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Home›Odd Observations›The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere

The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere

By Taylor Holmes
March 27, 2018
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Image courtesy of Ken Lund via Flickr

Hitchhiking may have lost its popularity in recent years, but the mysterious Anthem Hitchhiker still tries to catch a ride with drivers along I-17 north of Phoenix.

Legend has it that the hitchhiker was struck by a car and killed as he tried to hitchhike his way into Phoenix many years ago. Now, drivers traveling at night see a shadowy figure holding a lantern, waiting for a ride that will never come. Those who have stopped say they saw the figure vanish into thin air.

According to Haunted Places, the desert near Anthem is a “hotbed” of paranormal activity. In addition to the hitchhiker, people claim to have seen ghosts of Native Americans fighting.

Turns out there are quite a few urban legends about hitchhiking ghosts all over the country, including a story about a young girl who hitches rides with drivers outside Baltimore, only to mysteriously disappear from their car during the trip.

Have you experienced paranormal activity in the deserts near Phoenix?

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3 comments

  1. Glenn Baxter 27 March, 2018 at 16:23 Reply

    Funny. You’re a few days early in posting this.

  2. Dennis Billings 28 March, 2018 at 05:10 Reply

    I used to “commute” to “Phoenix” to work from “B.C.C.” . Every now & then as I passed by the intersection at “Carefree-Hwy.” “Southbound I would get a whiff of “sometimes “perfume” & sometimes “Mens-colone” ! It was always in the same vacinity !

  3. Herman 3 July, 2018 at 18:23 Reply

    Nice post. There will always be a ghost story in everywhere you go and this hitchhiker is not unusual. But i salute the cars who stop by because even though they know that it is a ghost they still care to stop. They somehow helps the spirit of the mysterious hitchhikers. I wonder what happen to him. Thanks for sharing this post.

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