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Originally written by Jody.
My husband calls me a ghost magnet, as I have had so many experiences, and still encounter the paranormal quite frequently. Another of my encounters for your interest. As I grew up I occasionally had encounters with paranormal and they interested me to the point that I spent some time actually seeking places to go for a "sighting".
When I was sixteen, a friend mentioned that there was a place in San Antonio near where she grew up that would peak my interest. So, a weekend road trip with several friends was planned, and we ventured to San Antonio for a little ghost hunting. Maria had been to these railroad tracks many times as a youngster, and she served as our guide. The story behind the haunting is that in the 50's, a school bus stalled on the railroad tracks.
While the driver properly evacuated the children, some of the older kids decided that they were strong enough to push the bus across the tracks. Soon, all the children joined their older role models in attempting to push the bus. The succeeded in inching the bus partially over the tracks, but the bus was hit by a train, and 19 children of varying age were killed. We arrived in the area around 1:00pm, and Maria pulled over to the side of the road just before the tracks. The track crossing resembled most Texas Railroad crossings in the rural areas.
The road lead up to the tracks, where there is a built up hill from the road, up and over the track system. Maria proceeded to give us the instructions, and a short description of what was going to happen. First, we sprinkled the back of her Ford Taurus with baby powder, to create a very dusty area. Next, we all got in the car, drove partially up the little hill, and Maria stopped with the front of the car just on the tracks. The front wheels were just before the track, with the engine compartment directly over the tracks. She turned off the car, and put the transmission into neutral.
She removed her foot from the brake, and my first though was "This is silly, at this angle, we will surely roll backwards right back down where we had just been," but to my surprise, we did not roll back. We sat there for about 45 seconds, and then the air was filled with the whispering of children.
We suddenly began creeping forward, up hill and gaining momentum. At the crest of the hill, with the car fully straddling the tracks, and steadily moving over the track system, I looked to the rear of the car, and saw nothing. I looked to the sides of the car, and stuck my head out the window, and saw nothing. Finally over the tracks and descending down the hill, Maria applied the brake, put the car in park and jumped out of the car.
We followed suit, and ran to the back of the car, where we saw the unbelievable. All around the rear of the car, there were numerous hand and shoe prints from varying degrees of size. Some as small as a toddler, some as large as my own. We snapped an entire roll of film that day, and captured the prints from the car.
We know for sure that those kids pushed us over that track, and to add credibility, a couple years later, those railroad tracks were featured on Sightings, and Unsolved Mysteries, with both programs having people being pushed over those tracks on film.
Another visitor, Kristian also writes in:
I live in the San Antonio area and have been to the tracks myself. There was no school bus accident ever recorded. Some people try to say that the roads around the tracks are named after the children who died but they aren't. This is a residential development and the streets are named after the contractor's children. The fact that one's car rools over the tracks is an optical illusion. While it may appear as an uphill ascent, its actually downhill.
The handprints she described on the back of the car could be from previouly touched parts. If you could, would you post on your site a note dixcouraging people to go to these tracks (unless you already have and I haven't seen it)? The people who live in the development are extremely irritated and ask that no one goes to "test the tracks".
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