Here in Mississippi, we have lots and lots of Ghost Stories and legends. I have experienced several of them first hand. This is just one of them.
Tylertown, Mississippi, about 10 miles from the Louisiana line, is where a
good friend of mine, Kelly, spent most of her childhood. She moved to Jackson, Mississippi
in the 6th grade. We are both now in our 20's. She told me the story of a place called tractor bridge in
Tylertown. We got up a group of friends and took a road trip to go check it out.
The following story is supposed to be true...In about 1980, an old farmer was finished
plowing his cotton field, about 2 miles down the road from his house, and was headed home at dark. The headlights on his old John
Deere were very dim and he was trying to hurry because he could barely see the road. He miss judged the
edge of the bridge that crossed Coon Creek and his tractor flipped over the side killing him
instantly. His family became worried drove down the road to the field looking for him. They searched
for hours in the field but could not find him. They were heading home to call the Sherrif's Office and
were driving slowly down the road, with the truck windows down, looking for any sign of him. They came to the bridge and heard a tractors motor running so they
stopped. That is how they found the old man, dead under his tractor. Old folks said that you could go
across the Coon Creek bridge and stop in the middle and turn the engine off with the windows down and
you can hear the old tractor running underneath the bridge. So we tried it. We definatly heard something.
There were six adults in my Suburban with the windows down and the motor off. We sat there for about 10
minutes and all heard what sounded like an old tractor running. It was spooky.
