Results tagged “ghost”

The Woman In Black

The Headless Woman

The Man Who Died Twice!

A Haunting Tale of Two Endings

More hauntings...

Although slightly further afield from Philly, one of the most sinister of monster legends which has fascinated us for years concerns Lancaster County, a place which, over the years, has been known for its reports of ferocious werewolves and also Bigfoot. In the past at Phillyist we've discussed these eerie legends with brief mention of one of the strangest spectres known to haunt the county: The Albatwitches.

Fiery Ghosts!

The Unnameable!

Looking through hundreds of cases of strange monsters, eerie phantoms, bizarre flying objects and other anomalous phenomena, you'd be amazed at just how many of these incidents have simply been born from hysteria, exaggeration or twisted truth. This is not to say that a lot of hauntings, peculiar beast sightings and the like are hoaxes or easily explainabale, as they aren't, but this next case proves just how potent mere legend can be despite being bereft of any evidence...

Since the beginning of this series, we at Phillyist have always attempted to unearth the most obscure and bizarre tales in relation to the state—not just your run-of-the-mill, middle-of-the-road regurgitations—and this week is no exception. What we have in store, although brief, is about as obscure as it gets. We bring you the true story of the spectral black goat!

An Urban Legend?

Eerie Legends

Berks County is featured in one the strangest hauntings regarding road-related weirdness. At Hawk Sanctuary Mountain there is a legend that a shining, ten-feet tall apparition spooks drivers travelling along the two-road lane which ascends the mountain. The mountain, situated between Ecksville and Bailey's Crossing, is also allegedly haunted by the spirits of settlers who were killed by Indians during the 1700s. Meanwhile Bristol - located in the extreme south of Bucks County, northeast of Philly - is also haunted by a road specter. Midnight Mary is the name given to the female ghost that lurks around Bordertown Road. Like a majority of classic phantom hitchhiker tales, Mary, often dressed in white, and usually dripping wet, often vanishes from the backseat of vehicles. Legend claims that the woman died in a car accident when she was travelling home from a prom with her boyfriend. Strangely, although her boyfriend's body was dredged from the murky waters, her body was never found, and yet her drenched form is often observed walking into Manor Lake.