The girl with the bucket

Missouri · United States · House

She came towards him in a long white sleeveless dress, carrying a bucket of water. She bumped him as she passed and spilled water down his leg.

A witness on the tracks at Poplar Bluff, Missouri described a young woman walking towards him.

She had long brown hair, she wore a long white sleeveless dress that he took for a wedding dress, and she was carrying a bucket of water. He describes her as looking part Native.

As she passed she bumped into him and spilled water down his leg.

He turned round to speak to her.

That is the most physical encounter in this entire archive. Almost nothing else here involves contact, and nothing else involves the witness getting wet. Either something touched him and left water on his clothes, or he has told the story so many times that the water arrived later.

A bucket is also a working object rather than a romantic one, which sits oddly against the dress.

The tracks are live.

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Where is The girl with the bucket located?

The girl with the bucket is in Missouri, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.