Man Searching for Ghost Train Killed by Real Train

Sometimes at The Root we have to bring you stories that make you go hmmmm. This is one of them. Christopher Kaiser, 29, of Charlotte, N.C., was killed by a real train while hunting for a ghost train. No, we're not making this up. Kaiser and three other people, one of whom was his girlfriend, went out to find a ghost train at the center of local folklore. The group was on an isolated bridge waiting to see and hear ghosts from a previous train wreck at the same bridge on Aug. 27, 1891. Instead of a ghost train, a real train came through, killing Kaiser, who pushed his girlfriend to safety. We guess that clears up the legend of the ghost train.

Read more at WCNC.com.