The Ghosts of Route 2A

Background:

In Maine, the small town of Haynesville has a long history dating back to 1828, where early colonizer William Wilson would become the town's first settler. During the same time in 1828, a military post was founded in Houlton. Soon after, a road that connects Haynesville to Houlton would be created to allow the easy transportation of military supplies from one town to another. The road was fully completed later that year, in 1832 and none other than the town's first colonizer, WIlliam Wilson, had played a key role in its construction.
However, the town of Haynesville wasn't always known as the name it is now, it was originally called Forktown due to how close it was to the forks of the Mattawamkeag River. The name was then changed in honor of Alvin Haynes who was responsible for a large portion of the town’s early economic expansion. The name “Haynesville” was incorporated in February of 1987 and the area has always been recognized in its scenery of wildlife.The Mattawamkeag River has been notably recognized for its ideal conditions for canoeing and fishing. Even in today’s era, the still small town of Haynesville currently has a population of 103 residents and it has not decreased at all since 2020.

Despite Haynesville’s gargantuan landmass of 100,000 acres , owned by several different families; very little of the forest is available to use by the public. The forest that seems to go on forever is made up of 45 miles of the free-flowing East and West Branches of the Mattawamkeag River. There are also cold water brook trout fisheries such as Babcock, Beaver, Alder, Skagrock and Battle Brooks. The town is most known for its river driving, woods work, and private hunting camps. Some famous figures have been spotted throughout the town of Haynesville, for example, LL Bean formerly owned a cabin. On the west branch, of the river; a local State-owned Historic Site at Bible Point was attended by Teddy
Roosevelt. .

They Still Walk Haynesville
There is a road that goes through the woods of Haynesville and it’s infamous for being haunted, so haunted, that someone wrote a song about the eeriness of the woods. The song “Tombstone Every Mile” by Dick Curless, talks about the many truckers that died on this stretch of road, with so many that there could be a “Tombstone Every Mile.”
There are numerous stories about the “haunted” woods of Haynesville,, but our focus is on a story about a young woman that can be occasionally seen lurking on the side of the road. She makes her appearance often by “jumping” in front of moving cars, and has also been seen running along the side of the road. Some witnesses claim that she had a look of distraught, so out of concern people approached her asking her if she had needed a ride. The young woman would explain to the travelers that her husband needs help since they tragically got into a car accident on the day of their wedding. She is said to then as quickly as she first appeared when the travelers approach the end of the road.
There have been countless reports of little girls being spotted on the side of the road. The strange thing with this incident is, just like the story of the haunted bride, it is said once people have offered a ride to the girls, they instantly vanish. The identities of the little girls are not known, however, there was an incident on August 27th 1967 where two 10 year old girls were reportedly hit by a trailer truck; so people theorize that it might be them but it is and never has been confirmed. Stranger Danger
Another incident occurred in 1993 involving a driver who was injured during a crash. The crash had occurred because of the fact he had allowed a hitch hiker he picked up to drive his pick up truck. Malone was reported to not be wearing a sealbelt, which caused him to be thrown out of the vehicle and because of this, he was partially crushed by his own vehicle. He was found by Game Warden, Phil Richter and people who passed by the accident. In order to get Malone free, they needed to use a heavy duty jack and even had to cut logs in order to even partially get him out. The fire department then needed to step in and use their hydraulic extrication tool in order to get Malone fully free.