Clinton Road (New Jersey)

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Legends and folklore

The different areas along or near Clinton Road have been much cited as the setting of urban legends, especially by the publication Weird NJ, which has devoted numerous articles to the subject.

Ghost boy bridge: According to Weird NJ, there is a legend that if someone puts a quarter in the middle of the road where the yellow line is at one of the bridges over Clinton Brook (Dead Man's Curve) near the reservoir, at midnight it will supposedly be promptly returned by the ghost of a boy who drowned while swimming below or had fallen in while sitting on the edge of the bridge. In some tellings an apparition is seen; in others, the ghost pushes the teller into the water if they look over the side of the bridge, in order to save them from being run over as he was in life.

Besides the ghost boy, there have been other ghosts described by Weird NJ readers. One claims to have seen a ghost Camaro driven by a girl who supposedly died when she crashed it in 1988 (any mention while driving the road at night is supposed to trigger a manifestation). Another claims to have encountered two park rangers one night while camping with friends near Terrace Pond, a glacial tarn on a ridge accessible from the road by hiking trails, who in the morning turned out to have been the ghosts of two rangers who had died on the job in 1939. Other Weird NJ readers claim to have seen people dressed weirdly at odd hours who simply stare at those who see them and do not speak, who either disappear or are not seen by others present.

The Druidic temple: A conical stone structure just east of the road south of the reservoir was said by Weird NJ readers to be a site where local Druids practiced their rituals, and horrible things might come to pass for any intruder who looked too closely or came at the wrong time. The building is actually an iron smelter built in 1826. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Clinton Furnace in 1976. It is currently fenced off by the Newark water department to prevent any entrance and the liability for injury that might result.

Ghost truck: According to the Travel Channel show Most Terrifying Places in America 2, phantom vehicles such as pickup trucks or even floating headlights not attached to any vehicle supposedly appear from nowhere in the middle of the night and chase drivers to the end of the road, then disappear.

Strange creatures, from a hellhound aka: "Wolfie", an experimental Albino Wolf-Dog, to monkeys and unidentifiable hybrids, are alleged by Weird NJ to have been seen at night. If not of supernatural origin, they are said to have been survivors of Jungle Habitat, a nearby attraction that has been closed since 1976, which have managed to survive and crossbreed.

[maverick19]

are these for real or just some stories passed on from generations? 

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24 minutes ago, maverick19 said:

are these for real or just some stories passed on from generations? 

Found in Wikipedia and read some other articles also

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3 hours ago, rajanikanth_tv9 said:

Found in Wikipedia and read some other articles also

Last year vellinaam - konchem scary ga vuntundhi le gaani but u can go. 

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2 hours ago, ZoomNaidu said:

Last year vellinaam - konchem scary ga vuntundhi le gaani but u can go. 

Where is it in NJ?

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2 minutes ago, DummyVariable said:

Where is it in NJ?

North Jersey near Passaic. If u want to go, go around 2am-3am. 

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2 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said:

North Jersey near Passaic. If u want to go, go around 2am-3am. 

Asalu North Jersey lo khaaliga unde places kooda untaya.. 

Ok will try it out

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Just now, DummyVariable said:

Asalu North Jersey lo khaaliga unde places kooda untaya.. 

Ok will try it out

Where in NJ?

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13 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said:

Where in NJ?

Mundhu untunde.. baane thelusu places.. now west Philadelphia

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52 minutes ago, DummyVariable said:

Mundhu untunde.. baane thelusu places.. now west Philadelphia

Oh ok..

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9 minutes ago, friesNfrappe said:

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