In Evan's definition, he explains that "People often perform some kind of action to satisfy the haunting spirit or in some way persuade it to abandon its activities." (Evans, 100). In the Legend of Gibbs Bridge, there are many different actions that need to be performed for a haunting to occur, and the actions are usually specific to the story being told. In one story, the participant must first turn off the car, turn on the headlights three times and honk the horn three times and an apparition will appear. Another story states that the participant must again turn off the car and leave the keys out of the right window and red eyes will appear in the review window. Yet another requires the participant to get out of the car and cross the bridge. Although all these actions have differences, there is one common element and that is that the participant must park their car along or near the bridge