Of Ghosties and Beasties
Hi,all...for a change,let's talk of ghosties and beasties that roam through the night. I mean, stories we've heard of these creatures, any experiences we have had with them, et al. Let me go back to school days. I can recall three stories which were quite,well, popular, if I may say so. The first one was about travelling through the night on a road in Baroda, called Jail Road.(It's still called that, since Baroda Central Jail is located in that area)...the story goes that if you go on that road around the midnight hour or around 1 AM, there could be a beautiful lady in a white saree who would stop you for a lift. If you stopped and gave her a lift, she would thank you,get in, and sit quietly. And, when Jail Road ended, she would have vanished. (Never heard of her doing any harm to anyone, though) The other story was about this scooterist. He was travelling along a road, and a truck laden with long building material related iron rods,was in front of him. Suddenly, the truck ...