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And although the trains
were not supposed to be running at this time of night, one did, and
the conductor of this very train did not see the trapped man
struggling by the side of the tracks, nor did the conductor see the
faint glow of his lantern. Within a matter of minutes, but what
surely seemed like hours for the trapped man, the train had passed
and made its way towards the next town. But with this train went the
man's hand and lantern.
He died that evening
from blood loss and shock, his body found later the next day by town
locals. But to the dismay of everyone, his hand, and his lantern, was
missing. Some say that it was swept up with the force of the train;
others say an animal took it as dinner.
But if you stand on the
tracks in the middle of the night, close to the time when the
unfortunate man lost his hand, you will see a green light hanging
above the tracks, bobbing up and down the same stretch of land.
And that green light is
no other than the man's lantern, being held on to fastly by the man's
hand, searching and searching in vain for its body.
Now, for all intents and
purposes, there actually is a green light that seems to "hang" over
the tracks in this area - but unscarily enough it is supposedly due
to chemical deposits in the soil, either due to pollution or natural
mines. But still, the sight of the green light on the tracks in the
middle of the night will always recall the tragic tale of the Hooker
man.
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