On Wednesday Dec. 8th political science senior Joseph Duvall and Norman native Tabitha Randall visited Cry Baby Bridge in Moore to investigate the supernatural occurrences there. During their investigation they heard sounds of an infant crying and immediately left.
Duvall first visited Cry Baby Bridge when he was in high school with some classmates. He reported that he saw a car and a baby seat in the ditch below the bridge and that around midnight he heard a baby crying and saw what appeared to be a woman looking frantic. The figure of the woman suddenly disappeared and Duvall and his friends quickly left the bridge area.
“A lot of people go to Cry Baby Bridge with doubt in their minds,” Duvall said. “It’s not until you go that you realize how real and scary it can be.”
While Cry Baby Bridge is a local legend that has many believing, there is some evidence that the story is a lie. According to strangeusa.com, the car that is seen in the ditch was put there by “a group of kids” who stole it and pushed it into the pond. The story supposedly developed from a similar story of a couple fishing on a pond near the bridge with their infant on a boat that capsized and the baby drowned. That pond is called Cry Baby Lake.
Paranormal investigator Christie Clark spoke about the legend calling it “sensational.”
“There might be spirits there,” Clarke said. “But it seems like people hype the story too much and there is little truth of what actually happened left.”
The bridge still stands as a dilapidated wooden structure. The city of Moore plans to tear down the bridge in the future for safety reasons.
To learn more about Cry Baby Bridge visit http://theshadowlands.net/places/oklahoma.htm.
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