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Residents of the English port city of Grimsby in ceremonial County Lincolnshire again talked about the spirit of the boy who died here in the late nineteenth century during an accident on the road.
Over the past month, the ghost of the so-called lone rider seen on the same stretch of road five times already. About the last the observation that took place last Sunday, even wrote in the city newspaper “Grimsby Telegraph”.
According to legend, in the autumn of 1885 the young son of a local fisherman came back late at night on a horse and collided at high speed with a stagecoach, as a result of which he died on the spot. Father of boy grieved about the loss of the offspring so much that he could not stand the anguish and shot himself. After that, on the very road that today is part of the A18 highway in Grimsby, in the dark became appearing a ghostly boy on a horse. It’s said that the spirit of the child cannot find peace for himself not because he died so tragically and for the reason that he is tormented by conscience, because he considers himself guilty of the terrible death of his father.
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Perhaps the most famous encounter with the ghost of a lonely The rider happened in October 2006. Truck driver the car was driving late at night on the A18 road and suddenly noticed ahead of a man on a horse. The man behind the wheel sharply pressed the brake, and another truck nearly crashed into the car behind. “I crushed rider! “cried the motorist when both drivers jumped out cars. He even called an ambulance, but no sign of a downed a man on a horse was never found. It is noteworthy that the second truck driver also noticed then on the rider’s road, confirming this to doctors and police who arrived at the scene of the accident.
Regarding recent incidents of clashes between the inhabitants of Grimsby the restless spirit of the child, then among them there is even more terrible. For example, one pensioner drove down the road at night and unexpectedly saw a translucent horse gallop along the opposite lane the same translucent man in the saddle. It was worth the car and the rider catch up, like a horse suddenly turned and rushed gallop behind the car. A frightened driver gave gas, but this is not helped: the rider did not lag behind. Break away from the ghost The pensioner succeeded only when her car left for well-lit stretch of road.
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