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Article: The devil's route?
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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There are many connotations associated with the three digits 666.
People may think of the devil, demons and the gates of hell. Some
of those associations are thought to be true about Elkton Farm Road
(Virginia 666) in Forest, also called Route 666.
The road, which runs parallel to railroad tracks, is rumored to
be haunted by old Norfolk Southern workers who helped build the
railroad.
A ghost is also believed to haunt the second out of three bridges
on the road. It is said that a young girl committed suicide on that
bridge and ever since then, people have reported hearing screams
from underneath the bridge.
Garret Waterman, 19, who graduated from Brookville High School,
likes ...