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Stay Away From Massachusetts Most Haunted Street After Dark Or You May Be Sorry

We’ve already covered one of the most haunted roads in Massachusetts, but this place takes creepiness to a new level.

There’s something about driving down a dark, secluded country road that will always make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Maybe it’s the eerie sounds coming from the shadows on the edge of the forest, or perhaps it’s knowing that you’re utterly alone….hopefully. Either way, if spooky drives aren’t your thing, you’ll definitely want to avoid this haunted Massachusetts road.

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Google Maps Wolf Island Road in Mattapoisett has a long history of hauntings. Two of the most popular legends passed down about this place are enough to make you lock your doors and speed back to safety.



Folklore has it that during the colonial era, a group of settlers executed several Wampanoag native people on the what is now Wolf Island Road. The ghosts of these hanged prisoners are said to still hang from the branches of the trees lining the road.



The spectral forms are supposed to be visible on the anniversary of their deaths sometime during the middle of the summer. Some have glimpsed the eyes of dead men peering out from the branches where they swing. Google Maps In the 1950s, a young woman who had parked on the side of Wolf Island Road reported being terrified by the sight of the ghostly feet of a hanged man swinging down across their windshield in the dark. The car she was in wouldn't start, and the girl's partner had gone to look for help further down the road.



Left alone in the dark, the young woman claimed to have been awoken by a strange sound, and sat up in the front seat only to witness the ghostly bare feet of a man drop down in front of the glass. In a panic, she reported successfully attempting to start the car again and speeding off into the night. Flickr/Graham Keen Another strange tale revolves around a fatal car accident. Sometime in the 1970s, a young man crashed his vehicle into a large tree by the side of the road and perished in the accident. Local legends claim that if you pull up to the site of the accident in your car and flash your headlights three times, the ghostly vehicle of the dead man will suddenly flare to life in the distance and speed towards your car. It's said that the spectral car will appear to drive right through yours, and even leave tire marks on the top of the vehicle.

Are these stories fact or fiction? Test your own courage and find out for yourself by taking a midnight drive down Wolf Island Road in Mattapoisett. Click here for directions.