK BUMPER WITH TALC, AND GETS BACK IN TO THE CAR.
THEN - WITH HER ENGINE TURNED OFF - HER CAR MOVES UPHILL OVER THE TRACKS TO SAFETY - ALL IN FULL VIEW OF THE CAMERA.
WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF HER CAR AGAIN HER BACK BUMPER IS COVERED IN CHILD-SIZE HANDPRINTS!!
THIS IS NOT A LEGEND.
THIS IS TRUE.