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Amateur NC ghost hunter looking for 'ghost train' hit and killed by real train
WISTV ^ | 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: martin_fierro; The Comedian; Tijeras_Slim

Oh, I have an idea or two.

Listen hyar, ye consarned varmit! I resemble that.

(not really)

61 posted on 08/27/2010 5:33:17 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: TheOldLady

The ghost in the machine?


62 posted on 08/27/2010 6:19:42 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Chuzzlewit

the man that died who you are making fun of took it upon himself to push a lady to a safer area. Perhaps if you had compassion like him, the world might be a better place. that is to think of others.
Apparently you can’t be original, i looked on this and wondered how soon will someone say darwin and you were fairly quick.


63 posted on 08/28/2010 8:03:02 AM PDT by mel
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