The 30 Minutes Drive

September 25, 2011 by Alvin

 Most people like me, love to listen to thrilling ghost stories and share them with friends. One day, while driving back from work with my friend, we were chit chatting as usual to kill time as it was quite a boring journey back from work.

  We work in a hospital that is located in the rural area that was a 30 minutes drive from our home. A 30 minutes drive might sound near to some, but it felt like ages especially when you are driving in the kampung road scattered with potholes. That was what we have to face everyday while traveling to and fro from work. It was especially dangerous to travel at night because there were not many street lamps lighting the road. The road was not always empty as there will be people be crossing it because they live in kampung houses along the road.

  It was around 8.30 in the evening. The road wasn't empty, but it was dark. I started to tell my friend ghost stories. She listened intently, and after that shared whatever stories she had with her as well. Suddenly, someone ran from the divider to the left side of the road. I slowed down the car immediately. And try to look at the person that just crossed in front of the car but couldn't see anybody at the side of the road. It's as if the person just vanished into thin air. The atmosphere in the car turned silent as both if us didn't know what happened.

  I continued driving, this time more carefully so that I don't ram into someone. I was quite puzzled about the situation just now so I asked my friend if she saw what I saw. She said yes, but didn't know what was it. It was just a shadow out of the blue. No clear outline of a person. And if it was a person, it won't just vanish after crossing the road. Scary as it may sound, we didn't feel anything at that moment. It was until we reached home that we started to discuss about what just happened. Maybe it was because we were too tired and mistook a shadow made by the headlights of a passing car as something paranormal. Or perhaps frighteningly, one those 'things' weren't too happy to hear us talking about it . That was how it told us to stop whatever that we were doing. After all, it was almost impossible for two people to imagine the same thing at the same time. Whatever it was, we shall never know.