The Ghost of the Railroad Man--Revisited?

Could the ghost of the railroad man, as reported by the Gazette in 1907, still be with us today? We wondered, particularly when the following tale came to us from a motorist who experienced something while driving around Horseshoe Mound.

Everyone familiar with Galena knows where Horsehoe mound is. It's that large horseshoe-shaped hill just east of town, around which U.S. Highway 20 winds before descending into Galena. Many are the weary travelers who rejoice when they round that curve and see the quaint houses and church steeples in the valley below.

Well, one day Bruce and his friend were coming around the mound on their way home. They had done it a hundred times before and nothing unusual had ever happened. But this time was incredibly different. As they rounded that curve, Bruce saw a human face and body materialize and hover outside the windshield of his car! It was not a distinct face--someone that they could identify--but it was definitely a human face. It had not only a head, but legs and arms; and it appeared to be sort of a smoky-gray color. It hovered in front of the windshield and then flew up over the car, disappearing as mysteriously as it had appeared!

Neither individual in the car knew if the other had seen the same thing, until one said to the other after a few moments: "Did you see that?" "Yes!" was the immediate response. Both had seen the very same thing. Neither had ever experienced such a thing, either before or since. And neither has an explanation.

Could Bruce and his friend have seen the railroad man, looking for his train? Or was it simply, as some might suggest, light reflecting off the windshield? You be the judge.