While there are claims of some drivers disappearing en route, they have no recollection of how or when they got to their destination. Occasionally personal property or a part of the vehicle are found along Route 666. There are claims that the drivers themselves also disappear into thin air. Strange Disappearances on the Devil’s Highway Once the driver stops to offer assistance, the girl vanishes into thin air. by Mark Moran, a driver notice a young woman in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. Surely one of the most famous of all the reported activity along this road has to be the girl in a white dress. There are reports of numerous near misses. Such things have been known to occur, but on Highway 666, it’s the haunted semi-truck that deliberately attempts to collide with motorists or run them off the road. Overheating, breakdowns or even flat tires are all the fault of the curse given to the lonely stretch of road. Mechanical failures are a common phenomenon. The vehicles themselves are also highly susceptible to the horrors that traveling this route can possess.

Problems on this road and not just limited to drivers or their passengers. Legend has it that these supernatural beasts have the ability to shred tires with either their teeth or sharp claws or even enter moving vehicles and maul the driver and/or any passengers. Witnesses have claimed that hell hounds have kept pace with the vehicles that they were traveling in, irrespective of the speed of the vehicle. Hell hounds allegedly patrol remote regions of the road, often in packs. Hell Hounds patrol old Route 666 Patrolled by Hell Hounds Some Navajo believe that the Skinwalkers appear out of nowhere in oncoming traffic. Skinwalkers will prowl in the night and attack humans to steal their skins. Skinwalkers are humans that can transform into other animals such as wolves, coyotes or crows. The Navajo myths of the shape-shifting Skinwalkers are like other werewolf legends. In addition to ghosts, the Navajo believe that legends such as Skinwalkers inhabit the more desolate parts. The Navajo have forbidden access to the peak for fear of disturbing the ghosts of their ancestors. After completing the journey, it settled down and became the spectacular feature that we see today. Shiprock assisted with the transportation of the Navajo people to their home.

Chief among these sights are a pair of Native American sacred sites: Shiprock (translated as Rock with Wings) in New Mexico and Ute Mountain in Colorado.Īccording to Native American legend, Shiprock was a majestic bird. Passing through Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah the landscape is breathtaking. It meanders through some of America’s most impressive scenery.

The 200-mile-long so-called Devil’s Highway is now US Route 491. Shiprock, a sacred mountain to the Navajo people, is off Route 666.

Route 666 by David Pringle