Boredom

So, I currently dorm at Caldwell. At times, it does get a tad boring. However, when you stick three people, who are completely random, together, it can get entertaining. These past few weekends I decided that I would stay on campus, just to get the full experience of dorm life. It has actually been fun.


This past weekend, my friends Greg, Brandon, and I were super bored and tired at the same time. However, we made a promise that we weren't going to bed early because it was the weekend! This may seem a little creepish, but we are obsessed with the weird nj magazines and website. For some reason, we like to get scared and go to these "haunted" and strange places. We went to Heart Beat Road as one of our random adventures for the weekend. The story behind this road is that some years ago in the 1960s, two teens were parked at the boulder engaged in "lover's lane" activities. Without warning, a crazed woodsman jumped from behind the boulder wielding a large hatchet. The boyfriend jumped from the car and fled the scene in terror, leaving his date to the mercy of the madman. The youth ran all the way home, some five miles. The girl was never found. Supposedly you can hear the heart beats of the girl whenever you keep the car off on the road.


Of course, we were not completely convinced of this. We left the dorms at around 11:30 to check it out. It was about a 20 minute drive. The closer we got to the road, the more I would try to scare Greg, who was driving. However, he is so hard to scare. Turns out, Brandon was the one who was the most scared. All of a sudden, we come to a complete stop. I look up and there is a little sign that says "Paven Road", which is the real name of this legendary road. I'm not going to lie, at this point, I was scared.


It was a really small road and it was dark, it looked like an alley, which made it even more creepier. I wasn't trying to scare them anymore because I was officially nervous. Greg turned down the road and it was too quiet for me. I think what made it worse was the darkness of the road. Also, there were trees that had branches that reminded me of something out of a Tim Burton movie. It seemed lifeless, this short winding road in the middle of nowhere. All three of us got really quiet all of a sudden because we didn't know what to expect. I didn't want to seem like the scared one, so i suggested that we should get out of the car and walk on this road. But i didn't think that they would do it!!! Boy, was I wrong!



So, Greg parked his car on the side of the road and turned the car off. It was completely dark. We all just sat there in complete silence because we wanted to hear the thumping. Of course, being the paranoid teenagers that we are, we "heard" the thumping noise of a heart beat. I was the first to scream because I was scared. Greg was getting pumped at this time. He wanted to get out of the car and walk around.



I was extremely nervous, but I agreed because I didn't want to be left by myself in the car. Greg was the first one to get out. Brandon got out next but I had to convince him to get out. I was the last one to get out of the car, I was so nervous. All I can remember is that I kept saying "Hey guys, I don't think I like this anymore." But Greg didn't want to hear that. He had to pull me and Brandon away from the car. I latched onto Brandon's arm and we all slowly started walking on this extremely dark, endless road.

We walked for about 5 minutes on this road, when all of a sudden we heard a noise, like someone was walking, in the wooded area. All three of us froze and looked at each other. Greg kind of reminded me of a deer that just say headlights. It was quite funny. Brandon was the first one to start running back to the car, and of course, out of an impulse, me and Greg ran too. I never saw him run as fast as he did that night. Brandon, then opened the drivers door and leaped into the car and some how wound up in the passenger seat and locked the doors. This still amazes me to this day.

We had to like bang on the windows to make him open the doors. He's laughing histerically at us, but we were not amused at this point because we were still "hearing" creepy noises. He finally opened the doors for us and Greg and i HOPPED into the car. He sped off the road because we really didn't want to be there anymore. The car ride was completely silent because I think the nervousness got the best of us.

So, I just have a few words of advice. If you're going to do some weird NJ stunt, be ready to get scared. It might not be the myths that they talk about. For example, it can just be teenagers trying to scare you. Either way, be prepared, because if you're not, you will have a rude awakening once you get there.

However, I DO recommend going to these places because they give you great experiences and memories!