It is possible that many of our readers have been lucky enough to go through the mythical route 666.While it is true that since 2003 it had to be renamed as US Route 491 in order to alleviate the esoteric charge and the urban legend associated with it, remains its mythical wake and, of course, its mystery.
The "Devil's Highway" has appeared in numerous movies and series like «Supernatural», and crosses Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona, lengthening like the back of a dangerous snake over 200km.The landscape, despite its aridity, undoubtedly invites to distill the essence of The same spell, the fear and the history of a past that can still be guessed in this unique scenario.
There are many people who have lost their lives here in infinite traffic accidents, souls that still have to wander through this remote desert, far from civilization, watching all those cars Mobilists, who, daily, pass by here knowing that although the signal has changed, it is still Route 666.
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The mythical route 666
It is the essence of the American West.Whoever passes by with your car will have the wonderful luck of crossing the vast region of the Navajo Nation and the Ute.Ademas tribe, we will see the shadow of an extinct volcano, the Shirock, immersed in the Mesa Verde National Park.
We will also cross with towns like Tohatchi or Buffalo Springs ; there where infinite plains of calm and desolation, of gorges, of open canons extend where you can breathe even that past inhabited by the Native Americans, the settlers, the errands...But why was it called Route 666? You will wonder.For nothing in particular, it was in fact the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officers who assigned him the number in 1926, and so he stayed until in 2003, someone thought it was time to end that damn legend.
There were many, many traffic accidents, so much so that it is still considered one of the most dangerous roads in the United States.The reason? Most likely, all accidents have an explanation more than logic: the monotony of the landscape , the overheating of the wheels...However, there have been so many technical problems experienced by thousands and thousands of people in Route 666, which did not take long to baptize it as the Devil's Road.Moreover, many say that when passing through here, you feel a strange pressure, an indefinable fear that embraces and drowns.It may be.
Suggestion, mysticism or urban legend, we must also speak of a very special "presence" that has been forged on this arid road.This is the famous Black Sedan that crossed the old route 666.They called it, how could it be otherwise, the "Devil's car", and it is an incredible car that has no driver behind the wheel.In fact, it is said that it lacks doors.There is no one inside, just the evil in all its essence and greedily looking only to get the rest of the drivers off the road to cause fatal traffic accidents.
The Devil's Sedan usually makes an appearance just when the sun disappears across the horizon, a moment of disturbing gloom that, suddenly, this infernal machine arises.There are many witnesses who simply have seen appear and disappear along the route 666 , others, however, have saved the life of a miracle by being struck by this dark and mysterious car.
Now, do you think Does the phenomenology of the strange end here? Not at all.The experience of lost time has also been lived here on more than one occasion.You start driving, think that it has only been a few minutes and, suddenly, we receive the call from a worried relative: «Are you okay?- they call us praised- You've been 5 hours without give signs of life! ».
Something frequent in one of the most disturbing scenarios in the United States, you know... the old route 666, now baptized as route 491.
And now tell us, have you ever passed through this area? Have you heard maybe a different story associated with this road? Do you think any of this is real? Do not hesitate to leave us your comments!
Image: Jean Pierre FREY, Sili [k]
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