Cabs are used by many people for work and personal use.

I'm sure some of you have had a chat with the driver when traveling long distances.

Azuki Yashiro (@yashi09) is a web manga artist who runs two companies.

One day, he took a cab and found the driver to be a very talkative person.

While he was talking to the driver, the cab passed by a cemetery.

With the wide variety of passengers they carry, cab drivers sometimes have strange experiences.

So, Yashiro asked the driver: "Do you have anything scary you can tell me?"

Little did he know that he would be in for quite a different kind of fright...

"I'm feeling sleepy right now"

The words that came out of the driver's mouth terrified Yashiro.

Of course, the driver was joking, but it certainly was a different kind of "scary story" than what he expected.

This post became a topic of conversation on Twitter, attracting nearly 66,000 likes at the time of writing, not to mention numerous comments, such as:

  • "This is scary, but on a completely different level!"
  • "It's like a comedy routine!"
  • "This driver is experienced in many ways."

In Japan, actually, it's one of the most common situations for a driver to tell a ghost story. If you're on a relatively long trip and your Japanese is good enough or you're lucky to have a driver who can speak good English, you can give it a try!)

However, this episode makes you realize that people are scarier than ghosts and monsters...!

Yashiro-san has written a manga about this episode on his official blog.

If you're interested, please check it out!

僕と『本当にあったタクシーの怖い話』 boku to hontō ni atta takushī no kowai hanashi (Me and the "Scary cab story that really happened")


By - grape Japan editorial staff.