Our Sheriff Made Up the Ghost on the Gilly Creek Bridge

Old bridge over a dark creek at night with a small lantern glowing on the bank, small town urban legend

Every kid in Callis, Kentucky, grew up with the same small town urban legend. If you parked on the Gilly Creek bridge at midnight and flashed your headlights three times, the Lantern Lady would come walking up the creek bank toward your car. I was forty-four before I found out who made her up, and … Read more