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– Bowden Rd, perhaps better known as "Demons Rd,” has a steady flow
of reports regarding the experiences travelers claim to have had while
driving down the old road. People that wander off down “Demons Rd”
tell tales of disturbing encounters, and an eerie feeling that sweeps
over anyone who dares disrupt the spirits said to be lingering down
“Demons Rd.” The old road leads to an old cemetery known as Martha’s
Chapel Cemetery. |
Bowden Rd / Demons
Road
Photo courtesy Dana
Goolsby, October 2010 |
Driving down
Demons Road
Photo courtesy Dana
Goolsby, October 2010 |
| Locals warn curious
people who desire to brave the path or visit the graveyard not to
provoke the spirits. Many of those warnings are spoken by those who
claim that a spirit followed them home after being in that area. |
Martha Chapel
Cemetery
Photo courtesy Dana
Goolsby, October 2010 |
In May of 2010
a women reported the encounter her husband and their friends had while
at the cemetery. She claimed they saw a man wandering through the
cemetery one evening, but did not pay much heed to the wanderer.
A few days later, as the woman was getting into the shower, she turned
around to close the shower curtain, and much to her surprise, there
in her bedroom, stood the same man they had seen wandering through
the cemetery.
The man disappeared after instilling immense fear in the woman, and
she has not reported seeing him since. |
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one man’s story, he and a buddy saw a hand protruding from a grave
in the cemetery off “Demons Rd.” Eventually the whole arm was said
to be out from within its grave, and grasping around in search of
something, or anything. The man moved towards the grave against the
persistent urging of his friend. He said he bent down to touch the
hand, with his friend pulling at him desperately the whole time. His
friend’s pleadings did not stop him from making contact with the hand,
which in turn, allegedly grasped his hand and began to pull him downward
toward the grave. He was able to pull free from the hand. He turned
to his horrified pal, who asked if he was ok, before noticing that
there was someone standing just behind his friend. He darted towards
his friend in an effort to protect him from whoever was behind him.
Just before he reached his friend, the man behind his friend lifted
his head and looked at him. According the man the figure that had
been standing behind his friend looked exactly like his friend who
had been begging him to leave. When he turned to look at his “real”
friend, he was not there. The man then says he bolted and headed for
the vehicle. As he raced up to the car he noticed handprints in the
dust on the car. The man said that as he climbed into the safety of
the car, he realized his friend was dead in the back seat. |
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Witnesses report
large handprints being left on their vehicles.
Some witnesses claim the handprints appear to be where someone or
something unseen grabbed at their car. Almost 100 car owners who found
prints on their vehicle have reported their encounters.
Reports of mysterious red lights seen along “Demons Rd” are also often
made. Those who claim to have seen the lights say that the number
of lights that appear depends on the number of people traveling in
the vehicle. One group of four said that as they were leaving the
road, at approximately 4 a.m., four red lights appeared out of nowhere.
Suddenly four handprints appeared on the hood of the truck, according
to one of the men in the group.
Some say that a cult, believed to be that of the KKK, has been spotted
down “Demons Rd” holding ritual ceremonies. It has even been said
that members of the cult have been seen drinking blood from a sacrificed
dog.
Others allege that they were visited by apparitions of a young child,
with glowing eyes, riding a tricycle while on the road. A strange,
faceless, threatening creature is also said to appear to some people.
Whatever form the spirits choose to reveal themselves in, the spirits
have never been reported as anything less than hostile, and terrifying,
or at least frightening. |
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So if you must
go down “Demons Rd,” or if you just cannot resist the urge to explore
the unexplained, please remember not to provoke or disrespect the
spirits along your way. Steer clear of those who have passed on but
are attempting to escape their graves, and avoid becoming the legendary
cult’s next sacrifice. Oh and never let a ghostly “hitch hiker” follow
you home.
© Dana Goolsby
"In The Pines With Dana Goolsby"
October
26, 2010 Column |
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