Maine might just have some of the best ghost stories in the country. Given just how old the state is, that’s not surprising. But what we do find surprising is the number of times we’ve told a story and had more than one person agree that they know it to be true. One of the creepiest tales we’ve been told involves a remote bridge and a strange car accident.
Most Mainers know Millinocket best as the home of famous Mount Katahdin. It’s a beautiful, semi-remote area worth visiting if you’d like to see some of the most rugged scenery in the state.
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But it’s also home to one of the spookiest urban legends in Maine!
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The tale takes us to Route 11, or Brownville Road.
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In the early morning hours of a day just like any other in the 1950s, there was a mysterious car accident on the bridge crossing the river.
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A dense fog had settled in and a car intending to head over the bridge ended up in the water instead. Whether they careened off the bridge or went down an embankment still is not clear, but we do know that a couple went down with it.
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The husband who managed to live through the accident went in search of help, leaving his wife to fend for herself.
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When he returned, there was no sign of his wife and she was never seen again. At least, not as her mortal self. Referred to as “The White Lady of Millinocket,” locals report sightings of her along the river, near the bridge.
downeastcowboy / YouTube Some say they’ve seen her handprints in the windows of their own cars. Others say they’ve seen her roaming the area. Maybe she was in search of her own help. Or maybe she’s looking for her husband. Either way, her presence is still felt in the area of the Screaming Bridge and that has us looking for alternate ways around!
To learn more about the Screaming Bridge, take a look at this video, which provided many of the images in this article:
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Some say they’ve seen her handprints in the windows of their own cars. Others say they’ve seen her roaming the area. Maybe she was in search of her own help. Or maybe she’s looking for her husband. Either way, her presence is still felt in the area of the Screaming Bridge and that has us looking for alternate ways around!
Have you experienced anything strange in this area? If so, let us know what it was in the comments!
There are so many areas of the state with ghostly tales that it’s easy to feel chills just about anywhere you go. Especially in the spooky small town or Prospect in Maine that could be right out of a horror movie.
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Address: Millinocket, ME, USA
