The Putney Pusher

Around 7:40 am on May 5, 2017, on Putney Bridge in London England, a woman would be walking on the bridge. When suddenly a man who was jogging without hesitation would push her with both hands towards the street towards a bus. The bus driver would swerve last second just missing her by inches and would later say that he did not know that she was that close till he'd seen the CCTV footage. Luckily she was not injured. How did the jogger react? He continued his jog without looking back at his victim or the scene he caused. 15 minutes later he would jog back and the shaking victim would confront him. He ignored her and continued on. 

Even though the video of the assault circulated and many were enraged the man was never found.  This case is now considered closed till new information comes out. There have been suspects in the case but found suspects have been ruled out. 

The suspect is a white male with a stocky frame. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a pair of dark blue shorts and a grey T-shirt. 

SOURCES:

BBC June 27, 2018

Wired October 14, 2021

My London August 6, 2022

The Guardian  More than 5 years ago

GHOSTS: Hairy Hands of Dartmoor

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Between Postbridge and Two Bridges in Dartmoor, England there is a legend of a sector who loves to cause vehicle accidents. The story begins around 1910 and drivers and cyclists have reported that in this area their vehicle would jolt and steer off the road. The cause of it? The Hairy Hands appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the steering wheel or handlebars causing a crash. 

There would be no fatalities until 1921 when E.H. Helby would wreck his motorcycle. His two daughters who were sitting in the sidecar would survive, however. 

It's unknown who the spirit is and why they want to cause wrecks. Some suspect that it wasn't a spirit, but people unfamiliar with the area getting in accidents and knowing the legend and blaming it on that. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

ObscUrban Legends Wiki

Murder of Leah Ulbrich

Around 4:49 a.m. on October 29, 1995 Law enforcement was receiving calls of a woman, 24-year-old Leah Ulbrich, being dragged by a vehicle from Locust St. west on Elliot St. toward Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford, Connecticut. One caller gave the car description as similar to a 1995 or a recent year Nissan Maxima or similar make. Another caller, an unidentified female, made a call using a fire emergency telephone at the coroner of Elliot St. and Wethersfield Ave. and saw the woman being dragged. 

Prior to the 911 calls, a Hartford Police officer patrolled north on Wethersfield Ave. near Elliot St. in a marked cruiser. They spotted a small dark-colored car enter Wethersfield Ave from Elliot St. He spotted that it was dragging something and did not have its headlights on. The officer pursued the vehicle but did not catch up to it. He then followed a trail of liquid left on the pavement that lead to the area of Jordan Ln near Ridge Rd. 

The officer would then find Leah's body lying against the northern curb of Jordan Lane. It would be determined that she would die due to extensive blunt trauma from being dragged by the vehicle for over 4 miles.It was believed that she was either holding onto a seat belt or was hooked onto it. That door will be damaged as it was open during the drag. There was no way the driver did not know. It's likely she was dragged starting on Elliot St. as her shoes were left parallel next to each other on the road as if they fell off when she first started getting dragged. 

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice

The Deck Podcast

Hartford Courant November 7, 1995

Hartford Courant December 12, 1995

Hit and Run of Kip Hallow

 

Just before 2 a.m. on October 26, 1985, 20-year-old Kip Hallow was hit by a car on Vickers St. North and Weigand Ave. in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Two passersby found him and got assistance from a cab driver who arrived shortly after. The cab driver called paramedics and police, but Kip would be pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 2 a.m. The people who found Kip stated that a car was seen going up North Vickers St. when they found Kip.

Kip's clothes had evidence of red or marron paint chips from the sedan that hit him. He was wearing a black leather jacket, faded blue jeans, a white shirt and tan coloured cowboy boots and also had a lighter that was a replica of a Derringer pistol.

It's believed that before the hit and run Kip was at the bars on the North side that night. 

SOURCES:

Thunder Bay Police

CBC October 28, 2017

CBC October 26, 2020

Hit and Run of Michael A. Dzioba

On September 19, 2004, around 10 p.m. 54-year-old Michael Dzioba was riding his bike on the 5800 block of S. Howell Ave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was struck by a mid-1980's model Oldsmobile Calais with after-market fog lamps. The car would flee the scene and remains unsolved. It's not stated whether they think he was intentionally hit or accidently.  Michael would die from his injuries.

SOURCES:

Milwaukee Police Department

Find a Grave

Cline Falls Axe Attack

In 1977 19-year-old Terri Jentz who was from Western Springs, Illinois and 20-year-old Avra Goldman from Wellesley, Massachusetts were roommates and students at Yale University. They decided that summer that they were going to cycle across the U.S. via the newly opened Trans America Trail. They would end their tour in Astoria, Oregon.

On the night of June 22, they headed east from Astoria and ended up in Cline Flass State Park in Oregon. They decided to camp there for the night though the women felt uneasy as if they were being watched. The two would go to bed and would wake up at 11:30 p.m. to the sound of a vehicle. This was when the nightmare would start.

It was initially believed that the truck pulling up belonged to partying teenagers. The truck would then drive over the tent its tires pinning Terri down, this would break both her arms, one leg, her collar bone, and several ribs as well as crushing her lung. A man exited the vehicle with an axe. He would hit Avra in the head with it around 6 times.

The man then would hover over Terri looking down at her. He would slowly bring down the axe over Terri and she caught it in her hands above her heart by the blade. He then withdrew it and drove away. He left the girls to die. Terri would describe him as a fit cowboy type.

Avra was able to get to the roadside even though her leg was broken and she had wounds from the axe. A motorist heard her cries and took both women to the hospital. They would state the scene was a bloody mess. Miraculously neither woman lost their lives even though their injuries were significant.

Terri was able to remember the attack, but Avra's eyesight went bad from the wounds and she couldn't remember that night. The man who attacked them was never caught. Later Terri would go back to Oregon to search for the man who tried to kill her and this caused her to write "A Strange Piece of Paradise".

She found out that all the initial information on the case was lost. This included interviews, physical evidence, and crime scene photos. She also found that the man who was thought to have tried to kill them a child rapist and child murderer Richard Wayne "Bud" Goodman did not match the description. 

Instead, she said that another suspect who she gives them a different name in her book as Dirk Duran. He matches the description and had told people over the years that he was not involved with the ax attack. But others in the community had suspected him.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
Statesman Journal June 27, 1977
CNN May 8, 2006
The Independent June 21, 2006