Annie’s Road
Passaic County, New Jersey
By Cecilia
Deep in rural New Jersey, there is a road that winds dangerously through the forest and eventually leads to place known as “Midgetville”. This road is said to be haunted, and has caused many disturbances and violent unrest in the formerly quiet town. There is no limit to the possible explanations and stories created by locals surrounding Annie’s Road…
As a result, nobody is really sure exactly what happened to poor Annie. Some say she was killed on her wedding night, her body being dragged along the guardrail. Others claim she had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend right before prom, and decided to drunkenly walk along the road throughout the rest of the night. She was then killed by either a speeding car full of wasted classmates, or a group of rowdy sailors. More popular tales state that Annie was completely decapitated in a car wreck while riding home, or that she was mowed over by a truck driver while waiting for her date.
No matter what actually happened, her death still resulted in a large bloodstain on the road, and a similar splatter on the guardrail. However, the guardrail is actually painted red in memory of Annie. Creepier still, her deranged father is the one who comes to repaint it every year, on the anniversary of her death. In addition, the graveyard where she is supposedly buried is said to glow during the night. Many late-night adventurers have reported seeing a flickering light moving among the graves, as well as a rather short, white-clad figure posing as a hitchhiker during the night. The chances of seeing Annie are greater if the driver plays oldies music and keeps their headlights off…but people say that anyone who agrees to give her a ride loses control of their car. And while there is no proof of this, many accidents have occurred along Annie’s road in the night, with the wreck remains suggesting that the victims had been chased.
Another peculiar, if not paranormal, thing are the dwarves and midgets supposedly inhabiting this area. All of the houses are indeed smaller than average, but this is because the town was formerly used just for vacation homes. Ever since an article about Annie’s death appeared on the internet, numbers of curious, noisy teenagers have disrupted “Midgetville” searching for a glimpse of the little people. Some claim to have seen a dwarf chopping wood, a few visitors have been shot at, and one even received a resident’s phone number. Eventually, things got out of control, and the police put up a sign forbidding any unwelcome noise or disturbances.
Unfortunately, Annie is not the only teenager ever to have been killed in this area. About nine years ago, a group of six high school boys became obsessed with the story of the murdered young woman. They drove along the road constantly, and spent their nights snooping around the graveyard. Eventually, five of the boys decided they were tired of hanging out with the sixth. They tried (and failed) multiple times to burn his car, but he wouldn’t leave. So, using some sort of crazed logic, the five boys decided the only solution was to kill him. None of their attempts worked, until they all drove back to the school parking lot. The sixth boy was then strangled to death by an electrical cord as the rest of the gang recited the Catholic “Hail Mary” over and over again.
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maritza says: |
April 26, 2010, 2:24 pm |
annie’s road is true! i experience sum freeky stuff there but i promise i wiil never mentioned it or go there again. kids stay away not every1 sees her but trust me u dont want 2!
Joe says: |
April 26, 2010, 4:03 pm |
That is correct. Ewing Ave is an optical illusion. To prove it a survey was done and you are rolling downhill. Due to the trees it feels like you are going uphill. Like the feeling you sometimes get in a slow moving train or any vehicle when it feels like you are moving when in fact you are not. A topigraphical map of the area is available that also proves it is actually downhill.
Joe says: |
April 26, 2010, 4:16 pm |
AHNIES ROAD IS A GOOD STORY BUT NOT TRUE. I HAVE LIVED A 1/4 MILE FROM IT ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE BEEN ON THAT ROAD AT ALL HOURS IN A CAR, ON FOOT AND ON A BIKE. WE RODE OUR BIKES THEIR AT 2-3 IN THE AM WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND NEVER SAW A THING. A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE IS A COP IN TOTOWA AND DECIDED TO TRY TO FIND OUT IF ANY ACCIDENT LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENED AND COULD FIND NOTHING AND HE CHECKED BACK TO 1901. WHEN I WAS YOUNG THAT CEMETARY WAS OPEN ALL NIGHT AND WE WOULD RIDE YOUR BIKES THROUGH IT AND NEVER SAW ANYTING. EVEN PLAYED IN AN OPEN GRAVE ONCE WITH ONE VAULT IN IT AND ANOTHER READY TO GO ON TOP OF IT AND NEVER SAW A THING. IT’S JUST A GOOD B.S. STORY.
Rich says: |
May 5, 2010, 4:13 pm |
Yeah, it’s in Totowa. I used to live there. It’s just a creepy road that people have made some incredible stories about. There are a lot of different stories, but none are true. It’s just a lot of people with overactive imaginations. I have walked that entire road at 2 a.m. coming home from a friends house.
jordan says: |
July 7, 2010, 12:54 pm |
Hey,
I don’t know if you believe this or not, but i most certaintly, without a doubt KNOW that Annie haunts this road. For the past few days some friends and I have been going down this road mulitiple times at midnight with the doors locked but the windows open listening to old music really low, sometimes no music at all. Last night was one of the best nights for me personally. My friend who was driving the car put the brake on and folded her legs indian style upon her seat yet the car began driving into the gaurd rail. If my friend was not stearing Annie would have hurt or killed us the way she was once killed. Unforutuntely we did not find the red on the gaurd rail but a lot of creepy stuff happened last night. We heard wispering, and when the music was off we heard a loud violen coming from the bushes. It was freaker when we looked ahead and saw nothing but darkness ( the headlights were off and the car was stalled) then out of nowhere, as if annie relized we were there to say hello, a spotlight type thing appeared on the gaurd rail then dissapeared. we saw blue flashing lights coming towards our car and had creepy encounters. A white light also passed my open window and touched upon my head, moving my hair backwards. I dont know nor do i care if you beieve me, but everything I have just told you is the complete and total truth.
mrs rowand says: |
February 19, 2011, 3:17 pm |
i read all ghost story and wacth the biography channel on the weekins the bio channel on sat and sun allday and night ghost story true ones. i love ghots storys and hauned places to. annies annies road was on the bio ch. and in readed all the stroys to. yes annie was killed by a driver and lafeed for died. ever find the car and driver. annie was playing wiht a ball went in the road annie run in the street.maybe annie wasnt whiring her glass at the time and didnot see the car. but the driver seen annie hide her and lefe in seen of the criam. yes her died there but some of the storys are not true. i read all the stroys in books and went to annie road at night with a firand of my and we both saw annie spirit. i said to michelle get the hell off this road now. i kown annie is look for the person who kill her. and make them pay for her death. if you went to go here go at night about 9.00pm thats the time we seen annie. go with some friends so if you see her you. you well have witsse.
DREADFULSILENCE says: |
April 9, 2011, 6:12 pm |
I am a female who has been at annie’s road plenty times as a preteen and i have seen blood that would not be there the next day(a.m. hours) this long dark road is errie and very supernatural!!! U have 2 c wit ur own eyes till then, u shouldn’t say its b.s. cus IT’S NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chelsea says: |
October 7, 2011, 2:04 pm |
um just so you no the reason why ur car goes backwards on ewing is because its not two people on their way to the reception died thats so stupid haven’t even herd of that till just now i too live close and ewing is also known as gravity road that must sound a lot more familiar and the reason is because the gravitational pull is going backwards cuz their is a magnetic something underground is like a type of rock thats just in the soil thats been their for as long as humans are alive and thats just one random spot were the gravitational pull is going backwards look it up its on weird new jersey
chelsea says: |
October 7, 2011, 2:08 pm |
oh and their also is clinton road and thats the story of a boy and a girl going to prom and they were hit by a drunk driver so now its said if you turn all ur lights off in your car play like oldies 40′s /50′s music or something and u look back u’ll see the young couple or if you put baby powder on the hood of your car you’ll see hand prints cuz supposedly their trying to push ur car away from where their accident was thats on clinton road and at the end of that theirs midget ville lmao but if u go in their you will definitely get shot at lol dam little people always starting a ruckus lol
DP says: |
December 8, 2011, 3:41 pm |
I have experience Ewing Ave, my husband used to tell me and the kids the story, one day on a drive we went on the ramp, put the car in neutral and backwards up the ramp we went… so freaky.. dont get caught, cops will issue tickets.
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kevin says:
December 16, 2009, 3:50 pm
this is realy frecy