Some people have seen a woman in a bloddy white gown walking along this road and hikers using the secret sidewalk have supposedly gone missing trying to aid this woman. She is thought to be Mary Bregovy, who died in a car crash in the 1930s. But after countless trips down that road, there never seemed anything special about it. Her love for true crime and horror is matched only by her love for her audience, and she pours her heart and soul into every post on Scary HQ. The Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Western Pacific Railroad) has an active mainline on the south side of the canyon,[10] the Oakland Subdivision. Voice your opinion here! She died during the 1930s at the young age of 20. Hes 45 by the way so he wouldnt be lying he drank several shots of tequila after because he was scared. Is this place really haunted? The story that shows up in the Tri-Valley Herald every few years credits Billy Rose, a close friend of our family's who had an actual encounter with the ghost. Beware The Blood Drenched Ghost Lurking at Niles Canyon Road, True Horror: Beware Angry Spirits At This Richmond Swimming Pool, Paranormal Lies: Theyll Tell You Not to Be Afraid At This Berkeley Park, Your Truest Nightmare: Demons Crave Companionship At This Nortonville Hill, Supernatural Child Checks into the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal. The canyon is largely in an unincorporated area of Alameda County, while the western portion of the canyon lies within the city limits of Fremont and Union City. If she went up, we would heard her climbing, and if she went down we wouldve heard her hit the creek. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "The 50 most haunted spots in the Bay Area", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niles_Canyon_ghost&oldid=1085768526, This page was last edited on 2 May 2022, at 09:37. The church, the cemetery and the grounds are VERY active. We were about where the trees start to make the path look like youre walking through a tunnel. It was owned by the Vallejo family in 1853 and was called that because they operated a mill on the property. my wife and I both saw her once while driving thru the canyon. Haunting roads that lead to Resurrection cemetery, near Chicago, encounters with her have been reported since the 1930s. Oh yeah I grew up in the Fremont area and heard different variations of lady in white while growing up and bought it hook ,line and sinker , after all we didnt have the internet when I was growing up .You had to go the library and search through archives hoping to find more details . In Belchen Tunnel, an old woman is said to sometimes appear in the road ahead of lonely drivers at night. Impossible for a normal human being to walk this path in the dark. Many "ghost hunters" have been arrested because they failed to contact property owners and/or local authorities ahead of time. My friends ended up staying at my house until the sun came up. So, I told my best friend, Danielle about the dreams. Think yourebrave enough to take anight hike ontheSecret Sidewalk in Fremont, home of the White Witch? Legend has it the spirits curse anyone who dares to steal from their land. So we need people like you to help us document them. I dropped my friend off at her house and went home to bed. I grew up driving that road, thousands of times. [2], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}373452N 1215754W / 37.581N 121.965W / 37.581; -121.965. While showing Fremont real estate to a good number of out of the area clients, it is hard not to pass on the local folk-lore. Do you love haunted spots? She didn't sit down and she stayed near the door. Never ghosts. However in the 50s Clarence Shivers was picked up by deputies on suspicion of impersonating a ghost and two years later twenty or thirty teenagers were discovered hiding along the road with sheets over their heads . She appears to be hitchhiking by the roadside so drivers often pull over to pick her up. During the time of the construction locals went missing, including several children. 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To suit this, she can be seen wearing an old-fashioned dress soaked through with water. It was my junior prom night, I was completely sober and truck in front of me did not seem to see it. Required fields are marked *. We had just left the theater, and were walking south on the side walk, when we saw a woman walking her dog towards us. Over thirty-years ago, a hard-core logical scientist was driving home to Livermore at night along probably Niles-Canyon Road from Fremont. A century ago, the tiny East Bay town of Niles rocketed to fame as America's first Hollywood. She accepts the ride, giving the driver an address across the bridge (either Dumbarton or Bay Bridge depending on the storyteller). Quaint shops - mostly antique shops. The ghost had a white prom looking dress, hair looked to be pink, the head was facing the ground, feet looked to be wiggly. One day, I brought a friend home from work on our lunch break. It was so easy to dismiss all the stories, she told us. I didn't understand, and even once awake, I could feel the sense of desperation hanging over me. Niles Canyon ghost map with nearby places of interest (Wikipedia articles, food, lodging, parks, etc). Your CommentsHave a photograph taken from this location? However, a terrible tragedy occurred during the 1920sand Fremont has never fully recovered. Leaving me and Roger on the tracks toward the path that leads up the hill to get up to the sidewalk, what I saw I couldnt believe. Agitated, he apologized for his weirdness, but there was a presence in my room and he couldn't stand to be in there. The Niles Canyon ghost story is the Northern California variation on the vanishing hitchhiker archetype. We survived. A night on the secret sidewalk was never uneventful and there were times that I was actually scared. John came right after I hung up. While some claimed to have seen her, more went in search of her. I had broken my back in three places, severed nerve endings in my leg, destroyed a toe, broke several bones and wound up with a double concussion. Believe what you want, not trying to jump on a bandwagon about a white dressed girl. I felt like I was pushed, not violently, but more like someone playing a practical joke. By the time the police arrives the girl was gone. Want to experience the terror of coming face to face with ghosts ofNazi sympathizers at the abandoned Murphy Ranch in Santa Monica? The Niles Canyon ghost is an urban legend within the vanishing hitchhiker archetype, about the ghost of a girl who had died in a car accident. Title- The Ghost Of Niles Canyon. Legend has it that Po-ho-no entices unknowing hikers to the edgeof the roaringfalls. Objective Of The Film- I want this project to inform people who may be curious about and to give a bit of excitement.It's been a legend for nearly 100 years now and we want answers. Scared the shut out of me. The Niles Canyon ghost story is the Northern California variation on the vanishing hitchhiker archetype. In the early 1920s, a young woman named Lowery suffered a violent death when she was thrown from her carriage and struck by an oncoming car. see Earle E. Williarms, Old Spanish Trails of Ihe San Joaquin Valley, (Tracy, California), 1965. The accident is said to have taken place on February 28, with the year varying, and the ghost is said to walk the road on that day every year, looking to hitch a ride to San Francisco. So I drove down there, made my way to Niles Canyon, and brought out my equipment. Lending to the belief by some, that the missing children were not raised as their own, but rather experimented on. Happened to have been my prom night I saw this ghost. As the sky grew considerably darker, I pulled out the thermal camera and scanned the area with it. Highway 94 is almost 160 miles long so it might be hard to find this ghost if you want to not that you would want that. Vallejo Mills only became Niles after the completion of the railroad, when Niles had become a thriving train depot. Well explain why people think this below. Updated 9/23/2019 She wound up by a bend in Niles Canyon Road when a car came careening around the corner and could not stop in time. 100% of travelers recommend this experience. IX, No. In 1974, a man reported seeing a young girl appear in the road ahead of his car. Also, spotting strange figures appearing to hang from trees, and the pressing feelingof being stalked. According to one article, Niles Canyon actually started as Vallejo Mills. My friends who were driving behind me saw it too. DISCLAIMER: We dont advocate that anyone goes here, this post is for informational purposes only. This remote site can only be reached by a long winding trail. I saw a ghost and there were five witnesses. Having sold Niles Fremont real estate for well over three decades I've had a few local characters regale me the Niles Canyon ghost story. I did not leave for the Coast Guard as scheduled. If youre unlucky enough to hike this trail near sunset, beware. Without a word between us, we both stayed well away from the door to my bedroom. Me and 5 of my friends were walking that dirt path on the way to the tracks. De dnde sale el tren y a qu horas ?, cunto cuesta el ticket ? Niles Canyon Ghost Story . Today, residents of Fremont believe the ghost of the woman can still be seen along the now infamous road. It pulled at me like it wanted something until I couldn't stand it anymore and would wake up. I heard many stories about the lady in white! It was no longer just in my room. But don't let her fascination with the macabre fool you, Jessica is a kind and compassionate individual with a heart of gold. I did not perceive it as a woman or see a white dress. If a driver asks if she is okay, she responds by telling them something terrible is about to happen. A few minutes into the journey she tells the driver that she was just involved in an boating accident. Thats when we bolted, full sprint back to our cars. Therefore, when the Western Pacific tracks were laid through the canyon in 1905[12][13] to 1908, they were left with a more difficult challenge. It wasthe scariest thing I have ever endured, she whispered. Her reaction struck me as strange, but unimportant. Theres even a radar-testing facility up there somewhere, complete with life-size wire models of helicopters and planes, mostly upside down. A woman in a white dress was ran over sometime in the 1920s. Legend tells that the area surrounding the lake is haunted by the lady of White Rock lake. Just as they peer over the edge the spirit is said to push them over. Many people have supposedly run into the lady in white here. My date and friend immediately responded, that was a ghost! A few weeks later I invited a boy I'd been dating and another couple over. Many people still travel along this treacherous pitch black winding road late February 28th in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Niles Canyon ghost. There was a weight on my shoulders and my feet felt like cement blocks. Other than what you read on this list, hikes in California dont get much scarier than this. Backpackerverse.com does not include the entire universe of available offers. 91% of travelers recommend this experience. Today, hikers often report psychic phenomena. Similarly; there is no Morrison Canyon ghost. What do you think about the haunted history of Niles Canyon Road- A White Witch Or Niles Canyon Ghost in Niles, California? I believe theres alot of paranormal going on out there in that canyon, its old and alot of history remains within it. I am a graffiti artist n was about to start my sketch n i heard something walking. 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