Clinton Road
What elements does a road need to be labeled genuinely creepy? Isolated area? Thick forest on both sides? A dark history? Clinton Road in West Milford, New Jersey certainly would qualify. This ten mile stretch of curves and dips makes you feel like you’re millions of miles from civilization. Clinton Road along with the reservoir and brook received its name from the settlement Clinton, once located where it crosses the brook. The KKK and Satanists have all been known to worship in places near it. The woods next to Clinton Road was also the site of serial killer dumping ground. Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski was a mob hitman who claimed to have murdered over hundreds of people but the one found near Clinton Road led to his 1986 arrest. The legends attached to the road attracts and terrifies all those who attempt to drive on it.
In 1905, a writer warned travelers to avoid the road due to reports of banditry and witchcraft. This was one of the earlier reports but certainly not the last. There are still stories of local cannibals. If you’re driving along the road and come to a fallen tree blocking your path, you must turn around immediately or you will be trapped and eaten.
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One of the well known stories is of a boy at Dead Man’s Curve. He supposedly was playing on a bridge near by and fell to his death on the jagged rocks below. They say his ghost haunts the spot. If you toss a coin over the edge of the bridge, it’ll be tossed back at you. Other ghost stories include a girl driving a ghost Camaro. She supposedly died in a fatal car crash in 1988 and if you mention of this story while driving at night, you risk triggering a manifestation. There are also reports of a phantom truck either white or red who chases people off the road. Some people claimed to have seen two park rangers who allegedly died on the job in 1939 while camping.
There are even reports of strange creatures seen on or beside the road. From hellhounds to unidentified hybrids, they are believed to be the survivors of Jungle Habitat, a nearby attraction that has been closed since 1976, who supposedly crossbred. Some claim to have seen the infamous Jersey Devil make an appearance.
These are but only a handful of eyewitness accounts and stories told about Clinton Road. Would you be brave enough to take a late night drive on this desolate byway?
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I have a question for the person that said that the story about the boy is wrong and after much research found the "true" story. Well, if the link you provided is to the true story, please explain how anyone knows what type of vehicle hit the boy and what color it was if it was only the boy and his dog there and the boy was dead? Who gave this info?? The dog?? before the cops shot it?? Just curious. [BTW, I grew up there].
1: I turned a round and this big red truck was behind us and had no driver in the driver's seat! I told my dad to go and he said that he'll go around. Then the truck wamed us! We got out of the car and looked. The truck disappaered and there was no dent like nothing hited us.
2: We continued down the road when me and my dad saw a guy with a broke down car. My dad pulled down the window and no one was there. When he pulled up the window, that guy was there with his car exept the guy was closer and was looking at us. My dad looked out side and still no one. When he pulled up his window the guy was right agensset the glass with pich black eyes! Well, my dad had enuff of that s*** just guned it.
I told my dad that it was haunted but noooooo, he didn't listen. Well I think he now bulieves me.