North Carolina “Ghost train” hunter hit by train
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On August 27, 1891, a train carrying passengers jumped its track near Statesville, North Carolina while passing over a tall bridge. As a result, seven cars plunged off the bridge killing about 30 people.
Every year since on the anniversary of the wreck, legend has it that one can hear the wheels of the train screech and the ill-fated passengers scream. One might also hear the crash occur and see a man in uniform holding a gold watch.
Last night at 3:00 AM, the 119th anniversary of the tragedy on the Bostian Bridge, at roughly the same time, about a dozen ghost hunters were out on the same span of track where the accident occurred. The hunters wanted to see if the legend was true. However, a real Norfolk-Southern train consisting of one car and three engines came around the bend heading towards Statesville.
The hunters ran from the scene in terror, but one of them did not make it. A Charlotte man, Christopher Kaiser, 29, was hit by the train and killed.
Was it legend repeating itself or sheer coincidence, no one will ever know.
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