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THE WICHITAN Oct. 18, 2006
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Graphics by SunKyu Yoo-Norris & Stories found by Krystle Carey PINKY’S CAVE
Stories attained from www.texasghosthunters.com GOAT MAN’S BRIDGE
In Wichita Falls there is an old drainage pipe some call Pinkyʼs Cave. A young boy and his mother were drowned in the drain and swept away under the city until they were dumped where the water lets out. The two openings to this cave have been blocked off to prevent further drowning, but the entrances are notoriously haunted. Be advised that a resident has reported this area is now a local gang hangout and probably not the safest place to visit. The location of Pinkyʼs Cave is Kell West Boulevard and Monroe Street, just right past Taft. It used to have “Pinkyʼs Cave” spraypainted on it, but it doesnʼt appear to be there anymore.
Gilbertʼs Creek has a bridge out past the golf course between Burkburnett and Sheppard Air Force Base. It is nicknamed Goat Manʼs Bridge. There is rumored to be a man who is half human and half goat. People say when itʼs really quiet you can hear him, and if you park your car in the middle of the bridge, it will not start. They also say you can hear children screaming. A few miles behind the bridge is a church. Some say it is not just any church, but a satanic church. A lot of strange things happened out at that bridge. You can ask anyone from Burk and they can tell you right where it is. But donʼt go alone!
DRUNKEN TOM
SCREAMING SHEILA BRIDGE Somewhere near Burkburnett, there is a little bridge out in the middle of nowhere. In the 1920s, when the oil boom hit, several small “tent towns” popped up. The oilrigs and people traveling to and from work used this small, wooden bridge. A woman caught cheating on her husband was bound, beaten and taunted by her husband and his friends. After torturing her, they set her on fire and burnt a hole through the bridge, allowing her to fall to the water below. The bridge still stands, hole and all, and is rumored to be a very spooky area.
FUNLAND MANSION Above the Funland (amusement park) grounds, there is a large mansion on a hill. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the family that lived there was brutally murdered. Apparently, the man of the house customized his basement to be soundproof and made it into a shooting range. One day, he forced his entire family to go into the basement and shot them with arrows and tortured them in other bizarre ways. He wrote a suicide note and then shot himself in the head.
LUCY PARK CEMETERY In the Lucy Park Cemetery in Wichita Falls there is a statue called “Little Sister.” The statue is of a young woman who is said to have died on her wedding night. She is rumored to have died from falling down the stairs. The statue is said to be haunted by the ghostly bride. It is said that visitors who go to the cemetery at midnight can see her statue cry. However, to see the statue cry, you must be truly sorry for the bride.
Outside of the Falls there is a place in between the North Texas State Hospital and Southwest Parkway, where a young collegebound man, Drunk Tom, was walking along the Holliday Creek reservoir. Drunken Tom had been drinking heavily that night and either tripped or was pushed into the reservoir. It is said if you go there at night and stand in the exact spot where he died, you will hear a whiskey bottle breaking against the concrete, and you will see something in the corner of your eye, which immediately disappears.