Talk:Vanishing hitchhiker/Archive 1

Archive 1

Acts 8:26-39 does NOT qualify

The supposed vanishing hitchhiker in Acts 8:26-39 does not disappear when the vehicle is in motion. In fact, the two people in question get off the vehicle together. Hence, this was deleted from the article. I am amazed at how people can interpret the Bible... F15x28 06:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, yes, it does

I disagree, therefore I have put it back. You are relying on an unneccessarily strict interpretation of the VH story. There are plenty of other references to VHs who do not disappear while the vehicle is in motion, some referenced in the article. The basic story is: Philip appears to a chariot-driving Eunuch and preaches to him; the Eunuch accepts his conversion; he stops his chariot and goes to be baptised in a nearby body of water; but when he returns, God has snatched up Philip and the Eunuch cannot find him. This clearly relates the story to the basic VH form (specifically in its oracular and quasi-divine variants, described fully in the article) and I for one am astonished that you apparently cannot see this. I suspect a religious motivation at work. Garrick92 12:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Expand

someone should expand this article. the article only focused on the vanishing hitchhiker tales in America and Europe. this particular story is quite famous in Malaysia and Singapore, often involving a woman in white carrying a baby. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.185.97.7 (talk) 04:12, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Plot Twist with the driver finding his coat at the gravesite reflected in other stories

It occurred to me that the plot twist where the driver thinks it was all a hoax or prank until he finds his coat at the gravesite reminds me of how in stories the character encounters a ghost or a frost giant's daughter and thinks it was all just a dream until he finds a piece of clothing that he or she tore off of the ghost or frost giant's daughter.

Example's Atali's dress in the Frost Giant's Daughter Freddy Krueger's hat or a piece of his sweater in NOES part of the Red Skull's boiler suit/overalls in Captain America's Weird Tales#74/1.

20:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)~Enda80

Nebraska "orangeish goo" encounter

I wouldn't mind some reference to or corroborating of this... I've just found no such 'Western Nebraska Museum' in the list of Nebraska museums. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.62.47.34 (talk) 01:29, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Goethe

Der Erlkönig has absolutely nothing to do with this article. It's not about a passenger who is assumed to be a normal human until (s)he is revealed to be supernatural, which is the main thrust of the legend. It's about a threatening supernatural force felt by the father during the ride. --Slashme (talk) 06:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Noraville, Central Coast, Australia

There's an urban legend about a vanishing hitchhiker on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia, that I remember from the 70's when I was a child. A movie is currently being made about it. Info about the movie here: http://www.jennydixonbeach.com/ Is it worth adding into the article or the Cultural references section? Cheers, Swampy 58.164.21.222 (talk) 12:43, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

good point. that it is not only american. therefore i deleted adjective 'american' before 'urban legend' at beginning of the article. hope you agree. it's not anti-american, only correct :) BirgittaMTh (talk) 15:36, 25 March 2018 (UTC)