The Evidence for Phantom Hitch Hikers: An objective survey of the vanishing passenger from urban myths to actual events

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All over the world motorists report giving lifts to hitch-hikers who then vanish, ghostlike, en route. Phantom Hitch-Hikers, as these insubstantial passengers are called, have become classified as an urban legend and related to historical tales of supernatural travelling companions. But is there more to such stories than picturesque folklore Are there genuine paranormal experiences behind the reports

This book addresses itself seriously to such questions and examines the available evidence for these encounters critically and objectively. In so doing, it dispels several misconceptions about the phenomenon and presents new evidence to suggest that in some cases real experiences are being reported.

Aspects covered include:

The Phantom Hitch-Hiker as folklore

The Hitch-Hiker as prophet

Literary precedents - the Demon Lover

The role of the press

The sexual element

The historical background

Evaluating the evidence

Author Bio

Michael Goss read English at Leeds University and received an M.Phil. from Birmingham University for his thesis on Victorian supernatural literature.

He is a freelance writer specializing in the paranormal, a former member of the Society for Psychical Research and the compiler of a bibliography of poltergeists.

Hes is an active member of ASSAP and lives in Essex.