Legends of The Lady in White roaming the night have been around for centuries. She is typically spotted in rural areas wearing a long white dress or similar attire. Some believe that the many similar sightings are entirely coincidental while others believe this to be a spiritual being making contact on Earth after a tragic end.
Our interviewee is freshman music major Sarah Clow, who has seen a figure identical to that of the Lady in White tale. This incident happened when she was 12 and on a road trip with her family.
“It was late at night, and we were driving down this one, creepy, tree-covered road. I was staring out the window having my 12-year-old main character moment when I saw something. There was a figure in all white about 50 yards ahead of us. My dad slammed on the brakes and checked to make sure we were all fine…and then we saw it. There was the woman, right at the driver’s window, just staring into the car. We sped all the way home, terrified.”
After a hard consideration, Sarah could only come up with one rational explanation to this sighting – another car’s headlights. However, this doesn’t exactly line up with the narrative, considering she did not see any other vehicles around. Even then, headlights could quite possibly have something to do with this sighting, since the shine could have been reflecting from another object. And, of course, there’s always the possibility of this figure being just a hitchhiker or homeless person. However, it’s strange that this individual was not seen again.
Seeing a ghostly figure as such is typically associated with spiritual awakening, rebirth, and even death approaching. Interestingly enough, the legend of the White Lady is known to appear in front of a family, day or night, if one of the members is about to die. Obviously, I didn’t want to say that to Sarah, but it’s a definitely strange coincidence that one of these figures showed themselves in front of her whole family.
When asked if she believed in the supernatural, Sarah responded, “I don’t really believe in the paranormal, but this was definitely a terrifying experience.” She also went into detail about other strange occurrences around this area, all of which have been recorded by locals, although she has never seen for herself. Oddly enough, these stories all circulate around a roaming lady in white, just as they had seen that night.
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