Ghost on the Bus

by Gavin Sterling
(Swansea, Wales)

I was traveling home by bus from work. The bus was about half full but I still found my usual front seat on the right side. No-one was sat directly behind me. As the bus traveled I felt something like a tickling at the back of my neck. I looked around but no one could have been tickling me. I then felt someone or something grip my shoulders from behind and shake me quite violently. I also felt a tremendous heat around my head. I again looked around but no one could have been touching me as everyone was seated a distance away from me. I began to feel very nauseas, hot and shaky. I felt I had to get off the bus even though I was three stops away from home.

As soon as I got off the bus I immediately felt better and had no signs or symptoms of illness. The bus set off and passed me and I had to begin walking home. I carried on walking and came to a sharp bend in the road. This bend was notoriously a tricky one for motorists and there had been many road accidents there over the year.

As I walked round the bend I couldn't believe my eyes as the bus I was travelling on had crashed into a car. Soon a couple of police cars and ambulances passed me to reach the collision scene. I hoped and prayed everyone was alright and rather than stopping and staring and getting in the way of the emergency services I walked past the bus.

Later on the local television news the bus crash was featured. Thankfully there were no major causalities –just a few people with minor injuries like cuts and bruises. But what was really spooky was that the television report talked about past accidents on the bend in the road and said that 10 years ago there had been a similar accident involving a bus. All aboard survived apart from one woman passenger who was instantly killed and was seated at the front seat on the right. I do feel that the ghost of the killed woman was warning me to get off the bus!