The Ghostly Hitchhiker

Several years ago back in PA. My friend and I took my new car out for a ride. We were just driving around and after about two hours of driving, I took my friend home and dropped him off at his house. The distance from town where we were driving around to my friend's house was six miles.

As soon as we got to the very edge of town, we saw a woman walking along the road. She was walking the same direction as we were driving and as we passed her I would say she looked to be in her 50's or early 60's. It only took a few minutes to get to my friend's house. As we pulled into his driveway, his father came out and asked if I could give him a ride to the service station in town as he had to pick up his car after having it worked on. I said that I would be happy to take him into town and he got in my car and we backed out of the driveway.

As soon as we were back on the road, we saw this woman walking along the road and it was the same woman my friend and I passed. I didn't say anything but, I thought, how could she have walked that far in just a few minutes and I didn't remember any cars going by my friend's house the three minutes we sat in the driveway, so I don't think she caught a ride from anybody.

This time she waved us down and asked if we could give her a ride into town. I  told her she was walking the wrong direction to get into town but, she looked very tired and so I said sure, hop in the back and we will give you a ride. She crawled into the back seat and we were on our way

In a minute we were approaching a sharp curve I started to slow down and as I  we approached the curve the women yelled for me to pull over now, she yelled pull off the road, our lives are in danger. Even though I had no clue what she was talking about, I did as she said and pulled off to the side of the road. As soon as we were off to the side of the road, a huge garbage truck came around the curve very fast. It was right in the middle of the road, The truck was going so fast that I could see the driver struggling to keep the truck under control.

As soon as the garbage truck had made it past us, I turned around to ask the woman if she was alright and to ask her how she knew that truck was coming because it was impossible to see around that curve. To my astonishment  and to my friend's father's astonishment, She wasn't there ! She was just gone. I even went back the way we came to see if she somehow got out of the car and there was no sign of her at all.

We were dumfounded, both myself and my friend's dad. With no clue as to what just happened, we turned around and headed back towards town . As we got to the very edge of town, there was this very same woman walking along the road again, headed out of town as she was the first time I saw her. I slowed down and I started shaking  and sweating  a very nervous type of shake as I drove past her. I was in that condition because, I didn't understand what had just happened or why it happened to me. However, I did and still do understand that, whatever it was that happened, It was in now way normal and, I believe this woman not to be of this world!

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Visits from my Dad

Photo of Chesapeake Bay by Eileen, Pa

Todays entry is from Eileen in Gettysburg, Pa

My dad raised us with the help of our Grandmother after my Mother passed away from cancer. I was nine and the rest of the kids were younger. We had a pretty rocky relationship for quite a few years until just before he passed away at the age of 52. He drank alot and I was as a few people pointed out, just like him, pigheaded and stubborn. We battled each other but loved each other too. The parent's curse is true, he got one just like him. I really missed him after he passed. I would go to the phone and dial his number before I realized he wouldn't be there to answer it.

I was in the middle of a dilemma about something that would be life changing for my family. I constantly worry about things and I was in sort of a panic about what I really wanted. The time to make a firm decision was getting close and I still hadn't decided what I wanted to do. 

My dad came to me in dreams sometimes. I don't remember what was said but I would remember he had come to visit. This one night though, I remember it very clearly. He knew I was having a hard time deciding what to do and I remember him looking at me and saying, "Go ahead and do it, you have nothing to lose and a lot to gain". I know there was more to that visit but those words are the only ones I remember. I know that I made my decision then and fell back into a nice sound sleep. That is how we came to live out in the Gettysburg area of Pennsylvania on a small farm.

The only other time I have seen him that clearly was during the day. We had one car and I would take my husband to work and I would have to drive through the battlefield to get there. I was driving down Steinhour Ave. just at the beginning of the National Park. My son in the back seat. As I drove down the road I see this guy thumbing a ride. I did a double take, I swear it was my Dad. He had hitchhiked where we used to live as if he could not find a ride. There was no traffic as I did a u-turn in the middle of the two lane road. I was going back to pick him up but when I got there, he was gone. I was really upset and disappointed, but on the other hand, I was glad to see him.

I haven't seen him since then, that I remember but I do have a constant reminder of him. My youngest son is the spitting image of him. He had the looks and the same attitude. I swear he is Dad reincarnated. My son was born with no hair, no eyebrows or eyelashes and in his baby picture, he is shooting the bird. My dad was bald and had at one time singed off his eyebrows and eyelashes while relighting a water heater. My Dad's favorite saying was, "What goes around, comes around", and I believe it has.

Other entries from Eileen: 

Living in Massachusetts part #1

Living in Massachusetts part #2
Heart On The Wall

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