![]() There is a bridge painted as a memorial to him. Unfortunately by the time the friends returned from driving to the highway, they found their friend dead. Years before any of us heard about the road, a boy was challenged by his friends to stand on the bridge as they drove to Route 23 and back. –Anonymous …We found the bridge on Clinton Road that was said to have started the rumor. As the story goes if you sit on that bridge and throw pennies into the river, the ghost of a young boy will throw them back to you. If you ever decide to travel down Clinton Road at midnight, stop at the bridge by dead man’s curve. If the Ghost Boy’s spirit haunts this bridge then his trip up to return thrown coins would certainly be a much more challenging task-if he was alive, that is.Īlthough he is the most talked about apparition to haunt Clinton Road, he is by no means the sole spirit to spook this street. This bridge straddles a stony cleft through which a waterfall crashes mightily. A second bridge is located several miles to the south of Dead Man’s Curve, just above the old stone iron furnace. It should be noted that there is more than one bridge located on Clinton Road, and nobody really knows for sure which one the Ghost Boy supposedly hangs out beneath. ![]() Look closely and you will see coins on the creek bed which were thrown to summon the Ghost Boy. There is no way of knowing how many appearances the Ghost Boy made when summoned by the coin tossers. As we peered over the guardrail and down into the tea colored water of the stream we could clearly see dozens of coins resting on the bottom among the stones of the creekbed. On a recent visit to the bridge at Dead Man’s Curve we were surprised and delighted to see just how many people had recently stopped by to test the validity of the legend of the Ghost Boy of Clinton Road. ![]() ![]() As far as we know, this tale is unique to Clinton Road, but it is difficult to say when or how this story began. Probably the most common ghost story that we hear about Clinton Road is that of a dead young boy who hangs out under a bridge and returns coins to you after you throw them in the water. The Bridge at Dead Man’s Curve on Clinton Road ![]()
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