Tucked in the backwoods of Appalachia sits a rural road called Deep Ford Road in Lansing, North Carolina. The road is like the others around these parts, with one notable exception: it is rumored to be haunted by a ghostly woman dressed in white.
The tale dates back to the early 1920s, but no one exactly knows why her spirit is trapped here, her name, or how she died.
The lady in white, as she is known, is said to be in her 20s, and she appears to hover above the ground. Her ghost has been featured in past articles. One story recounts a pair of men who encountered the spirit in the early 1940s while walking home one night.
Orville Powers and Robert Hoosier stumbled upon the ghostly woman near the “old Coose Eller” Homestead. The woman floated approximately six inches above the ground when she passed the two men, leaving both stunned and in disbelief.
Approximately ten years later, in the 1950s, she was seen again by another gentleman. Ralph Ham saw the woman near the old swinging bridge as he drove down the road. She walked in front of his vehicle, dressed in white, before she floated down to a stream of water and vanished into the night.
Unfortunately, not many other encounters are readily known, but the road has been reconstructed, which could be a primary reason. The question still remains unanswered. Is the mysterious lady in white still wandering the mountainside to this day?
Written By: John G. Clark Jr.
Source: Watauga Democrat
Image: The Haunted Mill
