The history of many different stories surrounds this tunnel and the ghost of Silver Run. One story states that many conductors had spotted a woman standing on the tracks. As the train approached with its horn blowing to warn the woman, the woman just stood there motionless, starring right at the train coming straight for her. At the moment of impact, she would fly up in the air and disappear. Who or what was this woman? No one knows.
Who could the black-haired woman be? One explanation is that that woman was riding a train to Parkersburg to be married but never arrived. An extensive search for her was made, but the woman was never found. No one knew what happened to her. Stories say she fell off the platform to her death as the train approached. Another story is that she was beheaded, and continues to frequent the tracks... searching for her head. Some claim, perhaps, she was pushed to her death. Perhaps, this bride to be is the woman haunting the tunnel. However, there is also another explanation as to the woman's identity.
Another story states that there was an old abandoned house in Silver Run that was torn down long ago. Workers discovered a skeleton of a woman dressed in a bridal gown walled up inside the chimney. The remains were never identified or claimed. However, the remains of this woman were given a proper burial in a cemetery near the Silver Run Tunnel.
Oddly enough, it has been stated that during the tunnel updates several years ago, as part of the Rails to Trails Project, a body was exhumed near the tunnel site. Is this true? It is still uncertain whether this story is factual or not, but it does add to the mystery of the Ghost of Silver Run Tunnel. We decided to go investigate for ourselves.
We have been to Silver Run Tunnel on many occasions over the past few years to investigate and search for any paranormal activity. Almost every time we have arrived at the path that leads up to the tunnel, we get an eerie and unusual feeling like a feeling of dread or that something is about to happen. Walking the path towards the tunnel, getting closer and closer with every step, sometimes, we have seen a patch of fog-like substance moving.... following us. Once at the tunnel entrance, it is like looking into a black hole. It is pitch black inside the tunnel. Thankfully, we always bring flashlights that we will turn on and off from time to time just to make sure we don't injure ourselves and to spot anything unusual.
On occasion we have seen the fog-like substance comes from the tunnel walls and follows us briefly... only to disappear once again in a matter of a few seconds. Sometimes, we didn't actually see this phenomenon, but did capture it on camera.
*Lightheadedness
*Nausea
*Hearing unexplained sounds, footsteps, etc.
*Hearing the sound of a train come through the tunnel
*Seeing a fog-like substace in the tunnel follow us.... but only to disappear
IN ANOTHER AREA, AND DISAPPEARS AGAIN.
SOME OF OUR EVP'S FROM
SILVER RUN TUNNEL