The Phantom Accident of Lochiel

The Phantom Accident of Lochiel

Last week we took a brief look at the Haunted Ambulance and ghost nurse of Lochiel,< Read it here>  a town located 125kms north of Adelaide, on Highway 1, in the Mid-North region of South Australia. This week we are going to look at another very well-known haunting in the area.

  For many years people have been seeing a car on the side of the road near Lochiel, the car looks as though it has been in a very nasty accident, possibly hitting a tree. Passers-by will look in horror at the car, pull over to help, only to find the vehicle disappear from sight as they approach it.

 This particular accident apparition has been reported for more than 3 decades, and only ever happens during severe weather conditions. Not much has changed about the story over the years, except for one small detail of the stories passed to me, the phantom car has kept up to date with current models – so is this, in fact, an urban legend?

 The stretch of road, Highway 1, approaching Lochiel from Adelaide is notorious for fatal car and truck accidents, and tragically, many people have lost their lives there. In theory, this could be a probable cause for a haunting, as events surrounding deaths of a tragic nature and the emotions surrounding the event could be considered as an explanation for a possible ghostly car sighting – but with that little detail of the car make and model updating as time goes on, it hints that the story is untrue. 

There is always the possibility that there is some truth in the story, and rather than fade from memory, the urban legend has grown thanks to the internet, and internet jokers keeping the story alive. Perhaps this is the case, or perhaps there is an intelligence to the haunting?
 Another theory is that the phantom car could be the image of the latest victims of that stretch of road.
 Have you experienced the phantom car accident near Lochiel? We'd love to hear from you id you have. 
Contact us at eidolon@live.com.au

 May all the people who have met tragedy on Highway 1 Rest In Peace

© 2015 Allen Tiller

The Ghost of the Lochiel Nurse

The Ghost of the Lochiel Nurse

I first heard this story many years ago, and travelled up to Lochiel very early on in my career as a paranormal investigator, for a private house investigation. Whilst there I looked diligently for the vehicle that I am about to speak of but to no avail.

Lochiel is a little town located about 125kms north of Adelaide on Highway 1. The area has an interesting history and has been home to coal mines, wheat farmers and the salt farmers, who collect salt from Bumbunga Lake Nearby.…the area even spawned the micronation of “The Province of Bumbunga”

Many years ago, Lochiel used to have its own town ambulance, an old 60’s style machine that saw many many years of service. Often patients would get to the hospital and ask who the nurse was that had

been caring for them, as she seemed a little old fashioned, and wore a uniform that seemed out of date and very much, unlike modern nurses uniforms. Of course, the driver and attendants would have no clue what the patient was talking about – but over the years it happened so often it could no longer be ignored – however, no-one ever solved the mystery of who the nurse could be, or why she chose to help the people of Lochiel.

 I heard many years ago that the ambulance in question was put into retirement a long time ago, and sat in the yard of local for many years – I have no clue to its whereabouts today, but would love to know what happened too it. So if you know, or you experienced a ride with this ghostly nurse, please feel free to drop me a line at eidolon@live.com.au

© 2015 Allen Tiller