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The Edna Collins Bridge

We visited the bridge on February the 4th, 2008
Present was Anita with Native American Ghost Society
Her daughter Leslie, her son n law Matt, And Judy freeman
time was 10:00 p.m.

This is what I have been told by people from the area.
The Edna Collins Covered Bridge crosses Little Walnut Creek on County Road 450 North in Putnam County. This single span Burr Arch Truss structure has a length of 80 feet, or 96 feet including the 8-foot overhang at each end, is 15 feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches high. Built in 1922 by Charles Hendrix to replace a concrete bridge that washed out, the Edna Collins Covered Bridge was constructed of Mississippi pine and listed in the 1989 World Guide as #14-67-06 ... in the February 1941 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "fn" to this Covered Timber Bridge located in Section 20, Township 15 North, and Range 5 West, about 1 mile northwest of Clinton Falls.

The Edna Collins Covered Bridge is "generally" considered haunted ... it is said that sometime in the early 1920's a little girl would swim in the stream, which the bridge crosses. At the end of the day her parent would drive into the covered bridge, turn off the motor, and honk three times telling the little girl it was time to leave. One day the something had happened to the little girl causing her to drown. Her mother was so upset and could not handle that her daughter was gone that she went to the bridge and hanged herself from one of the rafters .

Edna Collins CB Notes: # 14-67-06
Length = 80'
Built:1922
Truss: Burr/Arch
Location:
North west of of Green Castle about 8 miles on CR 450
Putnam Co IN
Latitude:
N39 43.65
Longitude:
W86 58.58
 

We had went to Indiana February the 4th to see family members and was told about the bridge. I had a chance to go to it with my daughter ,her husband, and a close friend of mine. The weather was very cold but a starry clear night. When we arrived it was around 10:00 P. M and where the bridge is located is off a main highway about 3 miles where there is nothing around but one home that is about 1/2 mile away and the rest is woods and cornfields. We parked the Van on the bridge and turned off the motor, I had gotten out of the Van and was standing to one side of the bridge about 12 feet or so away from the Van when I heard whistling coming from the other side of the bridge. I stood there listening hearing all kinds of noises that I didn't know what they were. My daughter and her husband got out and was standing next to me when we all heard the sound of a little child laughing. It startled my daughter and her husband so bad they Ran back to the van and locked the doors...

This is me while standing on the inside of the bridge and I heard a child laughing.

Matt also heard the laughing.

We did not get any concrete evidence that night to prove that it has paranormal activity, But with all the sounds and the laughter we all heard and experienced that night, I can't say it's not!

My team and I along with RVPRI from AR, will be going back soon. Hopefully this time we will have the opportunity to get solid proof of paranormal activity...