It
has been reported that, a young lady with pale skin, blonde hair, and blue
eyes, has been hitchhiking her way around town. She’s found walking in a white
party dress, white high heels, and a thin shawl. Often, after being picked up
by a naïve man, she is asked to be dropped off in front of Resurrection
Cemetery, as she begins to walk in the cemetery this beautiful young lady
vanishes into thin air. Weird you might say?
Well, weird it is, this is the story of Resurrection Mary the Vanishing
Hitchhiker.
A cold winter night in Illinois around the 1930’s, a
young lady named Mary Bregovy, her boyfriend and a group of friends decided to
go to a party. As they were at the party the lady and her “significant other”
got into a serious argument causing Mary to storm out of the party because she
decided she would rather walk home in the freezing cold than stay with her
boyfriend who she hated at the time. As she was walking home tragedy struck and
Mary became the victim of a hit and run car accident. That night her body was found on the side of
the road by her parents.
 |
| Mary |
Mary Bregovy is buried
in one of largest cemeteries in the world located in Justice, Illinois. With
over five hundred forty acres of land Resurrection Cemetery is filled with more
than one hundred fifty thousand grave but the most famous grave site would be
Mary’s. The beautiful young lady leaves her grave and tries to live a life that
was tragically taken from her at the young age of twenty one.
Reports of Mary’s ghost roaming Chicago have been cited. The
first coming witness would be Jerry Palus in the 1930’s. He believes that he
has danced with Mary at a club in Chicago and even kissed her. According to Mr.
Palus, they fell in love and he was going to take her home but she was asked to
be dropped at the cemetery. While she was walking into the cemetery, she
vanished and was never seen by Mr. Palus again. Later, Jerry Palus went to the
former home of Mary and was astonished when he found the young lady he danced
with was dead. This is not the only sighting of Mary. John Palus later did an interview which was
seen on Unsolved Mysteries. He explains how beautiful Mary was and cold her
body felt. Well, when you’re dealing with a dead corpse, it is not going to be
warm!
Obviously
she loves to dance because she always “seen” wearing her white party dress and
white party shoes prepared in her party outfit to dance the night away!
According to Claire Lopez- Rudnicki, who in 1980 believed she saw Mary walking
alongside the road near Resurrection Cemetery, “She was bright, very bright,
like illuminating. She was just walking very slow.” I could only imagine seeing
Mary. Seeing a glowing girl walking the streets at night at would scare me, and
especially after hearing the story about Mary!
Eyewitness Bob Main is the only known person to have more
than one encounter with Mary. While Bob Main was a manager of a night club, he
saw this young on a late Friday night then again two weeks around the same
time. As stated in an article entitled, Resurrection
Cemetery: Home of Resurrection Mary, Bob Main described her as, “a woman
between the ages of twenty four and thirty… blonde hair to the shoulders with
“spooly” big curls.” (Resurrection Cemetery…) He then went on to say, “She sat
right by the dance floor… she danced by herself.” “Who is the most bizarre
person?” The thoughts that were probably going through everyone’s heads were
probably crazy! Seeing a beautiful young girl with pale skin just dancing all
alone would have my mind wondering.
So, if you ever decide
to visit Illinois and you see and glowing, radiant, and beautiful young lady in
her all white party dress, with blonde hair, beware it just may be Mary.
Although she’s not out to seek revenge or hurt anyone, her immortal soul is out
lurking the streets. So, don’t be afraid… she just wants a ride back to her
resting place!
Works Cited:
Grundy,
Pamela. “Resurrection Mary & the Vanishing Hitchhiker” ParanormalPopcorn.blogspot.com 22 April 2010. Web. 17 October 2012
Kaczmarek,
Dale. “Resurrection Cemetery: Home of Resurrection Mary”. Ghostresearch.org. Ghost
Research Society, 2011. Web. 16 October 2012.
MileyAngel321.
“Resurrection Mary Unsolved Mysteries” Youtube.com.
Youtube. 27 November 2009. Web. 17 October 2012.
Selzer,
Adam. “Resurrection Mary: Mary Bregovy?” chicagounbelievable.com.
21 October 2008. Web. 16 October 2012.
Taylor,
Troy. Resurrection Mary: History & Hauntings of Chicago's Archer Avenue.
Decatur, Ill.: Whitechapel Productions Press, 2007. Print.
Links for Further
Research:
Resurrection Mary
Gives a small summary on the ghost of
the Resurrection Cemetery
Chicago’s Favorite Ghost
Speaks on sightings of Mary and talks
about personal thoughts and feeling about the Chicago’s favorite ghost.
The Ballad of
Resurrection Mary A Cemetery Story
Gives first person narrative story on
the sightings of Mary Bregovy.
Wonderful and spooky story. I think there must be a more common explanation, however. A lot of my girlfriends were cold and disappeared abruptly after going dancing with me. Many even pretended to be dead! Just kidding. :)
ReplyDeleteweird
ReplyDeletedude