The "ghost hitchhikers" prophecies

That of the "ghost hitchhiker" is one of the most popular urban legends .Similar events that occur on low-traffic sections of roads are explained in almost all countries, with dangerous or very narrow curves.These stories are not new, in past centuries were also explained .The protagonist used to be a young woman, on a rainy day, who climbed in a carriage or the rump of a horse to disappear shortly afterwards.Another of the constants in this urban legend is the finding, by the driver, that is a deceased .It may be because he is left with a piece of warmth that later It appears on a grave, because it explains its history before evaporating, because by chance the driver finds out about some macabre story when he explains the disappearance or because the hitchhiker warns of some event that will happen in the future .time, the "imaginary" of the read das urbanas is swollen with the prophecies of the "ghost hitchhikers" .

The prophecies of the "ghost hitchhikers"

The prophecies of urban legends about Ghost hitchhikers often talk about future good harvests or the end of a war when they are positive and an imminent natural catastrophe, the second coming of Jesus or the end of the world if they are negative.Sometimes the "prophet" is a deceased and sometimes a spiritual entity similar to an angel.In the decade of the 70s and early 80s there was a boom of these phantasmagoric predictions.

The most notorious of these prophecies, many of which even came out in the media, were:

-In 1975 a ghost nun was Going up and down of several cars that circulated on the German-Austrian border .The phenomenon was extended in such a way that the local police decided to fine all those who came to denounce similar stories.The nun warned to those who had collected it from unfortunate events that would happen to them in the future as thanks to their good work .

-A At the beginning of 1977, a "ghost nun" was once again picked up by motorists around Milan.So many people saw her who sowed doubt and a certain panic among the inhabitants of the city.Her prophecy it was always the destruction of Milan by an earthquake on February 27 of that same year.The announced misfortune never happened .

-For a year or, between 1979 and 1980 , a ghost hitchhiker was appearing in Little Rock, in Arkansas .He was a well-dressed and educated young man who prophesied the second coming of Christ , explained his arguments and disappeared mysteriously with the car running.In this same area and during this same period, another predicted ghost prophet a serious meteorological problem: it would not rain again. Naturally, was not fulfilled .

-In 1980 , in the Tacoma area, in the state of Whasington, a woman between 50 and 60 years old appeared, sometimes also with a monastic habit, who warned the drivers of multiple misfortunes if they did not convert .Later, that same year, the woman/nun changed her message and prophesied a new eruption of the volcano of Mount Santa Helena , worse than that of May 18 (caused more than 50 deaths) if the population from the surroundings did not convert.The date set was on October 12 .Despite the prophecy there were no more catastrophic eruptions .

Scholars of these phenomena have found that in many cases the supposed prophecies arise as urban legend once the catastrophe has already happened .They have also been able to observe that the predictions and auguries of ghost hitchhikers, which are rarely or never met, usually appear in periods of economic difficulty and political instability and tend to disappear when the general population does not feel fear of the future. And you, what do you think about these prophecies?

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