History & local legend
Constitution Drive follows the Lehigh River through woods in Allentown and Salisbury Township. Its best-known ghost story describes a man walking two dogs with glowing red eyes.
The tale explains his appearance through a railway accident. In one version, a train severed the man’s leg, and he died after lying beside the isolated road for two days. His dogs stayed with him until they died too. Another version says the train killed all three immediately.
Both versions lead to the same haunting: the man and his dogs continuing their walk. After snowfall, people reportedly find two sets of pawprints accompanied by impressions from only one human foot.
Sources
- Josh Popichak, Saucon Source, Haunted Lehigh Valley: Constitution Drive Has a Creepy History, October 28, 2020, two variants, tracks and sounds
- The Shadowlands, Allentown / Constitution Drive, apparition and two red-eyed dogs
- City of Allentown, comprehensive parks plan, Walking Purchase / Lehigh Mountain Park, gravel road and river geographyUnavailable ·
- OpenStreetMap, named riverside road segment
