Tales of Shimla

 One stormy night, a weary traveler, lost and soaked, stumbled upon an old bus stop. With no taxis in sight, he waited, shivering as the fog thickened. Suddenly, headlights pierced the fog and what appeared to be an old creaking ominous bus rolled up. The driver, cloaked in shadows, beckoned him aboard. Relieved, the traveler climbed in, but the interior was dim, filled with an unsettling silence and a chill that seeped into his bones.

As the bus sped through the winding,l narrow roads, the traveler noticed the other passengers who upon closer inspection were pale, silent and unmoving, gazing blankly ahead.

“Where are we going?" 

he bravely asked the driver. No response came, only the sound of the bus rumbling over the asphalt, the trees blurring by like dark phantoms.When the bus finally stopped, the traveler hurried to the door only to find it locked tight. Panic surged within him as he turned to the driver, but the man's eyes were void and hollow. An abyss of despair and emptiness. With a jolt, the bus lurched forward again, spiraling into the depths of the night.

Days later, the local newspaper of Shimla came out with the headline 

"Mysterious Bus Disappears with Passengers on Shimla Road—No Trace Found." 

To this day, travelers in Shimla whisper of the Phantom Bus, warning each other to never accept a ride from wandering shadows lost in the fog. For once you board, you may never return.