Aaron Mahnke

Various witnesses have reported a strange change in the air as you approach the bridge, as if the air were heavier, or as if someone was watching you.

It's common for visitors to the bridge to hear strange sounds, too.

A woman wailing, or the brain of a donkey.

Sometimes it's the sound of approaching hooves in the dark.

In one incident from 1989, a group of friends were out joyriding when they decided to pay the legendary donkey lady a visit.

Pulling up to the bridge, they turned the headlights off.

Slowly advancing across the river in near-black conditions, there was suddenly a figure in front of them.

When they advanced, perhaps trying to nudge the figure out of their way, it suddenly just disappeared.

As his passengers shouted conflicting directions, things like go or reverse, something heavy landed with a thud on the hood of the car.

In a panic, the driver reversed, casting the dark figure off the hood.

When they finally got to safety, they took a look at the damage.

The hood was gouged with two deep dents.

It was so bad, in fact, that the entire thing had to be replaced.

Another sighting proved to be a little more gruesome.

When a teenager returned home from a night out with friends, his car was battered, the windshield cracked, and, most troubling, there was blood on the hood.

The driver, obviously shaken, told a harrowing tale.

He claimed that he had been hanging out with some friends at the Donkey Lady Bridge, with the hope of summoning her.

To do so, they began honking the horn, shouting for her to appear.

After a few minutes with no results, though, they decided to go into the woods.

They figured if she wasn't going to come to them, then they would go to her.