GHOST IN KOREA - STORY OF A HAUNTED HILL

Have you notice that there have been a lot of horror or ghost movies in the cinema lately? Somehow, this reminds me of a story told by our tourist guide, Mr Park, while I was on vacation in Korea with my wife last year. 

We were travelling on a tour bus and Mr Park, a Korean, showed us around. He then showed us a place in Jeju Island, where we should all avoid if travelling at night. It is somewhat a hill, which is located in the middle of the island. 

If travelling in the daytime, he said, it may be a good short cut to get from the north to the south of the island. But at night, he warned us NOT to go through that hill. It would be better to travel around the island, instead of passing through that hill.

"Longer time to reach your destination, but at least you'll reach your destination safely" he said. 

Mr Park told us of a story about this cab driver (let's call him Kee), who did not really believe in superstitions. One fateful night, Kee have just sent his last passenger to his destination at the north of the island. Then he wanted to drive back to his house at the south of the island. Although he have heard stories about the hill, but he always brushes the stories aside as mere superstitions. So, he confidently drove across the hill, alone in the middle of the night.

Not long after entering the hill, he saw a lady standing by the roadside. She was dressed in white and hailing his cab. Maybe because Kee has always brushes the stories aside, it did not immediately click to him on who this lady might be. So, he stopped and the lady entered the back seat of his cab.

"Where to, miss?" asked Kee.

"To the south, please" replied the lady, polite.

And they drove off. The lady's perfume quickly filled the car, very sweet and nice.

"Nice perfume!" compliment Kee with a smile, hoping to strike a conversation.

But strangely, he did not receive any reply back. So, he took a glance through the rear view mirror. His heart almost stopped when he see that there was NO ONE in the back seat of his cab!! 

(Oh no!!) He thought to himself.

Kee continue to drive. And while he drives, stories that he have heard about the hill started to come back to him. But for a reason only known to him, instead of just keeping quiet, Kee decided to call out to the lady just to make sure.

"H-Helloo miss..... Are you there??" said Kee with a bit of a trembling voice.

"Yes I am here!" suddenly came a reply.

Kee almost leaped when he heard this reply coming from behind him. He quickly glance at the rear view mirror again and still he sees no one there at the back seat of his cab. He doesn't know what to do and he can now feel his whole body freezing of fear. Sweats started to form on his forehead and he started to imagine the worse.

Out of panic, he quickly pressed the breaks and his cab came to a screeching stop!!

When he turn around to look - he saw the horrible truth! The white dress the lady was wearing is now filled with blood, which was dripping down from her face.

....

Suddenly Mr Park stopped his story there.

"Then what happen??" we asked Mr Park, wanting to know the ending.

Mr Park looked at us and smiled.

"You really want to know?" asked Mr Park.

"Of course!!" we all replied.

"Ok actually, the lady was not a ghost", Mr Park explained.

"She was actually hiding behind the driver's seat because she was digging her nose. So, when the driver pressed the break, she accidentally poked her nose too deep and her nose bleed!! Hahahaha...."

"Eeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...!!!" we all replied.

Hahaha.. GOOD ONE, MR PARK!!

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