Comments on: The Haunting of the Solomon Hochoy Highway

By: rishibootan

rishibootan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:12:48 +0000

have heard similar stories….however the statue does exist…..will take a picture of it and post it to you.the statue is similar to that of the virgin mary but headless.Have recently seen it with some friends.its about five mins up the hill from the hi/way
Will someone who have been in an accident on that stretch of the hi-way confirm any of these stories?

By: amit

amit — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:45:45 +0000

true..heard stories of it since i was small…u cud of seen the whole statue in the crop season..but bush grew up..the government should keep it clean n make it a way 4 attractions…..

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:33:04 +0000

Right now you can see the statue from the highway it has no head and the stories of her missing her head states that a mentally challenged person went up there back in the 70’s and was talking with her and when she didn’t respond he chopped off her head and i think this year august will make it 100 years she’s been dead

By: trinimom

trinimom — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:47:22 +0000

Dawn please accept my condolences ..I know it is a while back but on reading your comment I felt for you.
Now about the haunting of the Claxton Bay exit and the area near the old Sugar Factory I know as much as my children’s aunt as we are the same age and we both lived in the neighbouring village and heard the same stories and had more or less similar experiences. We saw the statue in the earrly days in all its glory as we would pass there when the cane was being reaped and fires were all around so that the place was clear and the statue was always visible at crop time.

By: Dawn Alleyne

Dawn Alleyne — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:40:34 +0000

I am not surprised that there are many of us skeptics out there with such vivid imaginations. But sadly, the story has some truth behind it. Going back to the late 70’s, always traveling from San Fernando to Indian Trail village, there was always an eeriness in being in that spot.I had always looked up in hopes that I would see something. We cant all be imagining the same thing, can we?. Even for those that support the theory that drivers are tech savvy and insist on being Indy 500 contenders, there has been many reports since the early 1900’s of the girl in white, that walks across the highway. Is she looking for her long lost love? or just a mischievous spirit that uses the guise to spook the heck out of us. A little bit of both perhaps? When you look at the statue, you do get frightened a bit. It does make you want to speed up a bit, cause if you slow down, she might be in your car next to you. That’s why I believe that the accidents occur, because we believe that her spirit is actually real and not wanting to fess up about being afraid, the speedometer goes up just when you get to the bend in the road. Maybe it’s her foot on the pedal. One thing I do remember though, her statue always looked beautiful up on the hill, in a solitary way. Even with the cane flowers shrouding her. I believe that she is there still and is waiting for someone to send her spirit to the other side. And no, I don’t drink, I would like to, but I don’t like the stuff. Okay, you must admit it does make a great story. But, here is a true story. Just as you get pass the bend heading North, I’m guessing 100 feet or so after that site, past the village there, but on the south bound side of the highway, in January 1984. My stepfather had been murdered there. His car had veered of the road and wrapped itself around the light pole. When the police found him, they found a dagger pushed into his skull form the base of his neck toward the eye socket. A robbery gone wrong maybe.They took it out and gave it to my mother. I doubt that his spirit is still lingering there, because the neighbors we have in Preysal, were very religious, and just before I left Trinidad to go to England, they told me that the night he died, there was a loud bang in the shed behind their house, they had bicycle parts and various metal objects neatly hanging there, when they heard the noise they went to investigate and found that all the parts were strewn all over the room, The elderly woman who was alive then, said that is was his spirit trying to get home and ran into into their home instead because of the trauma it had suffered, and in the manner his life had been taken. This is something I will remember the rest of my life. So, this is a plea for everyone to look out for your fellow Trini on the road. If you feel the need for speed, drink a Shandy.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:28:35 +0000

This story is so true. I heard it many times and everytime i venture into south i would look out for the statue. Eventually when i saw it…it was like so freaky…I think by now the tall grass has covered it. Recently this topic came up in our office, and for the first time someone who actually witnessed this haunting, was sitting right next to me. She told me that one night coming from a party in south, for a moment they saw a girl in a white dress crossing with a cow, when the driver dipped on his brake, he realised that they had already gone through watever they saw, comfused and looking back trying to figure out what just happened…..my co-worker and her company was freaked out. Thank God i never saw this…

By: Shenelle

Shenelle — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:54:46 +0000

Since i was a little girl, my dad told me this story,I was a little scared but ever since i always try to look out to see her and for the statue but never in my life have i seen it…I would so love to see it…I love superstition..Although I might not be able to sleep at all afterwards but still…I want to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Chennette

Chennette — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:50:05 +0000

Hi Vashti…the true story would be welcome

By: vashti

vashti — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:05:09 +0000

hi i know this story—– i used to live near by actually near the foot of this statue. well near the hill where it at.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:22:03 +0000

You can (or could) see the statue in the dry season, especially if fire had passed through the patch of trees and they were leafless.