The highway is also known as The Devil’s Highway or Satan’s Highway. Starting in Gallup New Mexico running north for 85 miles to Shiprock then cutting across the southwest corner of Colorado on into Utah is a stretch of highway named route 666.
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These stories get passed around, added to and backed up with a lot “No, seriously this is true.” Here are three that are quite exciting. Holding your breath while going through a tunnel or across state lines is rumored to bring good luck.Īlong with superstitions, truckers have some of the best stories of the road. When going through a yellow light, touching or tapping the roof of the cab is supposed to bring good luck. Stay clear of bright colored cars, red or yellow, they attract too much attention from cops and often get pulled over, cited and watched. They believe that you should hang your bell 4 inches off the ground and always, always, I mean always, have it hanging in the middle of the trailer or you’ll turn over. Truck drivers, like motorcyclists, have a Gremlin bell an Angel bell that they hang on their trailers for safety. When done with a run, truckers pat the dashboard and thank her for a job well done. Truckers believe that you “Never piss on a truck or it will piss on you.” Truckers believe it’s bad luck to cross a highway when stopping for a break.
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His car crashed and he died, the 50’s were found later and from then on, drivers have found the Grants to be unlucky.
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The great driver and two-time NASCAR champion, Joe Weatherly, had two $50 dollar bills in his shirt pocket during his last race in 1964. This one actually has its roots in NASCAR. Truckers believe it is unlucky to drive with a 50 dollar bill on their person. They always refer to their trucks as ‘she’ or ‘her” very much like sailors refer to ships as being female. When driving by a cemetary truckers believe it’s unlucky to breath so they will hold their breath until they pass. There are rituals, stories, superstitions that truckers abide by to keep them safe, on time and coming home at the end of a run. We all have some little thing that we do, some ritual some superstition we follow, it may be unconscious or conscious but, it’s what works for us and truckers are no different. Why? Who knows but it works so why mess with it. No one talks to pitcher once he gets close to a no hitter. If a player has a great day at the plate, he’ll use the same bat til he cools off. Players don’t step on foul lines when taking or coming off the field. How he came up with these rituals is anybody's guess but, they worked for him. and before each at bat, he would draw a chai- the Hebrew symbol for life- into the dirt of the batter's box. So, the superstition makes some sense on some level.Īthletes are notoriously superstitious people and if you asked them why they did certain things, they would either shrug or just say “it’s what works.” Wade Boggs, third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, ate chicken before every game, took exactly 150 ground balls during infield practice, ran wind sprints at exactly 7:17 p.m.
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So, for actors, seeing MacBeth on the list meant they would be unemployed soon. If a theater was doing poorly, they often put the play on to attempt to recoup some losses and, usually the theater folded afterward. In reality, Macbeth was a very popular play with lots of blood, gore and nasty magic, usually guaranteed to fill the seats. Actors, very superstitious creatures, don’t say the name of the Shakespeare play MacBeth backstage, it’s supposed to be a curst play and uttering the title is said to call upon the devil and bring evil into the theater. They’re just something they believe, have been told is true or have developed a trust in over the years. A lot of people have them and most don’t even know why.