Bristow, Oklahoma -
Route 66 Gas Station Ghost

Intrigued by all things Route 66, I stopped one December morning on my way to work at the ruins of an old gas station along Route 66 on the west edge of town.

I pulled my car over and hurriedly snapped a few shots with my digital camera. I was pretty startled to see mist in some of my pictures. Breath and car exhaust were ruled out because there was none in any other pictures. It was pretty eerie. I've gone back several times and been unable to recreate the shots no matter the time of day or weather.

In fact, my camera has never taken mist shots again under any circumstances at any location. It is as though the mist flew up out of the brick, swirled up and followed me. When I viewed the mist upright in the photo, my hair stood up on the back of my neck. I never sensed a thing at the time of the photos. [Pam Reeder, 12/03/2006]

[RA: This gas station is little more than a brick and concrete outline overgrown with weeds. But that ghost looks familiar! It once accompanied us on a Missouri summer road trip, and materialized every time we took our cameras out of the air conditioned car.]