Munger Road, Wayne
Munger Road in Wayne, Illinois, is the site of a legendary haunting centered on a railroad crossing where an urban myth claims a school bus full of children was killed by a train. The story suggests that if you stop your car in neutral on the tracks, the ghosts of the children will push the vehicle to safety and leave handprints on the car's surface. While the story is a persistent local legend, its origin is tied to the myth of the children's deaths at the tracks. The most common version of the tale states that a school bus got stuck on the train tracks and was struck by a train, resulting in the deaths of the children on board. Visitors to Munger Road are said to experience ghost children who will push their car to safety and leave behind their handprints. People would drive to the tracks, put the car in neutral, and look for handprints to appear on the car, which are believed to be from the children. The legend of Munger Road has been around for many decades and has inspired a movie, indicating its enduring popularity.