As Halloween approaches, one New Jersey road stands apart for constant reports of paranormal activity — and it’s getting so notorious, even car rental companies are apparently warning clients to steer clear.
In a recent worldwide ranking by Sixt, a piece of pavement called Clinton Road in West Milford took the top spot — for the third year in a row.
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The experts behind the list told The Post that the northern Passaic County thoroughfare is “one of the country’s most haunted roads, with a reputation built on decades of local folklore and eerie encounters.”
“The 10-mile stretch of heavily forested road is particularly unsettling after dark,” a representative explained, “when its dense tree canopy leaves parts of the route almost completely shrouded in darkness.”
The road has a macabre reputation for creepy activity that dates back more than a century.
In 1905, writer J. Percy Crayon described the area as inhabited by “robbers, witches and ghosts that made their appearance in frightful forms.”
In one famous story, Ghost Boy — a spirit said to linger beneath a bridge — returns coins that are tossed into the water below.
“Visitors continue to test the story, with coins still visible in the stream below Dead Man’s Curve,” Sixt explained, adding that the road is also associated with the appearance of “ghost lights” — mysterious floating orbs or unexplained lights that appear in the darkness and sometimes surround solo drivers.
Commuters also describe seeing phantom cars — specifically, a black Camaro and an old pickup truck —that appear in their rearview mirrors before disappearing into darkness.
Legend even holds that Clinton Road is the preferred thoroughfare of the Jersey Devil, a mysterious creature of disputed (albeit dubious) origins who has been blamed for drought, crop failure, the death of livestock and even the onset of war.
“Together, these tales give Clinton Road a fascinating mix of history, folklore and roadside mystery,” said Sixt scribes.
To determine the most haunted stretches of highway in the world, experts analyzed search trends on Google and TikTok, then compared the results with previously published lists of haunted roads in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
