Mid 1980's , I's attempts to find the legendary and fabled Zombie Road and I wrote the fictional short story called - Zombie Road - . We didn't find the road as I had always been told it was off Old State Road or Highway-109. Actually, it is off neither but ALMOST off both of those roads. One end of it starts just off Ridge Road which is just off Old State Road. While the other end is real close to the High way 109 - Old State Road. Intersection near the Meremac River of Glencoe. The substantial name of the road is Lawler Ford Rd. The sign is no longer there. It is Stolen by teenagers?
I was told of the Lawler Ford Rd. by a friend of mine in the late '80's. I drove by it but didn't go down it as I still wasn't sure it was the real road. Many years later, in 2003, web research confirmed this was the right road so I made a few trips there on foot with camcorder and camera to do some ghost hunting type field investigations!
The first time I walked down the start of Zombie Road, I got scared when I saw a big something in the upcoming road. Suddenly it ran across the road and hid in bushes. I about freaked out. I kept going though and it turned out to be a big turkey who was scared of me and booked up the hill! (Zombie Rd. is this creepy 1-lane road in a heavily forested valley with huge hills on each side)
Other scary things included a bug that wouldn't leave me alone like that Amityville Horror priest, falling into potholes, etc.
I went back about a week later and walked further. I brought my camcorder this time and it didn't wanna start when I approached the road! This time, I heard strange noises coming from this one tree. It sounded like it was creaking like it was an old tree just about to fall over on me.
Then I heard noises from a pool of water on the road. At first, I thought there was nothing to explain it or the splashes I saw but then I could see actual tadpoles or frogs or whatever it was.
A cyclist scared the s*!! out of me when he rode past really fast. That was the first person I saw on Zombie. Also, deer scared the hell out of me!
About 1 week later, I walked the entire road. The first thing I noticed was that there were a lot of things on the road that I sure didn't see just a week before! Most notably, there was what looked like a black body bag! When I got closer, it wasn't but it was about the same size/shape. Once again, deer scared me a few times. I ran into a lot of people this day, from park workers to a jogger to a mom with her little kids.
I walked all the way down to the mini railroad and down to the Meremac River, where I saw a creepy old railroad car. I wasn't able to find the old flooded out and haunted houses and shacks everyone talks about.
On the journey, I observed a few huge trees that have dropped down towards the road which always seemed very creepy. I took video and still pictures of the trips.
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