{"id":6648,"date":"2012-05-01T01:10:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T06:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2012-04-24T20:22:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T01:22:54","slug":"paranormal-path-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2012\/05\/01\/paranormal-path-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Need A Lift?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong> Imagine this; you are driving down the road on a foggy or rainy night when you come to the entrance of a bridge that crosses a river.\u00a0 Near the entrance you see a woman on the side of the road who is obviously in distress.\u00a0 You pull over and offer your assistance which she gratefully accepts.\u00a0 The woman gets into your car and tells you she is attempting to get to her mother\u2019s house and gives you an address.\u00a0 While you drive over the bridge you engage in a nice conversation with her until you notice she has become very silent.\u00a0 Soon you realize you are over the bridge and your passenger has disappeared.\u00a0 This is just one story of Phantom Hitchhikers.\u00a0 This particular case takes place in Columbia South Carolina at US-76, but there are accounts all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>These stories are very popular, probably because they involve actual interaction with a spirit. You are not just seeing a ghost but it is talking with or responding to you.\u00a0 There are different types of these tales.\u00a0 Most common are the stories like the one we just spoke of, a person is driving and sees a person on the side of the road either in distress or just hitching a ride.\u00a0 They get into the car and give a destination.\u00a0 Sometimes the destination is where they met their end or in other tales it could be the cemetery in which they\u2019re buried.\u00a0 The most common understanding of the phenomenon is the person does not realize they have passed and are still attempting to reach their destination.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is a much more dangerous one.\u00a0 In Hong Kong there is Tuen Mun Road.\u00a0 This is one of the main roads and is heavily used.\u00a0 There have been several reports of ghosts walking or simply appearing in the middle of the road.\u00a0 Drivers then quickly swerve out of the way to avoid hitting what they think is a living person and cause serious if not fatal accidents.\u00a0 There is a theory that the number of apparitions are growing due to the number of fatal accidents that keep occurring.<\/p>\n<p>The third example takes place in San Antonio Texas.\u00a0\u00a0 Near the San Juan Mission there is an intersection that is crossed by train tracks.\u00a0 This case has been labeled an urban legend. Some have even argued that there is a scientific explanation, but let\u2019s concentrate on the paranormal aspect for now shall we?\u00a0 The story states that sometime in the 1930\u2019s or 40\u2019s a school bus filled with children stalled on these tracks.\u00a0 Despite the drivers efforts the quickly approaching train collided with the bus, killing 10 children.\u00a0 Today it is believed these children are still near the tracks, protecting other drivers from stalling and meeting the same fate.\u00a0 They say if you park on the tracks, then put your car in neutral and wait, the car will be pushed forward out of the way of the tracks.\u00a0 In addition, if you put powder on the bumper beforehand, you will see small childlike handprints once the car is out of harm\u2019s way.\u00a0 As stated before this is more of an urban legend since there is no official record of this accident but it doesn\u2019t stop people from attempting to stop on the tracks.\u00a0 There have been many examples of ghosts appearing to warn drivers of dangerous road conditions.\u00a0 Usually the entity had passed from a similar hazard that they are protecting you from. These entities have even been labeled as guardian angels.<\/p>\n<p>The road can be a dangerous place.\u00a0 It is always important to be alert and focused while driving, for your own safety and the safety of others.\u00a0 Always keep your eyes on the road and if you come across any hitchhikers, you may want to remember a few of these tales.\u00a0 There are several books and articles that lists some reportedly haunted roads, you may want to do a little research before taking a road trip or offering a ride to a stranger in need.\u00a0 However there are some, like myself, who would enjoy the company of a phantom hitchhiker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need A Lift? Imagine this; you are driving down the road on a foggy or rainy night when you come to the entrance of a bridge that crosses a river.\u00a0 Near the entrance you see a woman on the side of the road who is obviously in distress.\u00a0 You pull over and offer your assistance which she gratefully accepts.\u00a0 The woman gets into your car and tells you she is attempting to get to her mother\u2019s house and gives you an address.\u00a0 While you drive over the bridge you engage in a nice conversation with her until you notice she has become very silent.\u00a0 Soon you realize you are over the bridge and your passenger has disappeared.\u00a0 This is just one story of Phantom Hitchhikers.\u00a0 This particular case takes place in Columbia South Carolina at US-76, but there are accounts all over the world. These stories are very popular, probably because they involve actual interaction with a spirit. You are not just seeing a ghost but it is talking with or responding to you.\u00a0 There are different types of these tales.\u00a0 Most common are the stories like the one we just spoke of, a person is driving and sees a person on the side of the road either in distress or just hitching a ride.\u00a0 They get into the car and give a destination.\u00a0 Sometimes the destination is where they met their end or in other tales it could be the cemetery in which they\u2019re buried.\u00a0 The most common understanding of the phenomenon is the person does not realize they have passed and are still attempting to reach their destination. Another example is a much more dangerous one.\u00a0 In Hong Kong there is Tuen Mun Road.\u00a0 This is one of the main roads and is heavily used.\u00a0 There have been several reports of ghosts walking or simply appearing in the middle of the road.\u00a0 Drivers then quickly swerve out of the way to avoid hitting what they think is a living person and cause serious if not fatal accidents.\u00a0 There is a theory that the number of apparitions are growing due to the number of fatal accidents that keep occurring. The third example takes place in San Antonio Texas.\u00a0\u00a0 Near the San Juan Mission there is an intersection that is crossed by train tracks.\u00a0 This case has been labeled an urban legend. Some have even argued that there is a scientific explanation, but let\u2019s concentrate on the paranormal aspect for now shall we?\u00a0 The story states that sometime in the 1930\u2019s or 40\u2019s a school bus filled with children stalled on these tracks.\u00a0 Despite the drivers efforts the quickly approaching train collided with the bus, killing 10 children.\u00a0 Today it is believed these children are still near the tracks, protecting other drivers from stalling and meeting the same fate.\u00a0 They say if you park on the tracks, then put your car in neutral and wait, the car will be pushed forward out of the way of the tracks.\u00a0 In addition, if you put powder on the bumper beforehand, you will see small childlike handprints once the car is out of harm\u2019s way.\u00a0 As stated before this is more of an urban legend since there is no official record of this accident but it doesn\u2019t stop people from attempting to stop on the tracks.\u00a0 There have been many examples of ghosts appearing to warn drivers of dangerous road conditions.\u00a0 Usually the entity had passed from a similar hazard that they are protecting you from. These entities have even been labeled as guardian angels. The road can be a dangerous place.\u00a0 It is always important to be alert and focused while driving, for your own safety and the safety of others.\u00a0 Always keep your eyes on the road and if you come across any hitchhikers, you may want to remember a few of these tales.\u00a0 There are several books and articles that lists some reportedly haunted roads, you may want to do a little research before taking a road trip or offering a ride to a stranger in need.\u00a0 However there are some, like myself, who would enjoy the company of a phantom hitchhiker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6648","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=6648"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6461,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6648\/revisions\/6461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}