Track
Many years ago, an overweight slightly retarded child named Tommy D ran the mile in 14 minutes and 41 seconds — the worst time in school history. After being teased by his peers, the boy referred to as Tommy Dummy was determined to run the mile faster. One weekend, Tommy went to the field and ran the mile alone in under ten minutes. This is known only because he corpse was found at the finish line the following Monday grasping his stopwatch. Since then, each time students run the mile, they feel cold spots around the field, especially where the body was found. On foggy mornings, others report seeing an apparition jogging around the field. It is further alleged that watches cease to work just as anyone is nearing the finish line — thus no one can ever get an accurate time. Even more uncanny, the second hand is always said to stop on 14 or 41 seconds past the minute.
I, myself live in New Jersey and have been to the “track”. Nothing happened and I even brought a stopwatch, and it didn’t stop at 14 or 41. Is this a myth? Or is it someone with an imaginative mind?
Comment by Courtney | 09.20.2005 | 4:13 pm
i went there in 02 ! ! about 15 ft from the finish line my battery in my stopwatch went dead. what is up with that. i wont go back to that track
Comment by dan 134 | 10.6.2005 | 6:28 am
That is very creepy…
Comment by Lani | 10.22.2005 | 9:52 pm
this is bullcrap…I for one, don’t beleive in ghosts. I live in new jersey, yet haven’t been to the track. I bet ut stop watch went dead, because the battery actually just went dead. coincidences do happen you know. Or maybe you’re just trying to scare us. I don’t beleive in this at all. peace out.
Comment by lindsey han | 10.31.2005 | 12:34 pm
god Lindsey don’t like having fun? why is it ur so mean and rude about this? is it because ur scared and dont want to think of other possibilities?
Comment by Nicole | 11.16.2005 | 6:14 pm
this is the biggest piece of ******** i have ever seen. i believe in ghosts but this isjust really bad
Comment by Jane | 11.23.2005 | 12:10 am
It may not be true, but it makes a really good story. You people should just lighten up. Everyone needs a good scare every once and a while, and this is perfect material, even if it might be fake.
Comment by thayet59 | 12.9.2005 | 11:33 am
Once again, dear thayet59, I agree with You!
Comment by Max | 01.16.2006 | 2:36 pm
Ok Really! If you don’t believe in these stories and find them rediculous…. DON”T READ THEM!
Comment by Jacki | 02.23.2006 | 6:02 pm
i belive it and i would love to go there soon!!
Comment by leah | 03.12.2006 | 12:05 pm
For once I believe!ALL 10 coments make sence to me.I believe all this ****! And i’m 8.
Comment by Amanda | 05.7.2006 | 9:44 am
this is sooooo not creepy!!!
Comment by nikki | 07.10.2006 | 6:36 pm
u can do better than this PLEASE!!!!
Comment by nikki | 07.10.2006 | 6:37 pm
This was freaky! I live in NJ but I haven’t been to the track. I want to go. It’s not good to read scary stories when no one’s home. Especially if you think your house is haunted. I think someone is watching me. Anyway, this was really good!!
Comment by Heather | 07.28.2006 | 1:41 pm
omg calm down everyone it’s just a story, and you can’t say it’s fake if you’ve never been there. Don’t be so quick to dismiss these tales, i might come back and end up haunting you
Comment by Hope | 08.4.2006 | 1:23 pm
i believe it and i dont live over in america! i live in jersey channel islands! people never believe me but i hear and see dead people and a physic.
Comment by angel | 08.8.2006 | 1:40 pm
u should go on this site its great. The last ghost i saw was a little girl in a white dress walk through hotel de france jersey CI. IT WAS STRANGE BUT AWESOME.I KIND OF LIKE GHOSTS I’M USED TO IT
Comment by angel | 08.8.2006 | 1:43 pm
i am from america 2. thats creepy that story
Comment by cole logsdon | 08.8.2006 | 1:46 pm
hello
Comment by nicolle G | 08.8.2006 | 1:54 pm
I have been to that track that you say is haunted by the boy and I have ran that 4 times and I never felt a cold spot and I have never had my stopwatch say 14 or 41 seconds past the minute. This story is a myth.
Comment by luc | 08.10.2006 | 9:58 pm
hiya i aggree 2
Comment by angel | 08.15.2006 | 1:39 pm
listen it might be fake but i like stories so i belive
Comment by LOL | 08.15.2006 | 8:38 pm
hello my friends, my names waqar and im just here to tell you..that its not fake..ive been to the track with my team of ghost investigations, we have found many evp’s of heavy breathing, running sounds, and we have taken 3 stop watches to the finish line..as soon as we start the clock exactly one minute and 14 seconds later, all 3 stop watches stopped. Thanks alot , i would just like to tell you that this is a real happening and that you should not false it. This is a true story .
Comment by waqar ahmad | 08.19.2006 | 11:11 am
I lived in washington nj and never heard this story before lived there for 20 years
Comment by pam | 08.27.2006 | 1:44 pm
This wasn’t very scarey and chills didn’t go down my bone. It’s just that this was a pretty undorkular(unscarey) story!
Comment by Jackie | 10.1.2006 | 10:11 pm
I believe it to but, I lived in New Jersey all my life
and I never heard that your watch can go dead 15ft of the finish line maybe the battery already was going dead in the first place,then again that can be true.
Comment by Thomas | 10.5.2006 | 9:55 pm
If these myth are true want somebody investigate them
to get pictures,and etc. to prove people wrong!It maybe true or not.
Comment by Thomas | 10.5.2006 | 10:04 pm
Most people here have no concept of correct spelling, grammar, or punctuation! It’s sad.
Comment by Freaky | 10.12.2006 | 8:02 am
THIS IS LEAH I BELEIVE IN HAUTINGS BECAUSE I’VE WITNESSED THEM. AND BEEN TO THE TRACK AND THATS NOTHING. IF YOUR REALY WANT TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHNG THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND MEET ME TOMARROW FRIDAY 13 AT THE EGLINGTON CEMETARY IN EAST GREENWICH.
SEE YOU THERE
Comment by leah t | 10.12.2006 | 12:34 pm
I have been to the track and I have caught the ghost running it on camera. It was October 15, 2006 6 am a very foggy morning in Washington ,NJ and I saw this little boy running the track. Took out my camera recorded it and have it on tape. I tryed getting cloose to the boy but her dispeared.
Comment by Ronald | 10.18.2006 | 4:17 pm
Thats the most retarted story I ever heard.. It figures cuz your all inbreds in washington N.J.
Comment by Pete | 10.21.2006 | 8:53 pm
This reminds me of this “slightly” retarded kid named
Nathan. He “tries” to play sports but he sucks.
I think he’ll do the same thing.
Comment by allissa | 10.26.2006 | 5:08 pm
I live in New Jersey, Washington New Jersey to be exact…and have NEVER even hurd that load of **** and im gonna go to that ‘haunted’ track and check it out..well if i could find out where the hell it is..anyone who knows please!! tell me!! email is.. Princ3sFamiliar@yahoo.com ….thank you very much!
Comment by Aleasha | 10.27.2006 | 4:24 pm
I dont know about the track but as to leah t’s comment about Eglington Cemetary, been there my parents and grand parents are buried there not a scary place never seen anything. I’ve been there at night and when no one was there.
Comment by Jim S | 11.1.2006 | 2:58 am
hahahahahahahaha that is hilarious a little fat retarded boy i would have laughed my *** off
Comment by little johnny clark | 11.12.2006 | 12:48 pm
totally bizarre and made up, no one would leave the kid out there all weekend if he never came home, quit with the silly stories already.
Comment by deb | 02.12.2007 | 5:03 pm
YAH SO LET GO 2 DA TRACK N RUN 4 14 MINUTES. OOH. SCARY………………………………. BALLIN
Comment by your mom | 02.18.2007 | 5:45 pm
that s sounds really good and i investegate my srlf but not in NJ i investagate in tacoma and just by the telling of that,that sounds good
Comment by kaylin | 02.21.2007 | 5:08 am
that sounds really good and i investegate my self but not in NJ i investagate in tacoma and just by the telling of that,that sounds good
Comment by kaylin | 02.21.2007 | 5:09 am
I BELIEVE. I LIVED IN NORWOOD, BUT I BELIEVE. nad its creepy
Comment by dunno | 03.4.2007 | 7:10 am
little johnny clark, if u could, u’d eat your @$$ off!
Comment by Ice Queen | 03.7.2007 | 8:03 pm
Okay listen this story is a myth that was stolen from another story. Buckeye!!!! The story goes that a young boy was retarted and was joined in football, and supposly the boys neck was broken by one of his bullies during football practice. He died at the scene and was never heard of again. Until a couple of years or so one of the boys who had made fun of him in the past saw him. He saw red eyes in the woods behind the field. Also something that some guys were drinking one night when they said go and challenge buckeye. The one boy said im not afraid and ran to the end of the feild and and went to the edge towards the forest and said i challenge you buckeye!!!! He was never seen again after that, well until the found him dead at the edge of the feild. Anyway i think it is just a big crock of **** and i say that at age 13!!!! Anyway it based in Delanco, NJ and everywhere in the old state. It is a myth sink that into your brains and the story you told is a myth as well!!!! I know you heard that story either in Weird NJ magazine or from your friends, but it is just like playing wisper down the lane, the story is changed everytime. Any comments about my comment then write what you think!!!!……..
Comment by Heathernjsbiggestfan1 | 04.2.2007 | 6:03 pm
I’ve read many stories about this particular haunting. I believe it’s true. Besides, if the boy died or even got hurt, somebody will have to help him. And, if he died of a broken neck, the haunting would have been of probably a zombie with a broken neck or something. I don’t know about you guys, but that’s my comment.
Comment by Kimberlee | 06.13.2007 | 6:20 pm
once again i’m going to say that i dont believe in ghosts. idk i just like being scared even though i no that this whole story is NOT true. if you believe in God as much as i do, the only ghost that you should believe in is the Holy Ghost. I mean i believe that there could have been a retarded boy who died running the track but this whole stopwatch thing and being “haunted” is fake. People just add those details to make it more interesting. i no all this and i’m only 13!
Comment by Jazzi | 06.20.2007 | 3:12 pm
Hello,
I have not been to the “track” but, believe the story.
I live in a haunted apartment and have experience many strange happenings. Apports, Exports, flies coming from nowhere, spirits expressing anger when I cast them out in the name of Jesus Christ or read the bible out loud.I was a broadcaster on WTMR 800 am in Camden, New Jersey. Had my own show for a year. I captured the towlet flushing buy it self and running for a least 5 min. I use deliverance to get rid of the spirits. I have them under control , just needs a little more work. It takes time to expel spirits.
I am working on a New web site called http://www.HauntedHouseBuster.com which will be ready by September 07.
Comment by Deliverance Minister, Helena Garilano | 07.19.2007 | 12:34 pm
We are 3 girls that have ghosts in our houses. 2 of us r sisters and 1 is a friend!!! We belive in ghosts and we even know a couple of ghosts!!! There is 1 ghost that died in my sister and i’s house!!! his name is not to be said!!!
Comment by grb | 08.18.2007 | 5:26 pm
Ok, I have to ask what “county” this is in since there are several Washington, NJ.
Comment by Nicole | 10.3.2007 | 12:48 pm
How about commenting if you’ve been there because I’m sure nobody cares about your opinion.
Comment by Danielle | 10.9.2007 | 8:04 pm
i noe its mean but i think thats fing funny and running a mile in 14 mins. thats pretty good i dont think i could run half a mile in that time!
Comment by no | 10.15.2007 | 4:50 pm
Where in Washington is the track?? I went to High school there and never heard of this story? There is only 1 Washington N.J. in Warren County.
I grew up in Oxford, the town next to Washington, and there are 2 places I know of that have spirits in them….the old Shippen Manor House for one. I used to play there with my friend when I was young, and we would see things all of the time…even as children we knew what was strange, and what was real.
There is alot of History in this town, going back to the Revolutionary war. Check it out!
Comment by Cherie | 10.26.2007 | 10:43 am
I was reading all the comments on what people think is real or fake. I just wanted to say I do believe in ghost. If you want to experience a real haunting you should come to Elizabeth NJ. It’s this house that I use to live in over by 1 & 9 and all type of strange went on in that house. When I first went to see the house before I decided to rent it; I had a walk through the house. You know checking the usual things out before renting. In the living room there was a small closet. When I open this small closet there was this big cross hanging in there. I took one look at it and I didn’t think much of it. I thought maybe the person use to live here was very spiritual. I then close the closet and didn’t think about it again. I and my children then move in. Things were great the very first year. Then that 2nd year we started to experience strange things happening. Like at a certain time at night the door bell would ring and when you go to answer it no one is in sight.
Other things were happening as well. Like foot steps coming from a place that you know is lock up. Like my attic, there were no keys to get up there. The landlord had them. He said no one was to go up in the attic because someone could get hurt. Well anyways you could be in the house and you would hear sounds like some one was running up in the attic every morning around 12. My husband had brought this dog for me on my birthday, he use to always laid at the foot of my beg. We were in the house all alone one night because all my children had spent the night out. I didn’t hear anything, but my dog jump off the bed and his ears stood up like he had seen something. Then he ran out the room and started barking like crazy. I then pick up the bat that I kept by my bed because I thought that someone may have broken in. when I went to the hall way I saw the dog just a barking like he was trying to keep something or some one from coming up the stairs.
When I went a little closer to grab my dog I felt this cold chill. I didn’t know what to do so I took my dog and I ran out on the porch and I call my friend over so that we could check out the house. When he came over we went through the house to make sure no one was there. I look in all the closets and the rooms but when I open the little closet in the living room I notice that the cross was no longer hanging in there. Then and only then I started to think the cross was there to keep what ever was in that house out. I had to wait until my children came home to ask them what happen to the cross. My daughter said that she took it down and toss it in the back yard because it was creepy. I told her to go and get it because when she took it down she made a way for what ever was in that house to come in. The cross did no good things got worst, the children begin to see images as well as hearing things in the wee hours of the night. This is a true story, no lie the house is on 1011 William Street in Elizabeth NJ. The people that live there after me reported strange thing that was happening in that house also.
Serenity
Comment by Serenity | 10.26.2007 | 11:28 am
This is all bull i know tommy and he is not dead we run the track every week this is just some dumb story i made up to scare people look like i got u stuped people and i ran the track in 5 minites so u all suck p.s. i am a dead dinosaure.
Comment by jimmy | 10.28.2007 | 10:53 am
To Jimmy 10/28/07 11:53am
You should learn to spell instead of running the track.
Comment by Cherie | 10.28.2007 | 2:44 pm
Hey folks, just wanted to comment to everyone on this site. Whether you believe or you don’t it is clearly a matter of opinion or faith if you will. There is no reason to get angry. If you like to believe these stories are fun and interesting. If you don’t like to believe than you don’t, but don’t bash people that like this stuff. Lastly, I just want to say that whether you believe in each story or haunting or not, don’t be so close minded to the fact that things exist in this world you can not explain or prove or disprove. Just enjoy your own perceptive realty and let people enjoy theirs. Peace and love to all.
Comment by oldage | 10.31.2007 | 11:03 am
wats dis .. stop lien hu ever rote tht !!
get a life !! –’
Comment by nadine | 11.19.2007 | 8:53 am
are ghost real
Comment by Jessica | 01.7.2008 | 10:16 am
HELLLOOOOOO PEOPLE, IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THEN GET THE HELL OUT!!!!! As for you who scare easily and think that people write about this stuff to scare you…you must be the ****** ones. HOW CAN YOU BE SCARED OF SOMETHING YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN!!!!
Comment by Mari | 01.7.2008 | 9:26 pm
I live in N,J and that story is ****. I know a good story. In 1887 war solja died in a house. It is now know as winter woods.My mom work there one night and mugs in the dining room kept on falling.You use to be able to go up into the adick. But now you cant… some said they close it because he could look down and see the people. It took place in rio, grand NJ. The body some where in the woods.
Comment by dan | 01.27.2008 | 1:45 pm
I hate running. My PE teacher is a lez!
Comment by Kaos | 03.1.2008 | 3:49 pm
what county is washington in?gloucester there is no track in WTP except for the high school.What the hell i belived these lies this is ****
Comment by anthony | 04.13.2008 | 6:45 pm
i think its creepy … thats why u shouldnt tease people .. i think its true but not true at the same time . i gotta see it to believe it..
Comment by jenny | 04.16.2008 | 8:44 am
whoa that’s creepy.. i kinda believe and kinda dont on the other hand i gotta see it to believe it. where is it at?
Comment by jenny | 04.16.2008 | 8:46 am
Hello everyone,
I do believe the story of a boy running around the track is true. But demons can appear as an angel of light. People go to heaven or hell they are not earth bound Luke 16 : 9
Minister Garilano
Comment by Deliverance Minister, Helena Garilano | 05.5.2008 | 12:09 pm