The Ghostly Bus

Raymond · The Ghostly Bus

In the middle of the 1930s a large red London Bus, bearing a "7" route number harassed motorists in the North Kensington area of London.

The Junction of St Mark's Road and Cambridge Gardens in that area had long been considered a dangerous corner - it was "blind" from both roads and had been the scene of numerous accidents.

The decision of the local authority to straighten out the bend was partially influenced by the testimony of late night motorists. Many claimed that they had crashed while swerving to avoid a speeding double decker bus that hurtled down St Marks Road in the small hours, long after regular buses ceased service.

A report to the Kensington Police read " I was turning the corner and saw a bus tearing towards me. The lights of the top and bottom decks and the headlights were full on but I could see no crew or passengers. I yanked my steering wheel hard over and mounted the pavement, scraping the roadside wall. The bus just vanished."

After one fatal accident, during which a driver had swerved and hit the wall head on, an eyewitness told the coroner's inquest that he had seen the mystery bus hurtling towards the car seconds before the driver spun off the road.

When the coroner expressed what was perhaps natural cynicism, hundreds of local residents wrote to his office and to the local newspapers offering to testify that they too, had seen the "Ghost Bus".

Among the most impressing of these witnesses was a local transport official who claimed that he had seen the vehicle draw up to the local bus depot in the early hours of the morning, stand with engine purring for a moment, and then disappear. Eventually the local council straightened out the road there, and the accident rate was greatly reduced. Thereafter there were no more reports of the ghostly red bus.

evergreen

I believe this.. ha! I must believe anything but it sounds ok to me..

my question is how can things be ghosts??? how does that work I know everything is energy but that would also mean that buses pass over .. or not??? lol just thinking out aloud

david hobbs

It is a bit like the question asked on here years ago.

Why do ghosts wear cloths?

My take on this is simple.

Well let's face it it would have to be.

Everything animate or inanimate comes from the same source so if what we call living entities can be seen as ghosts then why not inanimate objects they are of the same origin.

The source from which we all come does not know the difference, but we judge things to be seperate from us and individual.

Raymond

I have to admit, these kinds of stories intrigue me. Like EG says, how can a bus have a ghost?

I'm not saying this is what I believe but it's another theory to throw into the mix.

Maybe this 'ghost bus' was a projection from spirit. It says in the description that the place where the bus was seen most often was a 'blind' corner.
Maybe the bus was projected to serve as a warning. Maybe it's purpose was to cause enough 'mini-accidents' so the council would straighten it out before some major accident took place.

Like EG I'm just thinking out loud.

To suggest such a theory implies that spirit/god/universe/whatever takes an interest and interfere's in our day to day lives. I'm not sure it does.

evergreen

ghost wear clothes perhaps because that's how they want to look .. right just like spirits show themselves how they want to be seen or remembered but a bus.. its fascinating ......

Raymond

I agree EG. What we term a "ghost" is merely a projection - if the 'stone tape theory' is to be beleived. However, that theory could explain the ghost bus as well.

When a spirit comes through to a medium they choose a certain way of looking. Their hair, clothes and general description is a careful choice so the person recieving the message can understand who they are.

evergreen

I'm sure its possible I wonder if its the bus driver that is creating it.. that to me is very feasible

david hobbs

Raymond