I don't know about haunted roads...
I just think there are little monsters in my engine that keep eating the oil up and they start banging on things when they want more, and if they are unfed for too long, they start breaking things in the engine bay.
... I have been told that when I jump on the gas, there are small puffs of smoke out the tailpipes but I am yet to see anything while it's idling. The oil level keeps dropping though, odd.....
Maybe you need a new coil, Paul?
I'm not great with electrics, but I remember reading somewhere that particular coils may need resistors (or something like that) to reduce the current from the battery... If the coil keeps heating up something is definitely not right though.