The Haunting of Lake Lanier
1958
After the construction of the Jerry D. Jackson Bridge, a bridge spanning 1200 feet across the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, two young women plunged their 54’ Ford sedan off the bridge into the newly created Lake Lanier.
Fast forward 18 months. A local fisherman noticed something bobbing in the lake water. Upon further inspection the fisherman realizes that his find was not that of a large catch, but instead a bloated body. The body was unrecognizable; missing toes and, strangely, both hands. Everyone in the town believed that the body belonged to Delia Parker Young, one of the two girls who plunged into the Lakes depths just a year-and-a-half prior.
Over the years the area around Lake Lanier and the Jerry D Jackson Bridge have been the epicenter of many violent accidents, missing people, and strange lights and sounds. However one ghost story is particularly captivating to the public: Many of the locals claim that if you drive across the Jerry D Jackson Bridge at night you will encounter a ghost - a woman wearing a beautiful blue dress, a woman…
