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Phantom Hitchhiker

Columbia, South Carolina

On US 76, it is said that an old, ghostly hitchhiker appears at the entrance of the bridge-usually on rainy or foggy nights. The lady, who appears to be in distress, is usually offered help by most. The apparition, who is said to be extremely lifelike, gets into the back seat and tells the driver she is en route to Columbia to visit her mother. Giving them an address on Pickens Street, she continues to converse with the driver before becoming silent. By that time, the car is across the river, the woman has disappeared. It is said that in the 1940s, a woman was killed in the spot that is now the beginning of the bridge, while trying to get to Columbia to see her mother.

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Sinister Minister says:

July 19, 2009, 12:33 am

I have read numerous versions of this same ghost story. Sounds Urban Legend.

nancy says:

September 19, 2009, 8:50 pm

i remember my mother pickig up this ghost when i was a real young child.and i know as i told the story several times growing up that people did not believe me or my mother.but if they could have seen moma that night after the ghost vanished in the back set of the car…well she looked like she seen a ghost.

sane man says:

October 8, 2009, 3:03 pm

hahahahahahahaha lol hunter no thats my sisters cousins aunts uncle brother in laws sister and yea she realy died she was on her way to play hop scotch on a train track with a blind fold and ear plugs in then she wuz gna go in a cave and play with stix of dinomite and a lighter but a transfer truck ran her over on the way sad story brings tears to me eyes every time!! haha ne one who believes this shat is a fn retard

bob says:

October 16, 2009, 2:45 pm

sooooooooooooooooooooooooo lame

Dennis Horne says:

October 25, 2009, 7:28 pm

Ummm which bridge? There are numerous bridges on Hwy 76 between Marion, SC and Columbia, SC? That’s about 120 miles of highway.

Kay says:

November 19, 2009, 11:41 am

Some of you people need to see a ghost…

Mike says:

February 10, 2010, 3:17 am

I want to stress that the message I left on this site in 2007 was sincere — I really did see this ghost, and I firmly belive that she does exist, whatever she is. There have been mutiple sightings at this bridge, usually nights that are rainy and foggy, as was the case when I saw her. I read one article that says the Wateree Swamp ghost is one of the best-documented apparitions in the U.S. Believe it or not, but I know what I saw.

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