Just south of the St. Georges bridge near St. Georges, Delaware flows the Scott Run stream. The legend says that in the days before the Civil War, an old slave named Jacob used to sit on the railing of the old wooden bridge that stood there. He was talented and would play his fiddle to entertain travelers as they went by.
Apparently, at some point Jacob was beaten severely by his overseer and lost both his musical abilities and his sanity. The story goes that since he couldn’t do his work as a slave anymore, he used to sit in his old shack next to the old bridge and just play screeching horrible sounds on his fiddle all day long. When he was in his 70′s he apparently fell into the water one day and his body was found facedown on the rocks along the riverbank. Shortly thereafter, the children in the area started hearing the sounds of violin music coming out of nowhere in the area. To this day residents say you can still hear the ghostly music when the roar of the traffic on the new bridges isn’t too loud.
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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge crosses Tampa Bay between St. Petersburg and Sarasota, Florida on Highway 41. The bridge is about 5 1/2 miles long and was originally built in 1954.
The stories of the hauntings started in the 60s and 70s and the stories tell of the ghost of a blonde haired girl wearing a T-shirt who is seen at the top of the bridge. Witnesses have also reported seeing her hitchhiking on the approach to the bridge. Some reports say people would even pick her up and she was very anxious to get to the other side of the bridge. She appeared to get more nervous as she got to the top of the bridge and the drivers found out that when they turned around once they reached top the bridge that she had vanished. To this day she’s never been identified but it is believed that she is one of the many people who committed suicide by jumping off the original sunshine Skyway Bridge. She seemed to appear most when it’s foggy.
In May of 1980 in the original southbound span of the Skyway bridge was destroyed when a freighter ran into it on a stormy day. It seems that the young lady hitchhiker ghost hasn’t been seen since that span was destroyed more than 20 years ago. However, the tragic accident of 1980 appears to have spawned another haunting of the Skyway Bridge. This one involves the Greyhound bus that was on the bus that was on the bridge that morning and plummeted 200 feet down into the water of Tampa Bay when the bridge collapsed. None of the people on board the bridge board the bus survived and 35 people total were killed. Witnesses have reported seeing a shadowy image of the bus driving down the remaining span of the bridge involved in the accident which then turned into a fishing pier. They say they can see the driver staring straight ahead doing his job and others say there’s a lady at the back of the bus looking out the window smiling and waving. The bus just keeps right on driving and disappears at the end of the pier. So are the stories true? You could always take a trip down to St. Petersburg and drive across the bridge and find out for yourself…
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Located just south of Ojai California on Creek Road is the Creek Road bridge. This bridge plays host to several suppose it spirits including two young children dressed in 19th century period clothing. These two kids are said to walk along the railing of the bridge and then jump off into the creek below. People have witnessed this and then run to try to save them, but when they look down into the water they don’t see anything.
Along the same lines is also said to be a creepy, disembodied hand that just runs along the rail of the bridge. Witnesses say looks like a child’s hand. There’s also the legend of the ghostly school bus which is said to have gone off the bridge in the 1930s or 40s. The story goes that 12 children along with the bus driver died in the accident and if you visit the bridge on a rainy night you can hear the screaming of the victims.
Perhaps most famous of the haunts is “Charman”. He is a hideous phantom said to hang around this bridge where he supposedly died. Witnesses say he’s wearing burned and torn clothing with pieces of skin hanging loosely from his skull. He smells of burned flesh and burned clothing. There are several different stories as to who he might be; all of which involve a fiery car accident that happened in the vicinity during the 1940s or 50s.
Overall the Creek Road bridge, along with the Camp Comfort County Park which is just down the road have a plethora of spirits and spooks hanging around. This definitely be would be a good place to visit if you’re looking for some to do some ghost hunting or just have a spooky evening.
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This bridge was built in the early 1900′s and is located in this city of Elmore, Ohio. The bridge runs on Toledo street or Ohio 51 over the Portage River. The haunting is said to be attributed to a motorcyclist who was involved in an accident on this bridge on March 21, possibly in 1918–the exact year is unknown.
The legend says that the man returned from war only to discover that his girlfriend had married another man. Heartbroken, he took off on his motorcycle and lost control on a sharp curve near the bridge. He is said to have plummeted down into a ravine, causing both the headlight of his motorcycle and his own head to be severed.
The story goes that in order to summon this ghost you have to go to the bridge on March 21, flash your headlights three times and this is supposed to “summon” the ghost to appear. Witnesses say once the ghost is summoned, a ghostly white headlight will appear and move towards your car until just before it reaches the bridge, at which point it disappears. To this day no one has really been able to identify the driver or to say whether or not the story is true but if you’re brave enough to give it a shot, head on out there on March 21 and see what happens.
Read more about Ohio hauntings at GhostsofOhio.org
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