Robert Elizalde
May 4, 2008
Humanities
Haunted Ghosts Tracks
At first I could not choose what to do for my final paper. I wanted to do something I kind of already know about, so I was thinking then came up with the Haunted Ghosts Tracks. I think it will be fun because it kind of scary and also it a good story. The Haunted Ghosts Tracks are located on the south side on San Antonio. It is on the corner of Shane and Villamain Street just outside of Loop 410. The way I go it takes a long way because I take the back roads right behind Stinson Airport. Once you actually get on the road it takes a really long time because of how long it is. I think that going down that road at night is scary because it’s really dark, the whole way you driving along with the train tracks and you pass under the high ways making it look even scarier.
The story behind the tracks is really simple actually. The story start off in like the 1940’s where a bus full of school children stalled right on the train tracks. Well since he bus could not move it was stuck there for good. So then a train started coming down the tracks and the bus got hit with everyone inside of it. It killed the bus driver and ten children inside. Since this incident has happened when ever a car stops or puts there car on neutral it is said that it gets pushed across the tracks to safety. It is said that it’s the spirit of the children. They push the cars across the tracks to prevent another accident and saving people from a tragic fate like their own. You have to stop your cars about 20 to 30 yards from the tracks. If you put your car into to neutral the car gets pushed uphill so that it is not in the way of the incoming train. You can even turn off your engines. With out fail, even though it appears that the road is on an upward grade, the car begins to roll. It rolls slowly first, then steadily gaining speed. It looks like it is going all by its self then it goes up and over the hill. It has been tested over and over and every time it goes over the hill on its own as if someone is pushing it. If you put baby powder on you cars bumper then after if you go check it there is finger prints. They say that it’s the finger prints of the children pushing your car to safety so it will not be hit by a train. A lot accounts have been reported that cars do in fact with out an explanation move on their own and mysterious prints are seen on vehicles. Even till this day a bunch of cars line up at the haunted intersection to see if the legend is true. They also have said that they have heard the voices and laughter of children while at the site. They have tried to look up the incident in the new papers but nothing has been found yet to support the accident. The railroad tracks are also on a slight incline to explain why the car moves on its own though.
Ok the first person I interviewed was a random person doing it. It was kind of risky but after they tried it I waved there car down and they stopped. I asked them if I could ask them questions about the tracks and they said yes. It was two people but I just asked the driver and his name was Julio Ibarra. I asked what did he think of the tracks and he said he thought it was cool and spooky hoe it just rolled down with you car was off. Then I asked him if he thought if the legend is true. He then said that he thinks that it is because there is no way that your car can go up on the hill and then over with out some help. I asked him if it was his first time and he said that yes it was. The second person I interviewed was my friend’s cousin Andres Sepulveda. I interviewed him because he lives right near the haunted the tracks and he sees a lot of stuff that goes on there. First I asked him if a lot of people go there. He replied that indeed that there are always cars there no matter what. Even during the daytime but mostly at night time. Most people go on the weekends. I asked Andres how long has he known about the tracks. He said that he has known about the tracks his whole life. Ever since he was a little boy he has known about it. Last I asked him if he goes there a lot because how close he lives to the tracks. He said that he use to but then after a while that it got tiring and boring and old. So he stopped going because he passes by it every day. So it is not a big deal to him. Last I interviewed my mother Cassandra Elizalde. I ask her since she was way older then I how was the tracks back then when she was young. She replied that it was indeed the same. People still lined up on weekend nights to go down the tracks. I also asked her if she liked going when she was younger. She said that she would go with a bunch of her friends and would scream and act funny while going down the tracks. Last I asked her what she thought of the haunted tracks. She thought that it was exciting when she was younger but now she just think about all the things that makes it not really haunted.
This was a good experience because I already knew about the haunted ghost tracks but now I got to see what other people thought too. I still do it every once in a while when I am really bored. I really like them and do believe they are haunted so I will still go and hopefully take me kids there too when I grow to be older.
