Morrison Canyon Road

California · United States · Execution site

There is a turning off the canyon road down to a creek, if you can get the whole way down. The knocking starts early. The laughing starts halfway.

Driving down the canyon road above Fremont, California you come to a turning that leads down towards a creek, if you can get all the way down at all.

The knocking begins as you go.

About halfway down, you start to hear a small boy laughing.

The story concerns a young boy and what happened to him on this road.

Morrison Canyon is one of the more notorious drives in the Bay Area, narrow, steep, badly surfaced and with a real accident record, which is the practical reason it has a reputation and possibly the whole reason.

What separates this account from most road legends is the sequence. It is not a single apparition but a progression, and everybody who reports it describes the same order: knocking first, laughing at the halfway point.

The road is public and it is genuinely difficult.

FAQ

Where is Morrison Canyon Road located?

Morrison Canyon Road is in California, United States.

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