{"id":6150,"date":"2011-12-01T01:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6316"},"modified":"2011-11-19T19:49:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T00:49:35","slug":"paranormal-path-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/12\/01\/paranormal-path-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clinton Road<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Have you ever been driving late at night down a dark road and it seems there is no civilization for miles?\u00a0 You think to yourself how this would be a great scenario for a horror movie, yet all the while hope you\u2019re not part of the horror.\u00a0 There is a road known as one of the scariest roads in America.\u00a0 Clinton road in West Milford New Jersey has quite a reputation from as early as 1905.
\nClinton road is a simple two lane road, surrounded by woodland with many ghost stories.\u00a0 One of the most famous stories is near the bridge.\u00a0 There is the tale of a young boy with some conflicting details; some tell of the boy drowning, others say that he was hit by a car going down the road.\u00a0 If you drop a coin into the water it is believed the coin will be tossed back up to you.\u00a0 Another legend states if you leave the coin in the center of the yellow line in the road the same will happen.\u00a0 A more terrifying twist on the tale is if you lean to look over the bridge, the boy may push you in an attempt to get you off of the road and away from oncoming cars.
\nThere have been numerous accounts of strange activity, murders, and robbery.\u00a0 People have claimed to see bonfires in the woods surrounding the road, stories of Satanists performing rituals and even KKK gatherings.\u00a0 Back in 1983 a body was discovered in the woods by a bicyclist.\u00a0 This was one of many victims of Richard Kuklinski also known as the \u201cIceman\u201d.\u00a0 Kuklinski was given the nickname due to freezing the bodies of his victims\u2019 to make it seem as if they died at a later time than they actually did.\u00a0 When an autopsy was performed on the victim found near Clinton Road they discovered ice crystals near the blood vessels in his heart.
\nIf ghost children, murderers, and cults aren\u2019t enough there have been stories of strange creatures being spotted on this road.\u00a0 In 1976 a Jungle Habitat attraction closed and it was believed a lot of the animals escaped and cross bred.\u00a0 Bizarre monkey-like creatures, large rabbits and even \u201chell hounds\u201d are reported to dart across the road.
\nWhat would stories of a scary road be without reports of a ghost car?\u00a0 One tale tells of a phantom Camaro with a ghostly female driver who died when she crashed the car in 1988.\u00a0 There is a theory that any mention of these stories at night will trigger a manifestation, possibly it just triggers the imagination, either way many take the dare to drive this road at night.\u00a0 For several miles there is nothing but darkness and the sight of your own headlights.\u00a0 Many do this in hopes of triggering another famous legend of Clinton Road.
\nImagine coming up to the large curve known as \u201cDead Man\u2019s Curve\u201d.\u00a0 There is now a railing put up along the side because many have driven off of this curve and died.\u00a0 Yet this does not seem to help, why?\u00a0 Well, did I mention the Ghost Truck?
\nHere you are taking this long dark drive when suddenly headlights appear in your rear view mirror.\u00a0 There seems to be a driver behind you, they seem to be in a hurry.\u00a0 The truck tailgates, backs off then rushes the back of your car again.\u00a0 They are driving erratically, swerving, and yet they never go around you.\u00a0 This truck seems to almost want to make you veer off this road.\u00a0 You continue to speed up but the driver behind you will not back off and is getting really aggressive, you can even hear their engine revving.\u00a0\u00a0 Finally you reach the light to the main highway, you feel you have reached civilization again, suddenly you notice the headlights that were relentlessly following you have disappeared, vanished like there was never another car behind you at all.\u00a0 Actually there more than likely wasn\u2019t another car; you have just encountered the infamous Ghost Truck.\u00a0 Seen as either a white or red truck, this has been one of the most common experiences of this spooky road.
\nMaybe it is the way our mind takes in the sight of a long, dark, seemingly endless road.\u00a0 As humans we need to see light, a goal to move towards.\u00a0 When that seems it isn\u2019t within reach we tend to get a feeling of dread and discomfort.\u00a0 Knowing all the legends can fuel the imagination but tell me, would you drive down Clinton Road?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clinton Road Have you ever been driving late at night down a dark road and it seems there is no civilization for miles?\u00a0 You think to yourself how this would be a great scenario for a horror movie, yet all the while hope you\u2019re not part of the horror.\u00a0 There is a road known as one of the scariest roads in America.\u00a0 Clinton road in West Milford New Jersey has quite a reputation from as early as 1905. Clinton road is a simple two lane road, surrounded by woodland with many ghost stories.\u00a0 One of the most famous stories is near the bridge.\u00a0 There is the tale of a young boy with some conflicting details; some tell of the boy drowning, others say that he was hit by a car going down the road.\u00a0 If you drop a coin into the water it is believed the coin will be tossed back up to you.\u00a0 Another legend states if you leave the coin in the center of the yellow line in the road the same will happen.\u00a0 A more terrifying twist on the tale is if you lean to look over the bridge, the boy may push you in an attempt to get you off of the road and away from oncoming cars. There have been numerous accounts of strange activity, murders, and robbery.\u00a0 People have claimed to see bonfires in the woods surrounding the road, stories of Satanists performing rituals and even KKK gatherings.\u00a0 Back in 1983 a body was discovered in the woods by a bicyclist.\u00a0 This was one of many victims of Richard Kuklinski also known as the \u201cIceman\u201d.\u00a0 Kuklinski was given the nickname due to freezing the bodies of his victims\u2019 to make it seem as if they died at a later time than they actually did.\u00a0 When an autopsy was performed on the victim found near Clinton Road they discovered ice crystals near the blood vessels in his heart. If ghost children, murderers, and cults aren\u2019t enough there have been stories of strange creatures being spotted on this road.\u00a0 In 1976 a Jungle Habitat attraction closed and it was believed a lot of the animals escaped and cross bred.\u00a0 Bizarre monkey-like creatures, large rabbits and even \u201chell hounds\u201d are reported to dart across the road. What would stories of a scary road be without reports of a ghost car?\u00a0 One tale tells of a phantom Camaro with a ghostly female driver who died when she crashed the car in 1988.\u00a0 There is a theory that any mention of these stories at night will trigger a manifestation, possibly it just triggers the imagination, either way many take the dare to drive this road at night.\u00a0 For several miles there is nothing but darkness and the sight of your own headlights.\u00a0 Many do this in hopes of triggering another famous legend of Clinton Road. Imagine coming up to the large curve known as \u201cDead Man\u2019s Curve\u201d.\u00a0 There is now a railing put up along the side because many have driven off of this curve and died.\u00a0 Yet this does not seem to help, why?\u00a0 Well, did I mention the Ghost Truck? Here you are taking this long dark drive when suddenly headlights appear in your rear view mirror.\u00a0 There seems to be a driver behind you, they seem to be in a hurry.\u00a0 The truck tailgates, backs off then rushes the back of your car again.\u00a0 They are driving erratically, swerving, and yet they never go around you.\u00a0 This truck seems to almost want to make you veer off this road.\u00a0 You continue to speed up but the driver behind you will not back off and is getting really aggressive, you can even hear their engine revving.\u00a0\u00a0 Finally you reach the light to the main highway, you feel you have reached civilization again, suddenly you notice the headlights that were relentlessly following you have disappeared, vanished like there was never another car behind you at all.\u00a0 Actually there more than likely wasn\u2019t another car; you have just encountered the infamous Ghost Truck.\u00a0 Seen as either a white or red truck, this has been one of the most common experiences of this spooky road. Maybe it is the way our mind takes in the sight of a long, dark, seemingly endless road.\u00a0 As humans we need to see light, a goal to move towards.\u00a0 When that seems it isn\u2019t within reach we tend to get a feeling of dread and discomfort.\u00a0 Knowing all the legends can fuel the imagination but tell me, would you drive down Clinton Road?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}