Teresa Fidalgo: the origin of the story

There are very few people who have never heard of Teresa Fidalgo, a story that has become an urban legend and that you will have to determine if it is real or not from the information we offer you.We will also talk about other ghosts that reappear on the roads.Reality or only urban legend? of history ">

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The ghost of Teresa Fidalgo

The story of Teresa Fidalgo t scraped to the Sintra road in Portugal, where her story is more than known for everything that happened after his death. It all started in 1983 when Teresa Fidalgo dies in a traffic accident on the aforementioned road, Sintra.There have been many people who have claimed to see her at that point, but only one event is what made this ghost truly popular, not only among the Portuguese but also throughout the world.

In 1988 , five years later after Teresa Fidalgo's death, three teenagers (Tiago, David and Tania) were in their car to go out, a journey that was supposed to be Quiet and, the reality is that they could never have imagined what they were going to live that day.

Previously, they had given a video camera to David so that all the way he was recording and testing the camera that contained infrared .He was sitting in the back of the car and on the way , they crossed with an image of a white lady who was in the car He continued, they continued the journey for a few moments but immediately turned around to see what it was that they had just seen.Perhaps an illusion, a person who needed help...But they would never have thought that person was Teresa Fidalgo.

When they went back, they stopped next to her and invited her to get up to the car to get her somewhere, Teresa Fidalgo got into the vehicle while David continued recording.and said her name was Teresa and, after a few minutes when everything seemed to be calm Teresa told them "There, look over there is where I had an accident and died".

No It is hard to imagine how they had to feel when they heard that phrase of a girl who was dressed in white and with a somewhat unique appearance.Teresa Fidalgo began to scream and, we can imagine that by the panic, these three teenagers suffered another accident traffic you at the same point on the road .In this accident Tiago and Tania died, David was the only survivor and one of the most relevant aspects is that the camera continued recording while the entire event occurred, there was a physical proof of everything that had just lived, a terrifying testimony.

As already you will imagine, until the place of the events the police moved to investigate what had happened, what was the real cause of the accident.Unquestionably, the police interrogated David to know what his testimony was about the accident, which was what had happened to have such a tragic outcome and he told his truth.

I report that there was a fourth person in the vehicle that responded to Teresa's name, but despite the fact that the police were looking around the accident, the body of a Fourth person.But one aspect that is important is that the police found out that five years ago, at that same point, a woman named Teresa Fidalgo had died and this meant that the news was the most commented throughout the country.

Some say that the video that I recorded during the trip and the accident the police confiscate it , others do not make reference to the subject.But well, it is also important to say that the video was shot by David one of the involved in the subject, who is a filmmaker.The video surely false, is a recreation of the hitchhiker's urban novel , belongs to a short film called The Curve , there is a short version and others a little longer.Still the video impresses who sees it, since it exploits a type of urban legend that we have all heard

Hundreds of Highway Ghost Stories

The history of Teresa Fidalgo has many points in common with other ghost stories around the world.In fact, those who work on this issue join them into the category they call " road ghosts " or « road ghosts «, and within it the most common variety is the « hitchhiker ghost «.These occurrences have been recorded for centuries s all over the world and there are records dating back even to the Middle Ages in Japon.

There are really hundreds of registered examples. But we have chosen one that called our attention in particular.On the outskirts of the Argentine city of Parana, a bus was traveling along the route It was full early morning, so it was outside service and they were only in the driver and a companion.

As they suddenly report they both saw that from the bottom of the vehicle a young blonde was approaching.Their eyes were red, the hair was misaligned and had a very bad smell In his hand there was a bag...he approached the men and opened the bag where there was a human head inside the bag.She asked: what was the end of the journey.Soon after suddenly disappeared at a crossroads, shortly distance from the San Benito Cemetery

Another type of road ghosts are the «p eatones »who walk or appear recklessly in the middle of the road.One of the most famous examples of this is the Spirit of Blue Bell Hill , in Kent, England , attributed to The shadow of a young woman died in a traffic accident in 1965.

Of course, here in Spain we are no stranger to these phantasmagoric phenomena on our roads.In Tarragona , on the road that passes through the campsite of Los Alfaques the ghosts of some of the victims of a tragic fire have been seen that in 1978 ended the lives of 243 tourists .

Other ghosts of the road

Legends of ghostly road appearances exist in almost any culture.Surely you will have a double psychological or social reading, a reason for the roads to be a source of myths and urban legends, some of them terrifying.Will it be the fear of moving along the path of life? The fear of not knowing that we can find in the future and what can make us lose control?