Ok, if you're not into absurd theories, you can skip this post entirely.
Here goes. I started looking at old bridges. One in particular caught my eye because it's no longer in use, and the road swerves 90 degrees to avoid the river without much (any) warning. It is off of I-85 on the way to Taylors, SC from Anderson. Great, but why would the couple get off the interstate there? There's a gas station and a Wal-mart at the exit, plus some fast food joints, but even if you took the long way to get back on I-85, there wouldn't be any good reason to turn onto Old Anderson Road off of SC81. When I zoomed in even more, I couldn't believe my eyes. The top-rated haunted house in SC is right there on Old Anderson Road near the bridge. It's in an actual haunted farmhouse. Maybe Kala and Charlie drove by to check it out? I know, sounds crazy. But is there someone on here who can check the Saluda River where the road veers off? There are no guard rails that I can see in the Google maps pictures. Another thing, there are still old center line paint marks in the road from the original roadway. Maybe Charlie had been there a while back, felt comfortable with the road, and didn't realize the bridge was out? (Not sure when it was decommissioned.) Oh by the way, there's kudzu there, too. Please, don't be too hard on me for coming up with this theory. It was a hard decision to post this because I don't want to detract from actual facts. But I feel like we have so few facts and we still aren't any closer to finding them... Just would love for someone to check it out. The actual address is 499 Old Anderson Road, Powdersville.
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