Jayuro Ghost (Freeway Ghost) - The Woman with Black Eye Sockets Who Appears and Vanishes in the Fog
It happened on a night when our company dinner ended late.
I was driving from Seoul toward Paju.
It was a little past 1 a.m.
Jayuro is just a big road during the day, but at night it feels different.
The river runs alongside it, and patches of fog settle low on the ground.
Sometimes, after passing a busy section, the road suddenly becomes empty.
That’s the worst moment.
I had the radio on low.
I wasn’t sleepy, but my eyes felt dry.
A thin layer of fog appeared ahead.
I slowed down.
Then I saw someone standing on the shoulder.
At first, I thought it was someone who’d been in an accident.
It was a woman.
Long hair, dark clothes.
And she was wearing sunglasses.
At 1 a.m., in the fog, on the side of a highway—
sunglasses.
Before I could even think about how strange that was, one thought hit me:
Don’t hit her.
I swerved slightly.
The car jolted.
The woman didn’t move.
She didn’t wave, didn’t ask for help.
She just stared toward the road.
As I passed her, I checked the side mirror.
She was gone.
I had just driven past her, but the shoulder was empty.
My heart started pounding.
I sped up a little.
But a few minutes later, I saw the woman again on the shoulder ahead.
Same posture.
Same clothes.
This time, she was closer.
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