Lost Ghost at Karak Highway

My friend, Joe, one day decided to head back home to Pahang during the weekend. Because of the hot weather during the day, Joe decided to travel back home in the middle of the night instead. Usually, Joe goes back home using the only highway he knew from Kuala Lumpur, which was the Karak Highway.

That night, in the middle of the long stretch of highway, he felt tired because of the lack of sleep the previous night. Thinking that he would not want to endanger his or anyone’s life, he pulled over to take a short nap.

Suddenly, he was awaken by a tapping noise outside the window. Opening his eyes, he saw a little boy outside alone on the lonely and quiet highway. Scrolling down his window, he asked the little boy why was he alone in the middle of the night. The little boy then replied him that he was looking for his mother. The little boy asked Joe if he had seen his mother. Joe, finding the whole situation a little weird, started his car engine and told the little boy he had not seen a single soul throughout his journey. Joe then quickly pressed the accelerator and drove away leaving the little boy behind.

After quite some distance, Joe looked back through his side mirror and saw the little boy runnning after his car. Quite stunned, he soon realized to his horror that the little boy was still running, this time, side by side with his 110 km per hour speeding car. The little boy was still trying to tap on his window at the same time asking Joe if he had seen his mother and that he was looking for his mother. Shocked, Joe stepped on the accelerator harder.

Soon, he saw a police car at one of the rest area and reported the whole incident to the policeman. The policeman was calm and did not look even the slightest surprise or angry and told Joe that it was a common sighting at that particular area.

Apparently (according to the policeman), there was a car accident recently at that particular spot. Both the little boy and his mother died on the spot. However, the little boy’s mother was thrown out of the car quite some distance from where the authorities found the little boy’s body which explains why the little boy would ask passerby if they had seen his mother.