| We have all heard of Urban Legends, today I am going | | | | whatever direction the driver is heading. On occasion |
| to talk about phantom travelers or hitchhikers. | | | | she will give the driver her name, but this happens |
| They are ghosts of humans or sometimes animals | | | | rarely. |
| that haunt a specific location, usually roads or rest | | | | The driver will sometimes give her his coat to warm |
| areas. Sometimes even vehicles!! They place that they | | | | her up. He also constantly checks the rearview mirror, |
| haunt usually has to due with a tragedy that occured | | | | noticing how beautiful she is. When the driver reaches |
| there or some other strong emotional connection. | | | | the destination the girl gave him, she is gone when he |
| Some are doomed to walk that particular route | | | | stops the car & turns to her. If her clothes were |
| forever because of a sin that they committed. | | | | wet then there is a wet spot on the seat of the car, or |
| Some of the earliest recorded sightings of phantom | | | | maybe a puddle of water on the floor. Sometimes she |
| travelers date back to the 1600's in Europe and Russia. | | | | will leave behind a scarf or book. |
| By the time Washington Irving wrote his famous tale | | | | The driver will go to the house that the girl indicated, he |
| about the headless horseman in 1819 and 1820. | | | | is greeted by a woman or sometimes a man & |
| Phantom travelers seem solid, substantial & real. | | | | wife. They tell him that this happens every year. It is |
| Some of the best known ghostly urban legends | | | | the anniversary of their daughter's death. She was |
| involve phantom hitchhikers. Most of the time the | | | | either murdered or died in an accident in the location |
| phantom hitchhiker is a girl or a young woman, the | | | | that she was first seen. She tries every year to make |
| damsel in distress. She is seen, by a male driver. | | | | it home, but fails. The parents show the driver a |
| Dressed in white, she will suddenly appear in the car's | | | | photograph of the girl, and it is indeed the girl he picked |
| headlights. Most times she is soaking wet, although its | | | | up. She is wearing the same outfit too. |
| not raining or there is no water in the area. | | | | Now, here's the the unexpected part, the driver will |
| Once the driver stops and offers her a ride to where | | | | later go to the girl's grave, and if he gave her his jacket |
| she is going, she will accept and quietly climb into the | | | | in the car, then he will find it draped over her stone. |
| back seat. She is usually going to the next town, or | | | | |