Devil’s Road
The road is marked by the sign of the devil–666–atop a dead end sign at the end of the street. Allegedly, the grim reaper stands in the middle of the road as cars approach. Just as the car is about to mow him over, the reaper vanishes into a puff of smoke. When the victims return the next day, burn marks tell exactly where the reaper appeared. Also on the road is Haunted Bridge. Legend says that young couple came around the curve too fast and fell of the bridge to a watery grave. It is alleged that if one stops his car on the bridge, he will be guided to safety. Bare footprints have been reported on rainy nights. Many others have also put powdered sugar on their car and reported hand prints after leaving the bridge.
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Haley says: |
October 20, 2006, 12:53 pm |
Iam only in middle school and I love scary movies like the grudge, the ring,and the ring 2. i also like to go to haunted houses, but I do not believe this is true although i do believe the part about the handprints even though it has never happended to me befor.
mike says: |
October 24, 2006, 9:51 am |
My friends and i went 2 crybaby bridge a few years ago. Yes we were a little (BUZZED) but not that bad. We stayed in the car,and did not know nothing about hand print’s. Put the car in neutral and it DID start rolling by itself….(FREAKY)…I live in Galesburg and have no idea how 2 get back 2 the bridge. Could someone please give me direction’s….you can E-mail me at nascarfan2004@insightbb.com ….TY
ashley says: |
October 29, 2006, 5:32 pm |
ive been there before and nothing happened. you guys are just trying to scare the hell out of people.
LaDana says: |
October 30, 2006, 8:15 pm |
I lived in Monmouth for 20 years, I also lived less than a mile from Cry baby bridge, the myth is completely untrue, First of all that road is not a dead end road in fact it can take you one of three directions, on leading past the house I grew up in and to a highway. The legend was not that of a couple but of a mother that had killed her baby and threw it into the creek that runs under the bridge(hence the name cry baby bridge) which I have also been cannoing in late at night. My friends and I have been on this bridge many of times in vehicles, on four wheelers you name it.There is nothing that goes on there, however I can see how people from out of town might conjuer things up to keep the legend going. Also if you really do want to go see what the attraction is all about keep in mind this is a dangerous road depending on which way you get to it the hill at the brige is very steep and if cars don’t go slow they can come up on you too fast if your sitting there too long. Another trick on the brige that people like to do which, I guess has only happend to me once all the other times it rolled the right way, if you sit in the middle of the brige with your car in neutral it’s said your car will be pushed the opposite direction of the slope your on, if it gets pused at all which it will REMEMBER IT’S BECAUSE YOU ARE ON A HILL!!! Go see it for yourself though, Monmouth is a small town but a great one and you may find more than you thought you would.
LaDana says: |
October 30, 2006, 8:37 pm |
Also whom ever posted the comment about the barn I remember that it wasn’t too far from the actually right?? I’m not sure I never went to it, but I do agree that they needed a new place to put the scary stories, by the way to the girl who said the bridge suddenly got cold, I thought it was already cold out that’s why you knew the lights weren’t firely”cause it was too cold”????Just a thought, oh and as for the fact that you got pushed to a gravel raod, ALL of it is gravel!!Also the brige is METAL not SAND!!Oh and one more thing PLEASE STOP DRINKING AND DRIVING THERE!!! What a stupid thing to do in the frist place then you bring a gravel road and water into it, not good, and never floor it on a gravel road your car will spin out!Feel free to email me with any questions
babygirl_az_8@hotmail.com just mark it cry baby bridge,thanks!!
The Hell says: |
October 31, 2006, 5:59 am |
Its because its not going to happen when ever some one goe’s there you 2 retards are you guy’s that !dumb! Brain Campbell and Dan! to think you guy’s would have a chance to have anything happen there you 2 are just to !dumb! to understand the real world so of course your doubts don’t even matter if you believe it considering how you 2 !retards! think it would happen right away!.
Steffie says: |
October 31, 2006, 5:33 pm |
We have a place very much like this by me called Munger Rd. You go over the railroad tracks and if you stop and get out your car doors will lock and you’ll see handprints bla bla… there are stories like these everywhere! I am not against hauntings and scary experiences but I think every county has a place like this…
uknown says: |
December 6, 2006, 8:53 am |
i am a ghost detective fiddle mc mary i would just like to say i am sorry for you that your dead and just would like to say… GO TO THE LIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tiffany says: |
December 9, 2006, 12:44 am |
Just to let everyone know the mark of 666 is not the mark of the devil but is indeed the mark of evil. In anchaint Rome (or some place over there) names were known only by numbers. Certain letters had certain numbers and when you would add them up that is how you were known. There was an empirer with the numbers adding up to 666 and he was a very mad empirerer, he sent people to their deaths for minor things and was just evil. That is where they got that saying.
AJ says: |
December 19, 2006, 2:47 pm |
That is really scary to have a street marked 666!!!!
AJ says: |
December 19, 2006, 2:48 pm |
It is acully the mark of the devil’s beast
tracy lee says: |
December 19, 2006, 4:50 pm |
yea…who eva saw that stuff on the bridge,tell me,what stuff were ya smokin an drinkin? if you planned to put powder on the car why not grab a camera while u were at it? it kinda sucks u guys hav nothin on nz.sure this place is small but it has its ghosts too. like state highway 1.
im cant remember how many people have died on that road but it keeps increasing every 3 to 5 months. its a long and pretty much a strait road but ppl keep wipping themselves out on it and ppl go sooo slow its almost impossible. there was even a random person who lived by it and sleeptwalked in the middle of the road and got stuck and killed. many ghosts hav been seen from alot of ppl driving at night down there. i wonder if they got anythin to do with it.
justin says: |
December 27, 2006, 9:46 pm |
i ******* pissed my pants dude **** that **** i aint going back i wanted my mommy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amber says: |
January 3, 2007, 7:30 am |
Hey I am looking for directions to Cry Baby Bridge I live in Burlington,Iowa Monmouth is about 30 minutes away from me.I know that much. Someone contact me with the directions my email is Sassypickles169@yahoo.com THANKS…
Phil Berger says: |
January 17, 2007, 2:38 pm |
These stories are so stipid!!!!!!!!!!! None of them are real. Maybe a couple but i dont beileve squat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Elizabeth Krings says: |
January 17, 2007, 2:41 pm |
believe, ghosts could read these e-mails ba bye
bob flitsnak says: |
January 17, 2007, 2:43 pm |
i was scared i pooped my pantuys
hanson says: |
January 21, 2007, 12:50 pm |
It is called cry baby bridge!My mom,my brother and I went there and nothing happened.
Loala says: |
January 21, 2007, 12:54 pm |
It Is cry baby bridge nicomepoop.


KIM says:
October 18, 2006, 4:42 pm
THIS IS ABOUT THE HIGHWAY 666 AND THE GRIM REAPER
THIS IS A HOAX!! THERE IS NO ROAD MARKED 666 THROUGH MONMOUTH ILLINOIS. US ROUTE 666 WAS CHANGED TO US ROUTE 491 IN 2003. THIS QUOTE CAME FROM A ROUTE 66 WEBSITE. YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME, CHECK IT OUT ON THE NET!! TYPE IN HIGHWAY 666 INTO A SEARCH!
“”U.S. Route 491 is a north-south United States highway. One of the newest additions to the U.S. Highway system, it was commissioned in 2003 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 666 (an original 1926 route).”" IF ANYONE DOUBTS ME, GIVE ME EXACT DIRECTIONS TO THIS ROAD! I WILL GIVE YOU A PUBLIC APOLOGY RIGHT HERE ON THIS SITE!