Hitch-hiking ghost at the Entrance NSW

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This one I have heard many stories about before I read it anywhere on the internet.
I used to be into cars etc, and of a weekend we all used to park down the Entrance and sometimes go for drives up and down the stretch of road of a night for a break up of the monotony.
I have never seen this ghost or had anything happen. But PLENTY of my friends have, even police officers have stories of things they have witnessed.

The story.. so I was told back then... was back in the 60's a girl was hitch-hiking home from some place (as public transport this way is bad now, let alone back then), and was picked up by a group of guys along the road you see above
Apparently they raped and killed her and left her by the road up towards Norah Head.
She is said to be seen via your review mirror sitting in the back seat.

There are variations of the story ie: she is looking for her killers... she is looking for her packet of cigarettes in the console.. you know all different themes.
But the story is usually always the same, people will turn around and see a girl sitting in the back seat of their car.

This was over 10 years ago and I hope by now that she has found peace.
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IN the local paper from October last year there was a story about a local guy that was going to film a movie based on this story.
Which you can read HERE

There are also some comments below, which are as follows:

Paul writes:
Posted on 19 Jan 10 at 10:41pm

A few years back when we were younger my wife and I and a few friends were at Norah Head Lighthouse. My wife turned to me and said there is someone watching us from the bush. I turned to see a white silhouette which seemed to be a young lady and very light on her feet. When the silhouette slowly moved towards us we all jumped in the car and took off. I was the only one to turn around to see if anyone was still there but there was no one in sight. We still talk about that night often and wonder if we should of stayed and approached the young lady.

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I just found another web page where they tell the story proper and what happened in more detail.
The page can be found HERE


The proper story!

Over the past four decades rumours have circulated intermittently about ghostly appearances in the vicinity of Noraville Cemetery, Jenny Dixon Beach, and a section of Wilfred Barrett Drive on the NSW Central Coast – Australia.
One story, set in the 1950’s, tells of a teenage girl walking home from work. During her walk, she was attacked and raped by five youths. She was later found barely alive, but died as a result of her injuries. On her death bed, she told her father she wouldn’t rest until her attackers were found and punished.
Police never charged anyone with the rape and murder, but five youths, who were frequently in each others company, committed suicide under bizarre circumstances during the following years.
The first ghostly sighting was reported not far from the cemetery shortly after the girl’s burial. The sightings continued with her grave appearing to be disturbed after each of them.
It was shortly after the sightings that the first youth hung himself after complaining of continual haunting by a spirit.
A second youth died after being involved in a car accident. He claimed someone walked in front of his car – but witnesses saw no-one.
A third youth drove his car off a cliff after complaining that an apparition had been taunting him.
The bizarre twist continued when a fourth youth picked up a hitchhiker on Wilfred Barrett Drive. By the time he had reached Noraville Road, the girl had disappeared. He reported the incident, but became a laughing stock, and began showing signs of madness. He later ran his car over an embankment on the Pacific Highway and died.
A similar scenario was in store for a fifth youth. He had complained to his sister of being ‘continually haunted.’ He later left the district to work for a circus and tried to escape the haunting – but it followed him.
He complained of ‘seeing things’ day and night and later ended the nightmare by taking his own life with a shotgun.
The ghostly sightings though, hadn’t disappeared. A large group of youths were camped by a fire on Jenny Dixon Beach soon after the suicide. Each of them told of seeing a pretty young lady walking towards their fire in a flowing white dress.

Replied by coastalkids on 25-Oct-2009 16:53 (Ref 1960444)

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Some scattered in fright of the ghostly sight, others sat petrified with shock as the figure walked through the crowd and disappeared. The grave of the murdered girl has never been disturbed since that last sighting. The ghostly story made headlines again when a visiting doctor picked up a hitchhiker on Wilfred Barrett Drive while holidaying in the area. He knew nothing of the local legend. He told police the hitchhiker disappeared as he approached Noraville Road and later sought psychiatric counselling. Today, stories of silent spirits still circulate around the Noraville area. Even two police officers told of picking up a hitchhiker on Wilfred Barrett Drive during the early hours of the morning. Again the young female had disappeared upon reaching Noraville cemetery. The girl’s murder still remains unsolved.

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The movie that was made, their website says:

Jenny Dixon Beach is an Australian thriller/horror genre feature film, which is based on actual events that have happened on the Central Coast of NSW. The story revolves around a young school girl who was abducted by car full of youth's along a stretch of road at Noraville NSW. It is said the poor girl was brutally raped, bashed and left for dead at a local reserve at Jenny Dixon Beach. After the poor girls death, the four youth's all claimed to be haunted by the girls ghost, and have since turned up dead one by one. Local Police have also had countless reports about a hitch hiking ghost along that stretch of road. It is a fact that the written Police reports have run into the hundreds by both locals and holiday makers alike. Over half of the Local Police have also reported to have seen the young ladies apparition. It is said that she will never rest... Jenny Dixon Beach goes into production Oct 2009.
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I was trying to find statistics for accidents that happen on this road, but can't... ok I need a nap hehe
But I can honestly say that there was at least one, most weekends, sometimes more, mostly bad (it is a dark road, no street lights and 100k's) well was back then.
My friend also drove a tow truck and they were usually never far from this road, because of all the accidents.
Are some of them maybe related to this poor ghost girl? You know a whole lot of people are scared to report experiences like that for fear of ridicule and people would think they were crazy.

So just think about how many stories there are of experiences and then add all those that are too frightened to say anything about it?

With so many stories , first hand out there, even from people I knew, and seeing the terror they still had after it... I believe this one :)

EDIT 9-3-10:

I saw this story while researching the first time and thanks to Abbie, I remembered and am now adding it.
Apparently a young girl is also seem wandering the beach sometimes and there are stories also that she may be the Captain's wife from the Ship The Esperenza, that was shipwrecked.

Through the years Edward gave assistance to many shipwrecked sailors. He also had to bury some as they were washed ashore (Anna Maria, 1857).
Several years ago a story by the Sun media group spoke of a female apparition, wearing a long white flowing dress, who haunted the Norah Head area. Locals called her the Ghost of Jenny Dixon as many sightings of her were made at night along the stretch of beach known as Jenny Dixon.
Stories of her sighting came from locals and tourists alike. A doctor from Victoria told police he was about to pick up the woman in white but she vanished as he stopped beside her.
Another sighting of her was in the spring of 1990, when she spooked a group of teenagers who were camped on the beach. The spokesperson for the group said the woman was wearing a long white gown.
There were several theories as to who the woman was. In 1950 two young sisters were bashed to death on a walking trip to the lighthouse. Their bodies were found in a swamp known as the ``jungle". Another story talks of a local teenager who was raped and murdered in the 1950s. There was also the thought that she was the captain's wife from the Esperanza.

The full story/page can be read here: Seaside Spectres

Does anyone have the name of the girl in said story? So the readers and I know whether the rape story is actually true and have a base to look?

EDIT 17/07/2010
Just a couple more reference pages where the girl is soken of again. Wouldn't it be great if someone could actually remeber her name, kinda sad that this girl wanders, yet no-one knows her name.

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EDIT:
Just re-posting from the comments section, as it is interesting and also a "pleas help", but it really helps us all interested in this topic :)
Thanks so much to Jason for the extra info, every little bit of information goes into the greater picture, knowing that even truckies avoid and know about or even seen!!

hiya.im a bus driver in the area.ive never seen her,as all our late nite runs go through noraville.i always hear school kids talking bout her.i looked heaps on the net for her,not much out there,and the truckies do avoid wilfred barret drive at night,apparantly she plays chicken with them,mainly on wed night.

hi.i tried to find some more stuff on jenny dixon.as we all know thats not her acrual name.can someone please find this out,please?id also be interested driving that stretch at night with anyone curious on the subject.i spoke to some more truckies from linfox,toll,and even richers transport from qld wont use that road at night.they claim apart from playing chicken this ghost appears on the centre line of the road.just stands there.i kno a truckie that quit due to this.any more info greatly appreciated.just for the record,the truckies i spoke to are all clean,no drugs or booze

Edit: 4-3-2011 cross posted from comments - Thankyou Hannah :)

Lately my friends and I have been driving up and down the strip alot to see if we can see her.
kind of bad but we've been trying to stir her up by abusive music and the boys have been going nuts calling her names.
Not sure if i seen her or not but both my mate and I saw a white silouette in the far distance along that road. We also took many pictures to see if we could see anything but nothing though at one stage I got a cold shiver and my friend who was driving look in the review mirror and screamed. She said she saw something sitting in the middle seat next to me. I know she wouldnt lie especially with the state of fear she was in.
I started to not believe in it but the same girl that saw her, her boyfriend had some weird fit going down that strip and aparantly ended up with weird scratches on his arm :S

Thats my experience with wilfred barrat drive. My friends and I are still on the hunt so I'll keep posted if I know or see anymore.

Hannah.

EDIT: 14-12-2014
From comments, thank you so much Thomas, I cried while reading your comment but to put a face to the stories enables us to say a prayer/thought - send love. Thank you so much again. so so so very sad the ray of light is the headstones, beautiful people to care.
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I Believe the name of this alleged ghost was Grace Holmes aged 18. She was Murdered while her younger sister Cathrine Holmes aged 11 was molested and murdered. they were on walk to Nora head. On their way home they were attacked.

Grace as she lay dying from be bludgeoned must of heard her younger sister crying as she was being raped and murdered. The Murdered was caught however due to an terrible incompetent police investigation the case against the Murderer fell apart at the time of the trial. Where the killer was acquitted.

The ghost is if there is one is most likely Grace trying in spirit to get help and catch her killer.

The double murder was stain on the central coast in the 1950's and the investigation into crime was embarrassment to the NSW Police force and criminal justice system.

Over time the memory of this tragic affair became almost urban legend.

As of 2014 the 2 girls after 64 year finally are getting headstone by donations of the general public. In responses to family that suffered terribly the loss of their daughters and sisters. Today the one surviving family member of the victims still alive in his 80's still puts flowers on their graves.

November 7, 2014 at 1:24 AM

 Just a quick thankyou again.
I hope to post more experiences up here as I get them. You are even welcome to email me and I will put it up here privatly if you wish :)