HAUNTED COOMBS CREEK TRAIN TRESTLE

IT WAS IN THE EARLY TO MID 1980'S WHEN I EXPERIENCED HER. I HAD BEEN AT A FELLOW BIKERS HOUSE WARMING PARTY AND GOT TOO TRASHED TO RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE HOME AND EVERY ONE ELSE WAS IN THE SAME OR WORSE CONDITION, SO I HAD DECIDED TO WALK HOME. IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MILES AND IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP SOBER ME UP A BIT.

THE HOUSE I WAS AT WAS ONLY A BLOCK OR SO AWAY FROM THE TRESTLE, BUT DUE TO THE CURVES IN THE ROAD, YOU COULDN'T SEE IT FROM THE HOUSE. WHEN I BEGAN MY JOURNEY, THE BREEZE WAS COOL, LIGHT AND REFRESHING. AS I CAME AROUND THE CURVE IN THE ROAD AND SAW THE TRESTLE ALL THAT CAME TO AN END. EVERYTHING, IT SEEMED, CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE LIGHT, COOL AND REFRESHING BREEZE HAD BEEN REPLACED BY AN ELECTRIFYING STILLNESS. EVERY HAIR ON MY BODY WAS AT ATTENTION, AND I HAD THE MOST INTENSE AWARENESS THAT SOMETHING WAS WATCHING ME, POSSIBLY WAITING. NOW, I'M A FAIR SIZED FELLA'...6' - 4" AND WEIGH IN AT AROUND 235/240 BUT WHAT EVER WAS WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRESTLE SCARED ME.

IT WASN'T THE FACT THAT IT WAS 2:30 IN THE MORNING IN OAK CLIFF.......I ALWAYS FELT AT EASE WALKING AROUND HERE AT NIGHT. IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TRESTLE THAT FREAKED ME OUT. I EVEN CONSIDERED WALKING UP THE SIDE OF THE TRESTLE AND WALKING THE TRACKS TO THE NEXT MAIN ROAD, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EVEN DARKER AND LONGER ROUTE HOME, AND ONLY RECONSIDERED DUE TO THE FACT IT WOULD HAVE ADDED TWO HOURS TO MY JOURNEY....SO IT WASN'T THE WALKING IN OAK CLIFF AT NIGHT THING. IT WAS A GOING UNDER THAT GODDAMN BRIDGE THING.

ANYWAY, I FINALLY JUST NUTTED UP AND LOOKED STRAIGHT DOWN AND STARTTED WALKING. THE CLOSER I CAME TO THE BRIDGE, THE MORE INTENSE THE FEAR BECAME...... AND THE FEELING TO HAUL ASS.

BUT I KEPT MY DETERMINED STRIDE AND CONTINUED LOOKING DOWN. AS I PASSED DIRECTLY UNDER THE TRESTLE, I COULD FEEL A INTENSE BURNING FEELING ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE, LIKE WHEN SOMEONES RIGHT UP IN YOUR FACE BUT YOU WON'T LOOK AT THEM. (I KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE LOOKED, I WOULD HAVE SEEN HER).

WHEN I GOT ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE TRESTLE, ON THE NORTH SIDE, I HEARD A EERIE SOUNDING BELL RING....BAAHHRRIINNGG....BAAHHRRIINNGG....

I LOOKED BACK OVER MY SHOULDER, EXPECTING TO SEE A BLINKING RED LIGHT ON A TRAIN PERSONNEL PHONE BOX OR SOMETHING, BUT SAW NOTHING.

AS I CONTINUED ON, THE COOL BREEZE RETURNED AND THE FEELING OF "AAAHHHH" WAS ONCE AGAIN THE ONLY THING IN MY THOUGHTS.

I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT TILL A FEW YEARS AGO. I WAS WORKING AT A LOCAL HOTEL AND WAS IN A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEE'S SISTER WHEN THE TALK TURNED TO THE SUBJECT OF THE PARANORMAL.

SHE ASKED ME IF I KNEW WHERE COOMBS CREEK TRAIN TRESTLE WAS LOCATED. I TOLD HER I KNEW OF ONE ON COOMBS CREEK AND ASKED WHY.

SHE SAID THAT A LITTLE GIRL HAD BEEN KILLED BY A TRAIN THERE AND THAT SHE COULD BE SEEN RIDING HER BIKE....AND RINGING HER BELL!

THE SAME CHILL I FELT THAT NIGHT MANY YEARS AGO, SUDDENLY BECAME MY SPINE.