Phantom Highways: Exploring America’s Most Haunted Roads

Key Takeaways

• 57% of car owners have experienced paranormal activity while driving.
• 21% of those who’ve experienced paranormal activity said they saw aliens or a UFO, while 20% saw phantom hitchhikers.
• Of those who’ve experienced paranormal activity while driving, one-third were non-believers prior to the experience.
• After having a paranormal experience, 47% said they found similar stories occurring in the same area.
• Maine has the most road ghost sightings per capita, followed by Oklahoma.

Eerie Encounters on U.S. Roads

On a moonlit night, an unfamiliar stretch of road can be unsettling, but what happens when that feeling transforms into the inexplicable sensation of being watched or followed? While many of us dismiss the occasional shiver down our spine as a mere trick of the imagination, a striking number of Americans have tales of roads where the boundary between the natural and supernatural seems all too thin.

Lance Surety Bonds embarked on a journey into the realm of the eerie, surveying 1,019 car owners about those hair-raising moments they experienced behind the wheel. To further peel back the layers of these ghostly encounters, we delved deep into GhostsofAmerica.com, extracting every spine-chilling anecdote linked to driving. The findings? A roadmap of the spookiest highways and byways across the nation.

Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, what lies ahead promises to challenge what you think you know about America’s haunted highways.

Key Takeaways

• 75% of car owners believe in the paranormal or supernatural.
• 57% of car owners have experienced paranormal activity while driving; one-third of them were non-believers prior to the experience.
• After having a paranormal experience, 47% said they found similar stories occurring in the same area.
• 43% of those who experienced paranormal experiences in a car were alone when it happened; 43% were with a passenger who witnessed it too.
• Paranormal experiences on the road occur most often at night (71%), between 7 p.m. and 4 a.m.
• Unexplained lights, mysterious creatures, and unexplained phenomena are the most common paranormal activities happening on the road.
• 21% of those who’ve experienced paranormal activity said they saw aliens or a UFO, while 20% saw phantom hitchhikers.
• Of those who experienced paranormal experiences in a car: 
  • 62% said it occurred on a rural road or highway
  • 13% said it occurred in a wooded area
  • 9% said it occurred in an urban area
• After experiencing the paranormal activity while driving:
  • 66% shared the story with friends or family
  • 44% researched similar occurrences
  • 22% avoided the area where it happened
  • 9% participated in online forums or groups discussing such experiences
  • 5% installed cameras or recording devices in their car for future occurrences
• Maine has the most road ghost sightings per capita, followed by Oklahoma.

The Top 20 Cities With the Most Ghost Sightings

Methodology 

Lance Surety Bonds surveyed 1,019 car owners about their experiences with paranormal activity on the road. They also scraped ghostsofamerica.com for all posts relating to driving to find the cities and states with the most paranormal activity.

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