The Ilchester Tunnel is located near the historic town of Ellicott City, Maryland. This old B&O Railroad tunnel also has a little known urban legend attached to it: The Legend of The Blink Man. Legend has it that an old homeless blind man was hit and killed by an oncoming train in the early 1900s and now his spirit haunts the tunnel. Supposedly, if you stand on the tracks at 11PM and stare into the tunnel for entire hour without blinking, The Blink Man will appear. And every time you blink after he first appears to you, his ghost will get closer and closer until his eyelashes brush against your face. The constant flickering of his eyelashes on your skin…

The Ilchester Tunnel is located near the historic town of Ellicott City, Maryland. This old B&O Railroad tunnel also has a little known urban legend attached to it: The Legend of The Blink Man. Legend has it that an old homeless blind man was hit and killed by an oncoming train in the early 1900s and now his spirit haunts the tunnel. Supposedly, if you stand on the tracks at 11PM and stare into the tunnel for entire hour without blinking, The Blink Man will appear. And every time you blink after he first appears to you, his ghost will get closer and closer until his eyelashes brush against your face. The constant flickering of his eyelashes on your skin…

The Ilchester Tunnel is located near the historic town of Ellicott City, Maryland. This old B&O Railroad tunnel also has a little known urban legend attached to it: The Legend of The Blink Man. Legend has it that an old homeless blind man was hit and killed by an oncoming train in the early 1900s and now his spirit haunts the tunnel. Supposedly, if you stand on the tracks at 11PM and stare into the tunnel for entire hour without blinking, The Blink Man will appear. And every time you blink after he first appears to you, his ghost will get closer and closer until his eyelashes brush against your face. The constant flickering of his eyelashes on your skin…