Amateur NC ghost hunter looking for 'ghost train' hit and killed by real train

WISTV ^ | Aug 27, 2010 | Jeff Rivenbark

[The Comedian]

STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) - A man who was with about a dozen people who were looking for a legendary "ghost train" in Iredell County was hit by a locomotive and killed early Friday morning.

The incident happened on a train trestle at 2:45 a.m. near the 900 block of Buffalo Shoals Road.

Robin Chapman, a spokesperson for Norfolk-Southern Railroad, said the eastbound train consisted of three locomotives and no freight cars.

The train was rounding a curve and approaching a trestle over Boston Creek just prior to Buffalo Shoals Road when it struck a man on the trestle, Chapman said.

[The Comedian]

Are you ready to believe this?

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[Chuzzlewit]

social darwinism...

[warpsmith]

I lived in NC a long time. That state ghost story is very well-known (and a little spooky).

[mlo]

This should qualify for a Darwin Award.

[Hodar]

Since when do real trains use Phantom whistles?

[earlJam]

Sounds like a road-runner cartoon.

[mbarker12474]

Who do you think this guy voted for?

[The Comedian]

Who ya gonna ping?

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[GreenAccord]

My first reaction was;

‘How is a guy who can’t hear a REAL train comin’ round the bend going to find a ghost one?’

[ClearCase_guy]

a trestle over Boston Creek

"Don't cross the streams!"

[bigredkitty1]

Never heard of it. Care to give this Texan the Cliff Notes’ version?

[The_Media_never_lie]

‘How is a guy who can’t hear a REAL train comin’ round the bend going to find a ghost one?’

Maybe he heard his train coming and was a predeterminist.

[hope_dies_last]

My grandfather used to say, “I ain’t scared uh-no-ghosts... it’s the living you gotta watch out for...”

[The Comedian]

I lived in NC a long time. That state ghost story is very well-known (and a little spooky).

Are there any stories of haunted electrical outlets? How about haunted guns?

How many lives must these haunted things take before we call the Ghostbusters?

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[Chi-townChief]

“Mystery Train ... smokin’ down the track ...”

[ozzymandus]

Sort of like that “Ghost Hunters” TV show where some idiots sit around in the dark in some old building until they get scared and run around like the Three Stooges. Funny the first time, but ridiculous after that.

[WOBBLY BOB]

bet he never saw it coming...

[Julia H.]

So the “ghost train” died? How tragic.

[The Comedian]

a trestle over Boston Creek
"Don't cross the streams!"

Flawless segue sir, flawless.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[RobRoy]

It’s best to leave ghost hunting to the “professionals”.

;)