Who is the mysterious woman in black?

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 29 Juli 2014 | 20.01

Who is she? ... Photos have started appearing online of a woman in black who has walked more than 800 kilometres across America. Source: Supplied

A SOCIAL media campaign has gone viral as people try to discover who this mysterious woman in black is and why she has been walking more than 800 kilometres across America.

The Facebook campaign started earlier this month as images of the woman walking along highways decked out in black and using a walking pole began to appear online.

The woman has been seen everywhere from Georgia to Ohio. Some TV stations that have been monitoring her movements say she rarely speaks and is on a religious mission.

Peaceful ... Raymond Poles says the woman in black in his sister, Elizabeth. Source: Supplied

"If you meet this woman, please, offer her a drink, a meal, whatever it may be you feel she needs. Be hospitable. Be kind," the Facebook group says.

Raymond Poles told Reuters the woman is his sister, Elizabeth Poles, 56, a US Army veteran, the mother of two children and a widow from Alabama.

He said she had been receiving treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals to deal with the deaths of her husband in 2008 and her father in 2009.

Mr Poles said the deaths had hit her particularly hard.

Mystery walk ... It is unclear why the woman has gone walkabout. Source: Supplied

He said one Sunday his sister shaved her head and refused to go to church. Ever since then she has been disappearing for months at a time. He described her as a good natured woman and urged anyone who comes past her to be kind to her and see if she needs anything.