Highway 5 Ghost, Lynn
The "Highway 5 Ghost" refers to a female spirit seen on Highway 5 near Lynn, Alabama, particularly between Natural Bridge and Jasper. According to legend, she is the ghost of a teenage girl who died after an accident on the highway and appears to drivers, especially truckers, to find the person who killed her. Sightings include her appearing on the side of trucks, looking in the window, or even in the passenger seat, sometimes with a warning to avoid the path where she died. The story centers on a teenage girl who was with her boyfriend on prom night when an argument led her to get out of the truck to walk home. She was never to make it home, and her body was found the next day in a ditch along the road. Her spirit is said to roam Highway 5, appearing to drivers, especially on rainy nights, to discover if they were responsible for her death. Many truckers have reported seeing the apparition of the girl climb onto the side of their truck and peer into the window. The ghost appears to be searching for the driver who killed her, often seeming to ask for help or vanish before reaching a destination. Some accounts mention her presence in the passenger seat or even a whispered warning, such as "Don't go where I went". The haunting is specifically noted on Highway 5 between the towns of Natural Bridge and Jasper, Alabama.