Wraith of the road?
by Murray Byfield
It has been suggested that ghosts of people killed on the road sometimes haunt the location where they died. And that these wraiths of the road warn people of the dangers of treacherous lengths of highway.
Below is an account from “Supernatural Australian Encounters” by Keith Smith. This story has intrigued me for some time.
Strangely, I received a letter only a short time later from Mrs Jean Cook inthe ACT who one could confidently expect never heard of Mrs Alcock. She wrote: My mind goes back ten years when I was living in Port Macquarie and I read about the Ghost of the Bulahdelah Mountains. It was said to be that of a road worker who was killed on the winding Pacific Highway in that area. Several motorists claimed to have seen him, and it was thought that “he” helped to prevent road accidents.
I was informed by a retired police officer that “the ghost” is probably seen along Wooton Way which was part of the old Pacific Highway. He told me that many tragic deaths occurred along this stretch of road particularly in holidays when families were travelling north for a Christmas getaway, having driven this road a few times, one can understand why ghosts are believed to haunt this area.
I have also read on the internet about a supposed Ghost Truck in the Bulahdelah area as well.
If anyone has any more information about these apparent ghosts in the Bulahdelah mountains I would love to hear from you.
