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Amateur NC ghost hunter looking for 'ghost train' hit and killed by real train
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| Aug 27, 2010
| Jeff Rivenbark
Posted on 08/27/2010 10:38:54 AM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: allaboard; darwin; darwinaward; ghost; ghostwriter; napl; nc; train
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To: The Comedian
Last known photo of the victim:
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posted on
08/27/2010 11:26:39 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: The Comedian
Now his friends can hunt for him.
42
posted on
08/27/2010 11:31:47 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(I believe in man-made political climate change.)
To: GladesGuru
In retrospect, maybe he should have determined the schedule of the real trains FIRST, then checked for phantom rail sounds.
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posted on
08/27/2010 11:36:40 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality Now: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: dead
"Hey!...(GET OUT!) I just heard somebody whisper 'Get out!'" Well, what do you expect from New Yorkers?
44
posted on
08/27/2010 11:36:49 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
To: BelegStrongbow
Ive come to hate the entire SyFy channel. And yes, that includes Eureka.I really hate the direction they've taken that whole "mess with past, screw up the future" thing. UG
The only thing I watch on SyFy now is Haven.
45
posted on
08/27/2010 11:39:52 AM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
To: RikaStrom
46
posted on
08/27/2010 11:41:19 AM PDT
by
BelegStrongbow
(St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
To: chrisser
Thanks for that link.
“Some people say the phantom train appears each year in the early morning hours of August 27th and is wrecked before the eyes of any who watch for it.”
47
posted on
08/27/2010 11:45:52 AM PDT
by
Canedawg
(...still not digging this tyranny thing.)
To: The Comedian; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim
Who ya gonna ping? Oh, I have an idea or two.
To: The Comedian
I believe it. Not the brightest bulbs in the pack seem to live in North Carolina.
Can not wait to get outta here and back to Arizona.
49
posted on
08/27/2010 12:07:14 PM PDT
by
riri
To: paulycy
Perhaps he should have begun to question when the person who told him about the “Ghost Train” also spoke of werewolves, virgins, and unicorns.
50
posted on
08/27/2010 12:18:39 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: GladesGuru
Perhaps he should have begun to question when the person who told him about the Ghost Train also spoke of werewolves, virgins, and unicorns.And a moderate, Christian, uniting Barack 0bama.
51
posted on
08/27/2010 12:29:26 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality Now: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Great investigative technique, but he's going to have a h*ll of a hard time publishing.
52
posted on
08/27/2010 1:50:24 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Great investigative technique, but he's going to have a h*ll of a hard time publishing. He'll make a fortune as a ghost writer.
SOMEONE needs to write Obama's memoirs for him.
53
posted on
08/27/2010 1:56:56 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Those who support the construction of the WTC mosque oppose Christian missionaries working abroad.)
To: GSWarrior
To: a fool in paradise
Please. No more zer0 memoirs.
55
posted on
08/27/2010 2:48:06 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: Slings and Arrows
He can go all poltergeist on someone’s typewriter. Oh, what am I saying? What the heck is a typewriter? On someone’s computer.
56
posted on
08/27/2010 2:50:27 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: a fool in paradise
You’re knocking ‘em dead!
57
posted on
08/27/2010 2:51:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: The Comedian
I haven’t seen Willie Green for a while, was it him?
58
posted on
08/27/2010 3:10:59 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(concerned conservative.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Reminder: The light at the end
of the tunnel is a train.
59
posted on
08/27/2010 4:01:02 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income... Fire the government)
To: The Comedian
60
posted on
08/27/2010 4:09:09 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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