00:00You're driving alone on a dark, stormy highway. The rain is so heavy you can barely see a few
00:05feet ahead. Then, out of nowhere, a figure stands frozen in the middle of the road.
00:11But it doesn't stop there, it's behind you in the mirror, and then, it's on the roof of your car.
00:17What would you do? This is a true story, or is it? It was a night that seemed to swallow sound.
00:23A storm like nothing he'd ever driven through roared across the countryside,
00:27turning the once-familiar highway into a warped ribbon of black asphalt and shimmering reflections.
00:33Rain lashed at the windshield and sheets, and the wipers moved with frantic desperation,
00:38back and forth, back and forth, trying to clear the view, but the water returned faster than they
00:44could erase it. Jason was driving alone. The headlights of his old sedan barely cut through
00:49the swirling downpour, and the only company was the low growl of the engine and the occasional
00:54flash of lightning that painted the world in stark, ghostly whites. He squinted against the rain,
01:01steering with both hands. His phone sat face down on the passenger seat, no signal. The nearest town
01:07was miles away, and the gas gauge hovered dangerously close to empty. But turning back
01:13wasn't an option. He had to make it through. As he rounded a bend on the deserted stretch of highway,
01:19his headlights froze on something, or someone, in the middle of the road. A figure. Motionless.
01:26Jason's heart skipped. His first instinct was to slam on the brakes, but something in him hesitated.
01:32The figure stood still, drenched by rain, face obscured, hands at its sides. It didn't move as he slowed.
01:40It didn't flinch. Just stared. He gripped the steering wheel tighter. His palms were clammy,
01:46slick with sweat despite the chill. What the hell? He muttered. Lightning flashed again brighter this
01:53time, illuminating the figure's outline. It was human, at least at first glance. A tall frame,
02:00soaked by rain, shoulders squared, face hidden by shadows. Jason's instincts screamed at him to
02:06swerve off the road, but the slick pavement and the darkness ahead made that an impossible option.
02:11He steadied his breathing and pressed the accelerator. As his car drew nearer, the figure remained
02:17perfectly still. Jason's eyes locked on it. He braced himself to pass by, but as he got closer,
02:24something strange happened. The figure, moved. Or rather, it vanished. One second it stood directly
02:31in front of his headlights. The next it was gone. Jason's breath caught in his throat. He hit the
02:37brakes hard tire, tire screaming against the wet road. The sedan fishtailed slightly before coming
02:43to a stop a few yards from where the figure had stood. His eyes darted around the dark, rain-blurred
02:49emptiness. Nothing. His chest heaved, trying to catch up with the pounding of his heart.
02:55It's a trick, he whispered to himself. A shadow. A branch. A reflection. But then.
03:02A glimmer of movement in the rear-view mirror. Jason's eyes snapped up to it. There, in the small
03:09rectangle between him and the rear windshield, was the figure again. Closer this time. Its form was
03:15pressed near the glass, pale and indistinct against the black night, watching him with empty stillness.
03:22Jason's grip tightened until his knuckles turned white. He turned his head, blinking hard. The road
03:28behind him was empty. The mirror showed nothing but the dark highway and sheets of rain. The figure,
03:34gone. His pulse surged. He exhaled slowly, trying to convince himself it had been a trick of the rain
03:41and the lights. He wiped his sweaty palms on his jeans and forced his gaze back on the road.
03:47But before he could steady himself, a sharp thud echoed above. Jason's head jerked upward.
03:53Something was on the roof. Something, someone. Lightning exploded again and in that brief flash
04:00Jason saw it. The same figure. Now hunched atop his car, rain cascading off its dark coat,
04:07face still hidden, hands pressed flat on the roof. It stared down at him, unmoving. Its eyes,
04:13or what passed for eyes, were hollow pits that seemed to drink the light rather than reflect it.
04:18Jason froze. For a moment, time itself seemed to stall. The wipers froze mid-swing. The engine's
04:26hum seemed to dull. Even the rain seemed to fall slower, as if the world had bent around the horror
04:31above him. His breath hitched. His mouth opened but no sound came out. The figure didn't make a sound.
04:39It didn't flinch, didn't tremble, didn't scream or claw. It just stared. A voice inside his head
04:44screamed, drive. Get out. But his body wouldn't respond. Then, suddenly, it was gone. The roof was
04:53empty. Jason's head snapped back down. The rain, the road, the night, all were as before. Had it been
05:00a hallucination? Sleep deprivation? Fear. He swallowed hard, forcing his hands back on the wheel. But then,
05:08from the corner of his eye, he saw it again. The figure was outside the passenger window.
05:13Close. So close that his breath fogged the glass. It stood rigid, staring inside with blank black eyes.
05:21Jason slammed his eyes shut. When he opened them again, it was gone. His pulse raced uncontrollably.
05:28He could feel his heart hammering against his chest like a fist. Drive, he whispered hoarsely. Drive.
05:35With a burst of adrenaline, he stomped on the gas. The tires spat water and the car surged forward,
05:42fishtailing before finding traction again. He barely kept the vehicle on the road as lightning
05:47flashed repeatedly, throwing distorted shadows in every direction. Minutes or hours passed.
05:54The figure never reappeared. But Jason didn't stop. He drove through the storm until dawn cracked the
06:00horizon. The rain softened. The sky lightened. He reached the next town, a sleepy cluster of gas
06:08stations and diners, their neon signs flickering weakly against the fading storm. Jason pulled into
06:14a gas station, hands trembling. He stepped out into the pale morning air and touched his roof.
06:20It was wet as expected, but undisturbed. No handprints. No scratches. No evidence of weight.
06:27The clerk at the counter barely glanced up when Jason poured himself water and sat on a plastic
06:33chair, staring blankly at the door. He never told anyone what he had seen. At least not at first.
06:40Four weeks after that night, sleep eluded him. Every time he closed his eyes, the hollow stare and the
06:47silent approach filled his mind. He avoided driving alone at night. He took longer routes in daylight.
06:53He pretended nothing had happened. But in the back of his mind, the question nodded at him.
07:00Was it a ghost? A spirit? Some entity that fed on fear? Or something else entirely? He never saw it
07:07again. But every time he glanced in his rearview mirror, his heart skipped just enough to remind him.
07:13It could return. What do you think Jason saw that night? Was it a ghost, some creature, or something
07:19even darker? Drop your thoughts in the comments below. I want to know what you believe. And if
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