Jacksonboro Light

Parkers Ferry road, Jacksonboro SC

In the town of Jacksonboro SC, many people have claimed Parkers Ferry Road to be haunted, more so by the ghost of a preacher, he is said to carry a lantern while he is walking. The story has it, that a little girl had wondered off a bit to far from her house, considering this road is heavily wooded on both sides and it was getting darker by the minute, the family grew frantic, so the preacher set off into the night, lit a lantern to guide his way and searched the road and the woods and apparently got struck by a passing train on his search for his daughter which he never found, no one knows what had become of the daughter either. To this day it is said that the preacher still continues to search the road for her with the light of a swinging lantern which sometimes is accompanied by the sound of a train whistle.

People have said different stories and some may even be fabricated to up the experience of it, only you know what the experience will be like if you happen to see it for yourself one day. Many people have mentioned seeing a yellow swinging light coming towards them while they are on the road, others have parked there car and flickered there lights on and off a few times, then noticed a swinging light coming towards them that even turned an eerie red color, some have even said that they have heard the train whistle and have seen a white mass walking holding the lantern as it is swinging back and forth. Though once it got close enough to your car and you turned your lights back on, it disappeared. Some have said if the lanterns light touched your car it would not turn back on for a bit, and someone has even said to have seen a little girl, maybe age 6 or 7 come out of the woods from the right and walk to the center of the road and then turn towards the the car, some have said that when the light got close enough to them, it would still follow them for about 1/2 a mile. Some have even said they yelled out that the daughter wouldn't be found and watched the lanterns light turn to an eerie red.

I myself have not been down this road at night, so I can not say if some of these stories are true, but according to some, it is said if you want the light to appear quicker, bring a lady friend with you, no idea why, but this is what they say. Once you are there, they say to park your car, turn it off and blink your lights at least 5 times or so, or go by the church, blink your lights a few times, then go park your car, turn the engine off and then you may start to see a faint glow of light coming down the road.