For Your Consideration...
An old set of wooden/iron train trestles in Mexico, MO. This bridge is similar to 9 Mile, in that it is rumored slaves were hung from it. PROOF has been several times to check this spot out, but the bridge has yielded nothing in the way of confirmation of a haunting. It's located down a gravel road, which makes dust contamination in pictures a pain, and, as it's out in the country, there's a lot of extraneous noise (bugs, cars, etc), making EVP work next to impossible.
The last time we were here, it was just Shaun and myself, along with Jeff Smith, a native of Mexico, a fellow fraternity brother and a supporter of PROOF. We attempted to do some debunking by parking my car directly beneath the bridge and sprinkling baby powder on top. We turned the engine and headlights off, hoping to see footprints appear in the powder, but nothing happened, other than a car driving past us wondering what we were up to. We were only able to wait about five-ten minutes before it started sprinkling, which made distinguishing footprints from rain splatters really tough.
Personally, I feel the "activity" at this bridge is simply another legend, based upon urban myth. We've found no corroborating history or information to suggest slaves were ever hung from this bridge. Much like 9 Mile, it's a popular hangout spot and is covered with all manner of graffiti. I will say this in defense of the legend, it's a very creepy locale.
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I haven’t lived here long, but long enough to know something is very wrong in this town. Not paranormal, but something much darker. Unfortunately. You’d have to actually live amongst the local...”mentality”...to better understand what I mean. On that note: one of the long time residents confirmed the hangings to me. His family has lived in the area for 100’s of years; he’s a country, corn-fed, big ol’ Caucasian fella. When I asked him about the “rumored” hangings, he immediately (& seemingly proudly 👀) matter of fact-like said, “The Trestles? Oh, yeah, definitely.”
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