The Grey Spector of Ridge Road

Outside of the small town of Williamsburg Pennsylvania, there is a place known as Oremenia. Oremenia was once a small village that housed the workers that mined in the local hills. Today, Oremenia is classified as a ghost town and only a few people still live in the area. One way to reach Oremenia from Williamsburg is to travel along an old logging road known as Ridge Road.

If you search hard enough, almost every town big or small has it’s own ghost stories and folklore. In my hometown there always seemed to be plenty of them. One story is about a phantom being that haunts Ridge Road. Part of this road is paved now but the last mile through the woods is still gravel and not maintained well. The “Grey Spector”, as it’s known by, is said to lurk on the Ridge Road and has been seen leaning against trees or crossing the road. People describe the Grey Specter looking like a man in a trench coat and hat. Others have seen a disfigured human/demon being slouched over with long limbs and a gray scaly body. Rumors have circulated of the Specter terrorizing local teenagers on ATV’s and ones having parties along the Ridge Road.

I have never seen the Grey Spector on my trips along Ridge Road but many have claimed to. It’s hard to say if this is just another urban legend handed down generations or if there is some merit to the story. 

Driving down Ridge Road