The bridge on Metropolitan

Georgia · United States · School

A young woman in a white dress stands under the bridge looking for a lift home. She thanks you when you drop her off.

There is a bridge over Metropolitan Avenue near University in Atlanta, Georgia, and a young woman in a white dress stands beneath it looking for a ride home.

People stop for her. She gets in, and gives an address.

When they reach it she gets out, says thanks for the ride, and is gone.

This is the vanishing hitchhiker, and it is the single most widespread ghost story in the world. Folklorists have collected versions across the United States, Britain, Sweden, South Korea, Mexico and beyond, with the earliest recognisable examples predating the motor car by centuries, when she was picked up on horseback.

What almost never changes is her politeness. She thanks the driver.

Most people who stop for her, in this version as in the others, only realise afterwards.

The road is a public street.

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Where is The bridge on Metropolitan located?

The bridge on Metropolitan is in Georgia, United States.