Credits, Links, Resources and Suggested Reading:
1. To read a full account of this story, please pick up a copy of Haints, Witches, and Boogers: Tales from Upper East Tennessee by: Charles Edwin Price
Right before the Fourth of July gathering of 1928 in Carter County, James was intent on finding himself a young lady. He bought a brand new, Model A Ford. Some of the other guests that night dressed up as Uncle Sam, former presidents and other patriotic figures. James’ brother, Jubal, dressed up as Abraham Lincoln, complete with a rather expensive, gold pocket watch. While James was flirting with one girl in particular, Jubal decided he should walk home. After walking for quite a while on Gap Creek, he took a shortcut across a creek and into a field as he had done many times before. This time, however, a vagrant found him. After a struggle over the watch, Jubal had been stabbed and crawled out into the road, where he eventually died.
This may have given rise, years later, to the idea that a double-headed hitchhiker haunts Gap Creek Road around one particularly dangerous curve. The top hap, some believe, may look like a second head in the dark. 1
