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.