Name: Michele
Reported: September 23, 2008
Location: Devenger Road, South Carolina
Message: I had to drop my husband off at work at 4am this morning. Last night I'd been reading about haunted places and was surprised to see Devenger Rd. listed on a few sites. I live only about 2 miles from there so I thought I'd check it out on my way home.
I drove the entire length of Devenger and there is only one bridge on that road so you were at the right place, Will.
It was pitch black on that part of the road at about 4:15am when I got there, no lights except for my own headlights. Once I realized I'd found the bridge in question I turned around and stopped right on the "hump" of the bridge. I turned off my headlights but left my parking lights on. I left the car running and put it in neutral.
My car rolled off the bridge immediately and at a good clip too, about as fast as someone pushing it at a run. I left the bridge, turned around and repeated the same steps on the other lane of the bridge going the opposite direction. Same results. My car did not roll in the same direction both times, though.
I thought that was odd since if it was because of the slope of the bridge, you'd think the car would roll the same way both times no matter what side of the bridge you were on.
I also noticed a very faint, shimmery white light reflected off the dash panel when my car was rolling off the bridge. There were NO lights visible from the road at all. There was no other source of light other than my parking lights, which are amber not white.
My dash lights are kept turned at the lowest setting too, and I could see the white light on the clear cover of the panel, over the dim blue gauge lights. It had to have come from outside the car. My windows were down and there was absolute silence on the bridge, except for the sound of my (very quiet) car.
I didn't have my camera with me and I was going to go back there today and take some pics of the bridge in the daylight but I found that Google maps has a street view of Devenger Rd. Put in the address "1878 Devenger Road Taylors, SC 29687" and the street view link puts you smack in the middle of the bridge.
There is one house I noticed in the background when I looked at the street view but I could not see it in the dark this morning and I saw no lights over there then either.
Could this haunting story be true? Maybe. My trip out there didn't disappoint, but I can't say I am sure there is something supernatural at that bridge. I can't find anything online about any car crash on Devenger Rd. in which two children and their mother were killed but that doesn't mean it never happened.
Anyway, that's my experience on this haunted road.