The Big Book of Ohio Ghost Stories by James A. Willis

Author:James A. Willis
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780811752657
Publisher: Stackpole Books

What’s Hanging up There on

Dean’s Hollow Bridge?

Not far from the notorious Gore Orphanage Road is Dean Road, a twisty, turny stretch that winds through the woods before dropping you down into Dean’s Hollow. Before you know it, the road’s taking you back up a steep incline and out of the hollow. In fact, if you blink, you might miss it, save for the rather foreboding metal bridge that spans the Vermilion River in the center of the hollow. The way the bridge is situated on the road sometimes makes it appear as if it has suddenly materialized out of thin air, which has been known to give people traveling Dean Road for the first time a bit of a start. But there’s something even spookier about the bridge than just its appearance. For it is said that the spectral remnants of one man’s suicide attempt can sometimes be seen under the bridge . . . and woe to those who see it.

Not much is known about the man said to have taken his life at Dean’s Hollow Bridge. Legend has it that he chose the spot because it was so isolated. Whatever the reason, the man supposedly walked to the middle of the bridge, then climbed over the metal railing and up underneath the bridge. There, the man fastened a noose and tied one end of the rope under the bridge. Then he put the noose around his neck, tightened it, and jumped to his death. Due largely in part to the bridge’s isolated location, the man’s body was not found for several days, when it was spotted, still hanging from the bridge, by some local teens who were using the cool waters of the Vermilion River for a refreshing swim.

Authorities arrived, cut the body down, and removed all signs that anything bad had happened on the bridge, including the noose. After a brief investigation, the cause of death was officially listed as suicide, and the case was closed. You’d think the incident would have begun to slowly fade into memory, but it didn’t. That’s because a ghostly noose kept showing up on the bridge.

It is said that you can cross the Dean’s Hollow Bridge ten times, and on nine of those occasions, you won’t see anything. But on the tenth time, there will be one noticeable difference—you’ll see a rotted old noose hanging from the bridge. Some say that the noose isn’t ghostly at all, but a very real one left behind by teenage pranksters. But then, how do you explain that some motorists have watched as the noose slowly disappears? Or that sometimes the dark figure of a man is said to be seen wandering the bridge, eventually disappearing over the side?

As if that’s not creepy enough, a demon is said to be lurking in the woods around Dean’s Hollow, and he doesn’t take too kindly to people coming into “his” woods. In fact, he’d like nothing more than to catch you in there after dark. If he

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