When you go on a ghost hunt, you have to be mentally and physically prepared for what you are going to encounter. Most of the time, it’s just your imagination playing tricks on you. Discredit any sounds that might be attributed to the living (as in other people messing with your head, animals in the wild, etc). Also throw out meteorilogical phenomena. Just because it’s foggy doesn’t mean it’s haunted. Just because you capture orbs on camera doesn’t mean that it’s a ghost. It could very well be water condensation in the air. To scientifically prove a haunting and experience a paranormal moment, you must be able to prove what DIDN’T happen first. Understand?

That being said, I have been to Thearosa’s many times…both the concrete bridge as well as the burned down bridge. Our group made several errors on our last trip that ended up being costly. Rule number one–STAY TOGETHER! Don’t go walking your own separate ways. My friend Michael and I went walking by the creek and down to the burned out bridge alone. Rule number two–TAKE PROPER EQUIPMENT! We didn’t have a flashlight and could here all sorts of animals running around. Deer, coyotes, etc. Rule number three–DON’T FREAK OUT IF SOMETHING PARANORMAL TAKES PLACE! While walking back to the rest of our group, Michael and I began feeling a heavy pressure on our bodies, shallow breathing, fatigue. Granted, it’s quite a hike to the original bridge, but that’s not why it was happening. As we continued forward, I was hit from ahead by something unseen. I was knocked ten feet away from where Michael and I were standing. STANDING! I didn’t trip, I didn’t slip, we looked all over the ground for anything that could have hit me or caused me to fall backwards. We couldn’t find anything. Michael said that he heard two noises…the first was something hitting me, the second was me hitting the ground. We are unable to say what exactly happened that night, but we haven’t been back out there since.

Be advised that there is a concentration of strange occurances around that area of Valley Center, and while most of you want to go down there for a thrill seeking expedition, I would not advise that you go any further than the concrete bridge. There is enough activity there to get your thrill factor without hurting yourselves. We have captured many EVP’s, photographs of children and other various people, orbs, etc. Truly it does have it’s share of paranormal activity, but to the untrained venturer, you’re just asking for trouble.

If you go down there, just make sure that you are ready to accept the responsibility of everything that you are bringing upon yourself. You may think it’s a fun scary game, but mind you…you’re not the only one playing, and they’ll get their turn as well.

Imagination is a whole part of ghost hunting…otherwise all ghost would be debunked scientific retorics of nothingness…

Somebody would find some way of killing every possible fact of what is…

Imagination is what keeps them alive…

Joel, did you not understand anything that I wrote? Not everything can be scientifically proven. That leaves a small window open to theory, hypothesis, “imagination” if that’s what you want to call it. What I’m conveying is that people freak out because they hear a noise that they can’t explain, see a shape they can’t decipher…but with further investigation, it’s proven to be something completely legitimate. Not all skeptics are scientists, and not all believers are experts in this field. Get it?

Hi, I just Stumbled onto this site. I was looking up ghost stories in kansas, and found this one. Yeah, I remember this bridge. i went there some months ago, cant remember what month it was, but it was summertime. i had went their with a freind. We got to the old part, where the cement walls are, and my freind had to pee, so, he went into some brush. But I stayed on the path. I remember seeing a dog, it had come from , well, the water I imagine, cause it was all wet, and dirty. But, it stood there, and just kept looking at me. It was silent though, it didnt move at all. But the thing i remember most was it smelled dead. It scared me into a froze state. I tried to call for my freind, but no sound would come out of my mouth. I thaught I was going to have a heart attack, I scare sometimes, easily.
I wont go back. to this day, when i have a minute alone, I think about that night, and it still causes me to chew my fingernails, cause I still get unnerved.

hmmm id be interested in find other ppl who want to go to the bridge or other places ….tswafford@cox.net

All this sounds really interesting. Could someone please give me directions? I live in Olathe, Kansas so i’m thinking that the bridge is pretty far, but yea? Directions would be nice.

whats the adress?

Omg! I went with my friends Jessica and Tatiana. We were walking around and came to the bridge. Being scared, we decided to go back. But when we got to the end of the bridge, we heard a scream. A woman had appeared and was looking over the bridge, calling for her baby and crying. Then moments later, she jumped over the bridge herself. We started to run… But she got them…. My friends… Tatiana and Jessica… She took them! I WILL NOT REST UNTIL SHE IS GONE! GONE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

Me and my boyfriend Mane were taking a walk over the bridge. We came to the middle.. and stopped. We kept hearing mooning and crying sounds. And turning our attention to the other side of the bridge a woman about to jump off the bridge. My boyfriend.. He tried to save her.. She pushed him in!!! SHE PUSHED HIM IN!!!!!!!!! That was the saddest day of my life. My boyfriend died because of a ghost. I HATE HER!

Me and my girlfriend Tatiana were driving to her parents house. Being new in this area we did not know about the ghost of the bridge. Not knowing we just were driving over having a good time talking, it was at night and we really didnt know where we were going. Everything was fine until our car stopped. It died. I went out to see if we ran into something but I saw nothing. Then she appeared.. At the end of the bridge, saying I had her baby. She came at me. I ran back to my car and me and my girlfriend drove away. We have never gone back there since.

I dont know what the address is

Yes this is for Jerrica. you say you lived in the Valley Center area. i was wondering if you knew a Eric Hansen from Sedgwick. well i got to sedgwick and there was a guy nemed Eric Hansen who told me that same story that his girlfriend told him…so if this is you then e-mail me at vollebalplyr93@yahoo.com thanks!!!!

Please contact me at theorosas.bridge@yahoo.com if you have had a experience at the bridge.My family lived there since the early 1870s into the 1940s.My great grandmother lost her child in the waters.Maybe you got a photo of my family.I know that people have picked up on my 3rd great grand mother and many of our other family members.Happy haunts!

Hi. My name is Kimberley. My mom told me about the bridge 22 years ago. When she was a little girl, about 12, her older sister and her went to the bridge and she said she saw something. As far as it being true or trying scare me from Valley Center I don’t know. However, being almost 30 now I would like to see for myself. If anyone can give me direction that are pretty clear on how to get there. My email is devils_peach_69@yahoo.com
Hope to hear from someone

You can take this story or not,I was born and raised in Wichita I am now 52 yrs. old and yes I have been to this bridge but once was enough for me.You go there and stand at the end of that bridge and yell thearosa thearosa I have come to take your baby and you will leave with a brand new perspective of what you may now doubt she killed her baby at that bridge and now she protects her baby if you are so doubtful and think that this is but an old wives tale go out there and see for yourself I was 15 when I was there and have no desire to return I can’t explain what I saw nor do I want to but I can tell you this I will never return to that bridge the arrogant young man that I used to be,some of you want to taunt and tease people that have experienced the same thing that I have well you’re idiots but maybe just maybe those of you that are critics will pump up your heart to go out there and believe me you will have your minds opened to things that you would never think possible.

well here is a true story….. i live a few min away from there in valley center. one night me and bert went out there one night looking for fun and we yelled out thearosa we have your baby 5 times we waited and she didn’t say anything but we took a picture and we saw her…. she had long black hair and was very beautiful! in the picture she was coming at us with her arms out. we saw it in the picture and took off running… we got back to the house and we were creeped out a little so to take out minds off of it we started taking pictures for myspace we were in our basement. then poof!!!…… there she was sitting on our bed next to us.. she had our little brother in her hands. to this day she still lingers around in our bedroom. the other day i went swimming at the valley pool and she must have followed me because she jumped out of the pool. im not sure i like her becasue i think she watches me change… she has became a good family friend but we have to watch her because she still to this day tries to steal elmo my baby brother.

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BERT & ERNIE haha

ok i’ve been many times to this bridge. but the bridge that your on, is not the real bridge. you have to go west into the woods following the creek and you will find the real brigde. it was wooden, they burnt it down, built a cement one and people were still getting hurt out there so they blew it up, pieces of the bridge are still there, and a piece of the wooden bridge is coming out of the ground. and it is true. when your out there, you’ll see 3 different things and hear a baby. first you’ll see a dog, or the dogs eyes and hear him in the trees. the dog belonged to thearosas white lover. you will also see the white man who was killed on the bridge. and thearosa if you get lucky enough to hurt her. if your nice and respectful you won’t get hurt. just don’t run. if you run she will get you. but that is all real. i know it is. i’ve been. go there in oct. i’ll be there. i am every weekend. i’m the girl with the quiji board trying to scare people. haha. have fun out there. and watch your back.

I live in wichita and have never heard of such a story. However I have been on the bridge and it is just an ordinary bridge. its just like the story of Lithideona.

I have been there when i was a kid, my brother and his friends pushed me in thinking it was funny. I was really scared because i saw a figure holding something and pacing back and forth. The figure didn’t harm me but just looked at me then disappear. I recommend going there but be respectful. Oh Katlin what time did you go there? You could acctually feel and see the ghost if you go during the night.

my name is britt and i am 18 years old.i would really

love to go out to this infamous bridge but i need to

know if anyone has ACTUALLY gotten hurt by said

ghostly dog,man,baby or woman.i also want to know if

you have to get to the real bridge in the

woods on foot.i really dont want to be hurt or killed

in any way by these ghosts so please tell me the

truth to the best of your knowledge thanks.

email britt at brittkitt48@hotmail.com