Susana Guerrero and Madilynee Medina explore Americana folklore with the tale of a ghost that supposedly haunts a San Francisco highway. While some fully believe in the spirit, others cite pranks as the source of the continuing story. With personal experiences to fall back on, Guerrero and Medina provide insight into the tall tales.
When an SFGATE reporter recently walked through the historic town of Niles, locals of all ages said they’d at least heard of the ghost story. Several also mentioned a teen who’d stood in the canyon wearing a white sheet. Carol Williamson, who was born in Niles and graduated from Irvington High School in 1964, told SFGATE that she’d heard of the prank as a kid — but that didn’t stop her and her friends from going out looking for the ghost girl.
“When we were in school … you know, everybody would get in their cars and you would just drive through the canyon and somebody would naturally scream and everybody would scream,” Williamson said. “I never saw anything, but you always wanted to.”
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