The following story/stories have been either submitted by one of my readers or found on other websites.

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Story 1

It has happened to me when I was in first year of my B.Tech in 2008. It was my first semester in the institute and I was leaving for college to attend annual Viva Exam.

I recently started driving two-wheeler and I was always extra cautious whenever someone sits behind me. Especially, it was difficult for me to balance the two wheeler when a woman sits wearing a saree (as they don't keep their legs across while wearing sarees).

My college was in my hometown and just 3 Km away from my home. It was the month of January and it was drizzling then. On my way to college, there comes an unpaved road which got muddy due to rain.

On my way to that road, I found a lady who was stopping me and asked me to drop to her at some nearby distance as it was getting difficult for her to walk on the slippery road.

I insisted her, Aunty, it is difficult for me to ride a two wheeler when someone sits behind me. Also the roads are slippery; there are chances we may fall.

Even after several denial, she sat behind me and asked me to drive.

I started driving. I was pretty comfortable while driving. I didn't expect I could ride. I felt I have overcome my fear now. After few minutes, I asked her, (Aunty, Where you want to go?)

And in a cold tone, she said, ( Wherever you have to go!)

It scared a hell out of me! I mean how does she know where I want to go? I reduced my vehicle speed and kept driving. With no talking for few minutes, she said, Stop here!

Without wasting a second I stopped my vehicle, and the moment I turned back she was not there!!

I called my mom immediately, she was frightened to know about this.

Just to calm me down ,she said, "You never allowed me to sit behind you, and took ghost to a ride ! )

I really don't know who was she. And I never found her on my way to college!

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Story 2

Though I have read and heard many horror stories this one horrified me the most, and its a true story that happened to my friend.

One late winter night, he was travelling from Jaipur to Delhi on a bike with his friend who was riding it. Needless to say that it was dark with occasional trucks which you will encounter on any any national highway during night time.

My colleague was riding pillion when he saw his friend looking intently on his side with a complete 90° turn of his head. His friend's face was white with horror. He casually asked what was happening. His friend asked him to just shut up. Confused and panicked he just kept quite till 10-15 minutes when his friend stopped at a temple which was lit.

They were just walking to the temple when an old man asked his friend, "you saw her?". His white with horrified face was enough of an answer. So the old man asked them to pay a visit to the temple and carry on with their journey.

They did as he told and continued. It was only when they reached their destination in the morning that his friend had the guts to describe what he'd seen. He said that, he saw a woman dressed as bride running with their motor cycle facing him. First he wondered how she could catch up with the bike's speed. It was only then he realized that she was not human.

He froze with anticipation as to what else she could do and was unable to avert his eyes from her expressionless face. So he spotted light and stopped there. Imagine, for 10 minutes or so he kept looking at a supernatural creature while riding a bike. My colleague saw or felt nothing. This story sort of reinforces my belief in the presence of spirits as it happened to someone I know. That thought fires up my imagination when I am in any horrifying situation.

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Story 3

When I was younger, my family and I went on a road trip to Wyoming to see Yellowstone National Park. It's a beautiful place, and if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend it. Anyways, so from our home in California, it was about a 17-hour drive in our Yukon XL. It took us several days worth of on-and-off driving to get there, and during the nights, we would try to find a little motel to rest at.

One of the nights, due to us being behind schedule, my dad attempted to drive through the night to get us there sooner. He made it probably into the wee hours of the night before he deemed it unsafe and parked us in this little unlit rest stop in the middle of the woods in some fly-over state.

My brothers and I had fallen asleep in the car several hours before he'd stopped, so for at least a couple hours, we were all sleeping in the car in this dark, little parking lot surrounded by forest. Having got a couple hours of sleep and being in a pretty uncomfortable position, I woke up in the middle of the night - pretty disoriented but not really scared.

I looked around and saw everyone fast asleep in this pitch black car, and naturally I felt pretty alone. I tried to fall back asleep, but it just wasn't working out, so I just sat there for a while, boredom setting in. Looking out the window to see where we were, it was pitch-black, so I couldn't see jack sh*t.

Luckily, I wasn't the type to pack light and had brought a couple flashlights in my bag. Being careful not to disturb my sleeping family, I reached into the backseat, unzipped my bag, and pulled out a little plastic, yellow flashlight. It wasn't the brightest but it was enough to see the foreground of the general surroundings. I put it up to the glass, making sure not to make any noise, and pushed the little switch into the on position. I pressed my face against the glass and looked out. At first, it looked like a normal tree line with some bushes, trees, whatever... but as I scanned the darkness, looking for animals, buildings, etc., I noticed this dark shape standing between these two trees in the distance. It looked like the shape of a man, but it wasn't moving. Just sitting there.

After watching it for a good while and seeing no real signs of movement, I just assumed it was a bush or some kind of natural occurrence. Just as I was about to turn the light off and reattempt sleep, I saw this shadow shape turn 90 degrees and move behind a tree, disappearing from sight.

This scared the sh*t out of me, and I immediately turned off the flashlight and threw my sweater-turned-blanket over my head, shut my eyes tightly, and covered my ears. I was paralyzed with fear and, too full of adrenaline to get any sleep, sat in this semi-fetal position, clutching my flashlight, for the rest of the night.

I waited until the sun came up and we were back on the road before I got any sleep. I didn't tell anybody about the man I saw in the woods.

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