What is up there with haunted railroad crossings in Texas? Haunted bridges. Each is of course, the MOST haunted.

Shine a light

According to radio 600 am in El Paso states it is the Maxdale bridge in Killeen, Texas. Was it a school bus full of children that all died when the bridge collapsed? The other story is that a man’s girlfriend drowned in the river below the bridge while going for a swim. Unable to save her, the man was so distraught over the loss of his love that he hung himself from the bridge not long after her death. At night if you shine your headlights, you can see the silhouette of the man hanging from the bridge.

Goatman’s Bridge

Also haunted, Goatman’s Bridge in Denton. “legend says a group of Klansmen murdered a beloved black goat farmer on Old Alton Bridge in 1938. The black goat farmer was endearingly called Goatman by residents of Denton. The Klansmen crossed the bridge with their headlights off and lynched the Goatman off the side of the bridge. Eventually, the Klansmen decided to go back and kill the Goatman’s family.

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The Goatman’s spirit lingers in the woods surrounding the bridge and those who turn off their headlights while crossing the bridge will see the Goatman on the other side. I put this test to theory myself and attempted the urban legend with a friend of mine on a Friday night. Besides a chill going through our bodies at the possibility of seeing the Goatman on the other side of the bridge, we ultimately saw nothing. However, you can go at your own risk. Maybe you’ll find the Goatman on the other side.

Devil’s Bridge San Antonio – True evil is believed to lurk on this bridge at night. You may even smell sulfur (rotten eggs), which is usually a sign that something demonic is lingering around, waiting. It is also said that if you dare to step up to foot of the bridge and throw a rock, you’ll never hear it land. It’s almost as if someone (or something) catches the rock, or possibly, the rock disappears all together.

Shine a light

It’s been said that after night fall, the darkness that surrounds the bridge is so dense, that if you shine a light it will not penetrate more than a few feet out. So, be careful if you actually decide to drive over the bridge at night.

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MORE Original Austin Ghost Tours

Tour guide Monica was talking to a HEB employee at her regular HEB who knew she worked with Austin Ghost Tours. He told her this story:

 

“I notice shoes,” Elroy, my bagger at the local H.E.B. told me the Saturday before Halloween. “So when I was in the men’s room at The Speakeasy in downtown Austin, I couldn’t help but notice the guy’s shoes in the reflection of the mirror as I washed up. They were all I could see under the door, you understand, but they were really nice boots.

Oddest thing, though, the trousers around them were of an old-fashioned cut of cloth. The material and the boots both really seemed to be from another time period. I looked away for a second as I grabbed a paper towel, but looked up in time to see the stall door open and close … then a moment later the door to the bathroom opened and closed – with no one there.

And a moment after that, from inside the bar, a woman screamed! It wasn’t until then that it hit me what I had seen!”

The checkout woman and I exchanged a startled glance.
“Unbelievable!” I remarked. Then turning to Elroy, “He didn’t wash his hands?!”
“Well, he was dead,” the check-out lady shrugged.
“Still an awesome story, Elroy! See you on tour sometime!” And with that, I left the store, grateful for listening to that impulse to get one more bag of Halloween candy.