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NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one
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Posted on 08/28/2010 12:50:27 PM PDT by JoeProBono
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.
Iredell County Sheriff Phil Redmond says 29-year-old Christopher Kaiser of Charlotte was killed about 2:45 a.m. Friday as he waited with friends at a railroad trestle. Redmond says witnesses said about 12 people were on the trestle hoping to see a ghost train when the real train rounded a bend......
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ghosttrain; northcarolina
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/28/2010 12:52:57 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: JoeProBono
How can humans with a brain give it up?
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posted on
08/28/2010 12:53:41 PM PDT
by
OldNavyVet
(One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
To: JoeProBono
This is sad.
On all of my ghost train hunting expititions i have been realllly lucky this has never happened to me.
Especially since i usually have my i-pod cranking in my ears while i hunt on the tracks.
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posted on
08/28/2010 12:53:54 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: JoeProBono
should have brought a psychic.
To: JoeProBono
I guess you have to believe in”Something”?
To: mowowie
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posted on
08/28/2010 12:56:59 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
The kinda ironic thing is, every year, on the anniversary of this poor guy’s death, people will gather at the trestle to see if his ghost shows up.
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posted on
08/28/2010 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(What a field day for the heat. A thousand people in the street)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:00:17 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: JoeProBono
I read a Clive Cussler book a while ago where a Ghost train was part of the plot.
In that book the US was also bankrupt.
I wonder if there is a connection here somewhere....
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:02:16 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:04:56 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
How can a train be a ghost?
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:05:07 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:07:45 PM PDT
by
TexasRedeye
(Eschew obfuscation)
To: El Sordo
I suppose one would use the same logic as a human ghost.
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:07:55 PM PDT
by
donhunt
(No animals were harmed in the making of this message.)
To: JoeProBono
To: Krankor
The kinda ironic thing is, every year, on the anniversary of this poor guy’s death, people will gather at the trestle to see if his ghost shows up. No doubt the Ghost Hunter's show will soon be doing an episode at the site.
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To: mowowie
Wouldn’t it be just as easy to search for a Ghost train on the SIDE of the tracks?
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:33:35 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: theDentist
“Wouldn’t it be just as easy to search for a Ghost train on the SIDE of the tracks”
My thought exactly. I can’t feel sorry for this guy. You do have SOME responsibility to make sure you stay alive by not doing idiotic stuff.
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posted on
08/28/2010 1:38:34 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: JoeProBono
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08/28/2010 1:42:38 PM PDT
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csvset
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