372. Jeepney
The jeepney is not only the most convenient way to commute, but it is also the canvas for artists. Sometimes jeepney drivers paint their family members on the body.
Can you believe that something as colorful as this can also be the setting of a scary urban legend? Well, I don’t actually know if it’s an urban legend or if it’s real, but the story goes like this:
A young man, coming home late from work, rode an almost-empty jeepney. He sat at one end, wanting to be able to step down as soon as he got to his stop. And because of this, he needed to ask a fellow passenger, a big guy who was sitting with his sleeping girlfriend, to pass down his fare to the driver. But the guy wouldn’t take the money. Instead, he looked at the young man darkly.
An elder woman saw the silent exchange, and not wanting a fight to happen, stepped in and took the young man’s fare. The guy continued to glare at the young man. After a few minutes, the elder woman asked the jeepney driver to stop so she could step down from the jeep. Passing by the younger man, she told him to step down with her.
The young man was confused, but he obliged. As soon as the two were out of the jeepney, it was off again—not even waiting for any more passenger to come in.
The young man asked the elder woman what was wrong. She asked him who he thought the girl beside the guy was. The young man said it must’ve been his girlfriend. The elder woman shook her head. She told him that the girl wasn’t the guy’s girlfriend. She wasn’t even his friend. The elder woman told the young man that if he had looked closely, he would’ve seen that the girl wasn’t breathing. And that the guy was holding a knife to the girl’s side.
The elder woman continued, that she asked the young man to step down with her because she had a bad feeling where the knife was going next.
Hey! My sister also told me of this story! :D
