Every day on the way to and from school, my good friend Sammie and me read her big Weird NJ book. And yesterday I found a legend I hadn't ever read in the two years we have been doing this; the midnight walker of Wyckoff. Now of all the legends in the book, this is one of my favorites. There are many varitations of the story, but I'll summarize the best I can. This guy in his mid 50's or 60's walks along a busy road in Wyckoff every night at midnight. According to the legend, his daughter was killed on that road (some said she was murdered others say it was a hit and run accident, and one said she was with her father and was hit). Also, the Midnight Walker either has no eyes or is blind. Here's one version:
"Tonight I took a picture of something weird that you probably have never heard of. There is a man that walks along a road off route 208 in Wyckoff. There is a story behind him. His daughter was walking home one late night. She wandered aimlessly into the middle of the road for some reason. She was struck by a truck and was killed. Her father found her that night after a life changing phone call, and couldn’t stand the sight of his dead daughter, so he gouged out his own eyes. After that they sewed his eye lids shut. He now walks up and down the road every night, at midnight, hoping to see his daughter once again."
Intresting. I've read each entry a few times and I've concluded this; Dude, I gotta see this guy! I'm totally into this weird NJ stuff because I thought my poor little state was boring as anything, and after reading about the Jersey Devil, the Albino Midget Cannibals of Essex and Split Rock, the Midnight Walker of Wyckoff and the Gates of Hell up in Passaaic, I think NJ rocks!
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I saw him. He gets pretty mad when people follow behind him slowly in their ars, haha. There's videos of him on youtube as well.
wat is the link to the videos on youtube?
I live in Wyckoff and I see that guy all the time driving back home. He creeps my friends and i out all the time. The part about him gouging his eyes out is not true. he has a disease in his eyes which make it hard for him to see light. that is why he like to walk at night. im not sure about his daughter though. i never heard that part. but everything else is very true.
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