PHASM

Spook Road

Brandon area, South Dakota, United States

Road or bridge · local-legend

The Story

A Sioux Falls informant in USC’s folklore archive describes the local bridge-counting legend: travelers supposedly encounter a different number of bridges on the return trip. A ghost story about a girl at a bridge supplies one traditional explanation. The account documents a community legend and youth ritual.

The Hauntings

A Sioux Falls informant in USC’s folklore archive describes the local bridge-counting legend: travelers supposedly encounter a different number of bridges on the return trip. A ghost story about a girl at a bridge supplies one traditional explanation. The account documents a community legend and youth ritual. Do not encourage driving rituals, stopping on bridges, speeding, trespass or repetition of unverified death claims as fact.

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Plan Your Visit

Follow current operator rules and posted hours; the haunting source does not establish public or after-hours investigation permission. Current access is unconfirmed.

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