Ghost Road
A dirt road leading north out of the town of Saratoga is the core of the area's predominant ghost story. Bragg Road, as it is more formally known, was constructed in 1934 on the bed of a former railroad line that had serviced the lumber industry.
In the 1940s, stories began to circulate about a mysterious light, sometimes referred to as the Light of Saratoga, that could be seen on and near the road at night. No adequate explanation of the light has been offered. The various ghost stories include reference to the Kaiser Burnout, long-dead conquistadors looking for their buried treasure, a decapitated railroad worker, and a lost night hunter eternally searching for a way out.
Less paranormal explanations include swamp gas, and automobile headlights filtering through the trees.
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The crowner’s quest goes hard with me because I’ve acted frailly,
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—George Colman (1762–1836)
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Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.”
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