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The first reported sighting of a ghost matching her description occurred during the Easter weekend of 1976, and since then many other sightings have been reported. All involve a female hitchhiker who is given a lift, then disappears a few kilometers down the road, and some have reported car doors
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Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him an address to which she wishes to be taken. The driver asks person at the address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often the driver finds that the
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of 1968 a young engaged couple had a car accident on the Barandas-Willowmore road around 20 kilometres from the town. The woman, Maria Charlotte Roux, was sleeping in the back seat of their
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ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on the anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often, too, the ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or traveling bag in the car.)
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Baughman, Ernest W. (1966). Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America. Indiana University. p. 148
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by the British military authorities and the local militia for the defence of Uniondale.
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when her fiancé lost control of the car. The car overturned and she was killed.
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This story has many of the basic characteristics of the well-known
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urban legend, which was described thus by Ernest W. Baughman:
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of the Uniondale hitcher. The town is connected by the
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opening and closing, laughter and a chill in the air.
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Uniondale, Western Cape
Uniondale, Old Dutch Reformed Church from the fort
Uniondale is located in Western Cape
Uniondale is located in South Africa
33°39′33″S 23°7′26″E / 33.65917°S 23.12389°E / -33.65917; 23.12389
South Africa
Western Cape
Garden Route
George
Black African
Coloured
Indian
Asian
White
First languages
Afrikaans
English
Xhosa
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
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Anglo-Boer War
Little Karoo
Western Cape Province
South Africa
ghost story

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