Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: March 8, 2025
As I researched paranormal reports before flying to Hawaii, I found the following several odd urban legend reports through the years. One clear windless night a Mrs. Macomber was driving at normal speed near the timberline and lava when a force pushed the tarpaulin in. Both her and her husband could not push it out. He felt a solid force, no wind. They saw two lights approaching from the distance. The lights disappeared although there were no crossroads. Farther on they spotted two red lights, possible taillights that disappeared also. When they returned home a force kept Mrs. Macomber and her daughter in the truck. The husband rushed into the house, returned with salt and threw it into the truck releasing them.
Another time school and county officials returning to Hilo from Kona saw unexplained yellow -red lights glowing. Both cars observed this, but the lights disappeared.
Another report, a man was fixing a flat tire along Saddle Road when he heard a sound on the other side of the car. He walked around and saw no one. He returned to find his wrench had moved two feet from where he dropped it.
Several other scary stories along Saddle Road – a car rolling backwards up a hill. And a large lizard-like creature damaged a car.
After landing at Kona Airport, we drove across the big island of Hawaii. The 101-mile drive took about two hours as we headed past Hilo to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. A large part of the drive was across Saddle Road (State Route 200) which gets its name from its location between the towering volcanoes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, often referred to as the “saddle”.
The drive had many beautiful views, but the drive was very desolate and isolated, with long stretches of road between seeing a building or another car. As darkness crept in, the clouds hung low as we gained altitude (up to 3,500 feet) and did look rather eerie although we did not encounter anything out of the ordinary. I guess we chalk this up to Hawaiian lore.
