Japanese Urban Legend: The Taxi Driver

Translated from Japanese by Shishou(師匠)

 

Urban Legend

This story was narrated to me by one of my friend, who said that the story was a real experience of his dad.

I don't want to disclose his dad's name, so I will use the pseudonym A to refer him.

A-san is an experienced Taxi-driver who has been in this businesses for about 35 years. He drives the taxi from morning till late night, always helping the passengers to reach their destination in minimum time.

It was a rainy night. A-san was a little depressed as he didn't get many passengers that day. While riding his taxi back to the garage, he passed a desolate road that went thorough a hilly area. He had used this road a couple of times, but today was the first time he was crossing it late at night in a rainy weather.

The rain droplets were hitting hard incessantly, making it difficult to make out the road in front of him. As he progressed further, a silhouette of a woman came into his sight. He slowed down his taxi as he approached her. "Do you want to go anywhere?" He asked her.
He was rather ambivalent about stopping his taxi for her but decided to do anyway as he didn't want to disrespect the customer.

The woman told him the location and got inside the taxi. She didn't have an umbrella, so her whole body was completely soaked with rain-water.

A-san tried conversing with her during the ride, but she didn't respond to anything.

At last, the taxi reached the destination. When he turned around to ask for the money from her, he saw...no one! The backseat was completely empty...but he could see that the seat was still wet.

A-san was horrified by now. Somehow, he mustered up the courage and started heading back to garage.


"Don't you want your money?" a voice came from backseat.

 
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