The ghostly bus driver
Posted March 5th, 2011 by Murray By Moonlight
Filed under: Ghost Stories
Tags: spooky, supernatural
Reader Devin P sent in the following email:
I apologize in advance for the vague details; couldn’t find them. Here goes. Supposedly transit riders of (area unknown) have reported that after having missed a late night bus, a friendly little old man in an "old fashioned bus in need of repairs" has suddenly arrived to take them where they are going. The old man is reported to make warm, friendly conversation, as he takes the rider to their stop. Later it is inevitably discovered that such a driver and bus are not running any route on (line unknown). This seems to be an inversion of the "Ghostly Hitchhiker" legend, with the "spirit" offering a ride to the living.
No need to apologise, Devin! I very much like this re-imagining of a classic scare-lore tale, and like you I believe it has grown out of a version of “The Ghostly Hitchhiker” [1].
Having said that, I can’t remember coming across a version like this in any of my source books, and Google doesn’t return a match when you search for terms like “ghost bus driver”.
Can I ask roughly where and when you heard this story, if you remember?
And to any others who drop by; have any of you heard a similar tale involving a helpful, ghostly bus driver?
Footnotes:
| 1. | Sometimes also known as “The Vanishing Hitchhiker”. |
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October 18th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
I actually found the account here: http://www.paralumun.com/ghostbus.htm Hope you can find some detail on it. I still never have. Good luck!
October 18th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Great to hear back from you Devin! I’m still looking into this one. I’ll post here if I find anything worth reporting.
MbM
November 14th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Also one that is very similar but also fundamentally different is The Wandering Bus. Typing in Philly Urban Legends The Wandering Bus should bring it up. Possibly the inspiration for the other or vice versa, but the Philly one is slightly darker and more poetic in nature.