THE RENOVO HITCHHIKER 

By Lou Bernard 

Renovo, Pennsylvania has a lot of history to it. And in the area, there are a lot of haunted stories. So many, in fact, that the Lock Haven Paranormal Seekers will be sponsoring a haunted tour on October 25th. 

The tour begins at seven PM at the Renovo Heritage office on Erie Avenue. The five dollar per person entrance fee will be donated to the Renovo Heritage Foundation. And anyone who attends will be able to learn a lot of fascinating stories about the ghosts of the greater Renovo area. 

For instance, do you know about the vanishing hitchhiker on the Renovo Road? In the 1950s, a young man named Dave was going to college at Lock Haven University, and dating a girl who lived in Renovo. They would meet up, often spending the evening in Lock Haven, and then he would drive her home, because this was in the days when gas cost a nickel. Every night, after dropping her off, he would head back to Lock Haven. One night he saw a young man walking along the Renovo Road, just outside of town. He assumed it was one of his classmates from the college, and it being a pretty long walk in the dark, Dave stopped to offer the young man a ride. 

The two of them chatted on the way back to Lock Haven….And then something happened. 

The young man disappeared. 

“As we rode into town, I was talking to him, and in mid-sentence I turned to look at him, there in the passenger seat,” Dave said in a later interview. “And he wasn’t there! I hadn’t stopped anywhere, and there was no way for him to leave the car. But he was gone!” 

Dave never forgot the incident, and he told it later, as an old man. The story will be part of the ghost tour on the 25th, and for further details, go to: https://gorenovopa.com/event/renovo-ghost-tour-2026

The tour is going to be a good time. But maybe don’t pick up anyone along the way.

Date and Time:

Sunday, October 25, 2026
The event begins at 7:00 p.m.