Arthur Matthews's 'Urban Legend Of The Vander Light'

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The Vander Light This urban legend is said to have taken place in the 1800s, and is about the ghost of Arthur Matthews. Arthur Mathews was a Ticketmaster for the small train station located in Vander, North Carolina. The legend states that one rainy night the scheduled train was late and Arthur went outside on the platform with his lantern to see if he could see the train approaching. He slipped on the wet platform and fell onto the tracks hitting his head on a rail and knocking him out cold. As the train approached the station, the conductor saw a light in the middle of the tracks. When the conductor realized it was a lantern and a person he tried to stop the train, but unfortunately, couldn’t in time. When the train finally came to

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