The Haunted Ghost Car:

Skagit Highway (SR 11):

(Cole’s Story)

 

For years, I have been looking for a good haunted ghost car story for my blog when I mentioned it to my good friend, Cole and his family. Cole then began to tell me about a certain stretch of highway near him in Washington State where many car accidents happen each year and a ghostly Sedan seems to appear to spook modern day drivers. Cole and his son, John have both experienced this ghostly dated Sedan while driving their cars during separate occasions while driving along the old curvy road.

 

Here is the history of the spooky road and Cole’s paranormal encounter with the ghost car:

 There is a stretch of road in the northwest corner of Washington State, tucked against the south side of the Skagit Valley it is known to most as the South Skagit Highway or SR 11. It was originally a wagon trail but as auto travel became more of a fashion, it was graded in the early 1920s and became a scenic byway for people to get between Skagit and Whatcom Counties. The road features a lot of tight curves and blind corners but features some very beautiful and majestic views during every season.

 

There have always been stories of things happening on this stretch mostly due to its rich and harrowing history. In the late 1800s this was an area populated by a few Native American Tribes and when the local white man started grabbing the native children while they were fishing in the area of Pressentin Creek, putting them into Residential schools. There are still reports to this day that as you pass that area, you might catch a glimpse of a young child running through the brush trying to get away.

           

This road is also notoriously known for the amount of accidents that happen. At least 40 to 50 car accidents each year occur in the 26 mile blacktop. Some of which have led to the unfortunate but inevitable fatalities of people from all around the area. As usually happens, these fatalities leave a residual energy in their wake. This is evident in the long reported sightings of a ghost car.

 

In my case, when I had my particular run-in with the ghost car. It was about 12:30 AM during springtime about 3 years ago. I was driving westward toward Sedro Woolley listening to music as I often do to make the drive go faster. I was entering the curvier area just before Day Creek and as I entered the corner I could see a pair of headlights turn on behind me. The lights weirded me out a little because of the shape of them. They were large perfect circles and the way they sat on the vehicle I would say they belonged to a 1940s to 1950 sedan. As we weaved through the corners he kept up to me with only about 3 to 4 car lengths between us. The last corner was an outside corner and the lights seem to get brighter and he fell back as I rounded it. I noticed it didn't come around the corner and it was dark behind me.  This corner has no pull outs or pull offs and is only a single two lane area with no shoulders that leads into a straight-away. One side of the road is a mountain and the other side has a guardrail with a 9 foot drop into the Skagit River. There was literally nowhere for them to go. I slowed down and watched but there was no one there, no one around anywhere.

 

I later posted in my local community asking if anyone else had experienced anything like this and got a few replies and many saying that they have heard the same thing from others.

 

            After hearing Cole’s story, tell me? Would you like to drive on this haunted curvy road, full of history at night? And if you have, please let us know and leave a comment below this blog article.

 

©Rosella C. Rowe

 

*Special Thanks to Cole and his family for sharing their experiances*