VIDEO: San Antonio's 'Ghost Tracks' will be history after next week

It's been part of the folklore of San Antonio for decades -- a railroad crossing haunted by the benevolent ghosts of children who help motorists across the tracks. But after next week, the attraction will be history.

[WhiteMars]

So, they removed it to prevent the tradition but it also brings tourists and curious people in their town to try it themselves...I would have kept it.

[GladiusOstentis]

When I first heard about the ghost tracks, I was told that you stop your car directly on top of the tracks and the ghost children will push your car off of the tracks, but when I went with my friends in high school, everyone was stopping before the tracks and the cars were being pushed towards and then over the tracks. It never made sense to me that the ghosts would push your car toward the danger. The bus didn't stall on the road, it stalled on the tracks. That made me question the authenticity of the legend. Other than that, it was a cool experience. I looked up this legend a while back and it turns out that someone dug through city records and couldn't find anything about a train and school bus collision at that location. Also, turns out that the street names of the nearby neighborhood were named after the children of the people that developed the neighborhood. All that being said, the crossing still could be haunted by the ghosts of children, they just weren't killed in a school bus.

[ihnik]

funny. I went today and the car still moves on it’s own .

[chunkylyssa]

there goes our haunted tradition...it was always fun going out to get spooked during October it will be missed

[mariocalbillo]

Born and raised in San Antonio Texas and I know it's a creepy bus story that ties the tracks to it and I love the tradition but it never happened there is no historical facts about it ever happening in San Antonio.

[anarchistatheist]

I heard that a school bus stalled on railroad tracks in utah near salt lake city and a train came and crashed into the bus killing a lot of people. on the bus. This happened in December in the late 1930's.

[JackxAnthony]

Okay If they say it’s all fake, then why the hand prints ? Obviously it’s real…

[mariecassie]

Ok so if its not haunted explain the handprints after ur pushed if u put baby powder on ur car or if ur car is dirty took pics before and after no prints before but after bunch of small hand prints and when u take pics around there u capture small figures looking believe to if u want but I've witnessed it.

[combatroosters]

People im here from the future and they in fact didn’t remove anything I just went yesterday

[TNS]

No, it is not illegal. Yes, they can do it. It is on railroad right of way therefore the railroad can do whatever they want with it.

[ggrand_]

It still works me and my family went there like 5 minutes ago and we stopped the car and put it in neutro and we were pushed

[AngelicaGonzales-yp]

And where's that at in wht railroad tracks

[census]

Well they should at least put a plaque in remembrance of the little kids and bus driver.

[cathyb-cbradioband]

1:04. She is super invested in this legend in a kind of Victoria Jackson kind of way LOL.

[finny]

If they actually put crossing signals you know what’s going to happen if they were installed they’re just gonna malfunction randomly

[Iam_xd]

i went here before with my friends and i saw handprints on our car when it was pushing forward so it’s real

[truck_dude]

Wish I could've checked it myself. I don't even live close to San Antonio. It kinda sucks I never went there to test it out :(

[alexrailfan]

It was always fake. The crossing is elevated making your vehicle roll forward

[postshanna]

LAME. making san antonio less fun day by day. just leave it

[AbelG]

"I dont want that at all" hahahaha But Union Pacific does