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NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one
hosted ^ | Aug 28

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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To: TexasRedeye
Darwin award candidate?

BINGO did he have any children?

21 posted on 08/28/2010 1:56:25 PM PDT by politicalmerc (I can see November from my house; can you?)
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To: Snickering Hound

Took me a couple of seconds...lol.

At first i was thinking “pretty cool”.


22 posted on 08/28/2010 2:14:08 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: JoeProBono

I am constantly amazed by how stupid people can be.


23 posted on 08/28/2010 2:41:20 PM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: mowowie

What kind of gun do you use on a ghost train?


24 posted on 08/28/2010 2:52:39 PM PDT by magslinger (DISCLAIMER: No liberals were harmed in the making of this post. I'm sorry and will try harder.)
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To: mowowie

He’s given professional ghost hunters the world over a bad name. ;)


25 posted on 08/28/2010 5:29:43 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: JoeProBono

Where I grew up we had a similar legend about a train that had gone off a trestle during the War between the Stated killing the Yankee soldiers an board. Supposedly if you were there on the anniversary date at the correct time that it happened you could hear the wreck and the screams.

LOL Let’s drive out in the country on a deserted road to see if we can hear the ghost train. Yeah right. Good pick-up line, huh fellas?


26 posted on 08/28/2010 5:37:27 PM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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