OKLAHOMA LEGENDS

Ghostly Tales of Oklahoma 66

Catoosa, Oklahoma - Evidently Catoosa, Oklahoma has more to offer the Route 66 traveler than just it's famous Blue Whale. Just six miles east of Catoosa on Highway 412 sits the Timber Ridge Cemetery on the edge of an area known to local residents as "Haunted Hallow." According to the story, a young Native American boy was struck by a car while he was stopped on the road with his bicycle. The boy was buried in Timber Ridge Cemetery on the first row next to the gate at the bottom of the hill. After the boy was buried, drivers began to claim that as they came over the hill they would spot a young boy kneeling next to a bike, often having to swerve to miss him. Others reported that they distinctly heard and felt the car striking something. However, when they pulled their vehicles to the side of the road, a body could not be found. Some have even reported bloody hand prints on the fenders and damage to the front of their cars. The Catoosa police department has on file, several reports where drivers are sure that they have hit a boy on a bicycle in front of the cemetery, as well as photographs of the damaged vehicles. However, each time the police inspect the site to locate a body, one has never been found. Other people have reported receiving mysterious nosebleeds when they pass by the gate of the cemetery. And, the gate itself, seems to have a life of its own, often having been seen opening and closing without assistance from the living.

Claremore, Oklahoma - Long ago, a Native American student was attending the Military Academy at what would later become Rogers State University. Like we have unfortunately heard too many times in the past, the youth was accidentally killed during a hazing ritual. Obviously his spirit is not at peace as he is said to haunt the halls during the midnight hours. Baird Hall, where the accident occurred now houses a TV station, where the Indian's footsteps have often been heard in an otherwise empty building. Two janitors have reported hearing these odd footsteps as well as toilets flushing in empty bathrooms and other strange phenomena throughout the building.

A Reader's Story

While driving between Yukon and El Reno, Oklahoma on a clear day, I suddenly saw a white mist run in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes as I felt the car hit someone or something, the white mist falling beneath the front of the vehicle. My twelve year old daughter was with me and looked at me as if I'd lost my mind. I stopped and got out, looking under and behind the car as my daughter looked on. There was nothing there. This incident has haunted me for years. Though I continue to travel that same road every day, I have never had the experience again. If if do, I'll let you know. - Carol, July, 2005

From the Rocky Mountain General Store

Four 66 Tin Signs - Set of four Old Route 66 weathered style signs. Measuring 10"x16", made of heavy gauge metal, signs have rolled edges for safe handling. Includes: Main Street USA - Chicago to L.A., Eat here and get gas - Alice's Eatery & Service Station, America's Highway, and U.S. Route 66.