Ghost Cars
According to Wikipedia, ghost or phantom cars are:
A phantom vehicle has two meanings. In legal terms for insurance purposes, a phantom vehicle is one that causes bodily injury, death, or property damage to an insured vehicle, but has no physical contact; for example, a run-off-road accident caused by a car in the opposing direction drifting partly over the yellow line of a highway.
More popularly, a phantom vehicle is a supposed ghostly or haunted vehicle. No such phenomena have been scientifically verified and no research on this topic appears in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. However, many people find such stories fascinating and they are common in urban legends and entertainment.
In more detail, phantom vehicle is a term describing two types of phenomenon: either a ghostly apparition of a vehicle of some kind (usually involved in fatal car crashes; the same vehicle mysteriously reappears and disappears at the spot where the accident occurred); or a vehicle that is haunted by the spirit of a person (usually the former owner of the vehicle) which sometimes appears in the passenger seat as a ghostly apparition or appears in the rear view mirror. In the latter example, the witness could often look in the backseat of the vehicle but find nobody there. Such vehicles are often claimed to be acting strangely.
Another kind of a phantom vehicle is one that suddenly appears out of nowhere at high speed and disappears. This type of phantom vehicle (mostly cars and trucks) is reported to be driverless or is driven by a ghost of the owner of the vehicle. Witnesses often claim that they see such vehicles disappearing at spots which a normal vehicle could have crashed into.
A strange legend surrounds a railroad crossing just south of San Antonio, Texas. The intersection of roadway and railroad track, so the story goes, was the site of a tragic accident in which several school-aged children were killed - but their ghosts linger at the spot and will push idled cars across the tracks, even though the path is uphill.
I don't know if there really are ghosts or evil spirits that exist. I am a skeptic but I have an open mind. I have been in graveyards that for some reason give me the distinct uneasy feeling of being watched. I have seen shadows cross in front of me and I have had things move when nobody was around. I have never seen a full-bodied apparition or ghost, but I must suspect that something is going on. I have heard of vehicles or "residual hauntings" can happen if a traumatic event occurs, it will repeat itself on the date and time of the trauma.
I've watched those haunting shows and I'm skeptical. Paranormal Kids on A&E is a joke. I'm sorry, but Chip Coffee is a bit of an "out there" person. I am more likely to believe Lorraine Warren than Chip Coffee. She investigated the Amityville house and actually said whatever evil force was in there actually followed them home after she stayed in the house for two days.
What is your take on the Paranormal?
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