The URBAN LEGEND Hall of Fame

By Julie Johnson Bradford Published May 2006, Volume 27, Number 2
The Mysterious Hitcher

A back roads motorist picks up a hitchhiking beauty. They talk, but she is mysterious and evasive. Later, after she climbs out and vanishes into the night, the driver finds the sweater she’s left behind. A garment label helps him track her whereabouts, where he learns that she died…decades earlier. Funny thing: this story’s so ancient that even if the hitchhiking girl had been alive when the driver gave her a lift, they’d both be dead by now…of old age.

Psychological Implication:

Story strikes a chord with craft-beer lovers, all of whom have had mysterious encounters with great beers that have vanished almost as quickly as they’ve appeared.

Little-Known Beer Fact:

The mysterious hitcher eventually met the hook-less maniac. They are married with two children, and regularly attend beer festivals around the country. Or so we hear.

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