Crazy George's Bridge

They say your car won't start back up because the bridge is haunted... either that or the satan worshippers will get you.

about 10 years ago when I went to Tech some other kids from there told me and my friends about it... It is a really scary place, especially with the witch's cemetary about a half a mile from it. We never stopped on the bridge, but during day light I went out there with a couple of friends and we saw two cows that had their heads cut off and put into a pentagram. I havent been back since.

Also, when we went at night we took a tape recorder and after we got it back to our apartment and could listen through all the screaming from everyone in the blazer we could hear the faint sound of a train. And the story goes a long time ago a man committed suicide on the tracks, but the railroad tracks have been gone for they say over 50 years.

The cemetery was never called the "witch's cemetery", I grew up in the area. The so-called "pentagram" on the tombstone that if you touched it would call a demon was a military star from a long forgotten decorated soldier. I went to TTU too and the hype the bridge received was way out there, I know people that actually remember George, before he died. Devil worshippers, pentagrams, witch's, etc, was all a bunch of hype, hate to burst your bubble. Try Adam's Tennessee and the Bell Witch for some good old fashioned scares, Buck Mountain is a very innocent place to have such insane tales created.

Actually I was born, raised and still live in Cookeville and also go to Tech(don't hold that against me). The "witches cemetary" is not the legal name- but that is what the locals call it. I'm actually taking my friend from Nashville there in 30 mins and that's why I Googled the place to show her. It's worth seeing, but I would say the weird rednecks/devil worshoppers would be more of a threat than spirits. Either way, I wouldn't suggest going alone (just in case). Happy visiting!!!

I took photos at crazy george's bridgee aug 27-2008 . had no premonitions or anything scary. there is some gang like spray paint there. train tracks are in place and look neww.

i think the monterey library gflks have th tragic and true story about george's demise. i dont recall it exactly

Born, raised, and still live in Cookeville. I've heard just about everything about this place. My friends and I used to go up there every other week just to freak another friend out. I've shut my car off, gotten out and walked around. Nice place to spook your friends if they are scared.

I had a car with a manual transmission back in high school and would turn the key off and coast across the bridge, then pop the clutch when I got to the other side. I told my friend I had no idea what happened, and her not knowing about stick shifts was scared out of her mind. It had about the same effect, when I shut off my car on the bridge, then turned the key without holding in the clutch. That really freaked her out too.

I think the "witches" cemetery is called Stamps cemetery (it's right next to Stamps-Shady Road). It's a neat place because of the old graves that stick out of the ground. About the only thing you have to worry about are the weirdos. No ghosts, but a nice place for a ghost story.