History & local legend
Bellemans Church Road in Berks County was the setting for a striking nighttime sighting recounted by Reading Eagle columnist Charles J. Adams III in December 2008. A driver identified as K was returning from her uncle’s home around two in the morning, with her grandmother riding beside her.
Near Salem Belleman’s Church, she saw a tall woman walking toward the car along the middle of the road. The woman had shoulder-length brown hair and vivid pink, orange and yellow clothing. As the car approached, she stopped, sat cross-legged in the roadway and stared ahead. Then she disappeared.
Adams reported that the grandmother also saw the woman.
Sources
- Charles J. Adams III, Reading Eagle, December 28, 2008, Another ghost sighted along notorious Berks road, reporting the driver’s account and her grandmother’s corroboration
- Salem Belleman’s Church, history of the congregation and church buildings on the road
- National Register of Historic Places, Belleman’s Union Church
