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"Something will grow from what you are going through. And it will be you." - Unknown

I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.

elsajeni

An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously considered

princessnijireiki

I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS & I GOT BILLS”

siderealsandman

Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare drivers Magical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theft

kc749

In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.

qwertyu858

officialfist

Yeah this all checks out

keepcalmandcarriefischer

Pregnancy runs in my family. Over half of my ancestors had it at some point.

keepcalmandcarriefischer

The other big one is death. That runs in the family too. An overwhelming majority of my ancestors experienced death at some point in their lives.

keepcalmandcarriefischer

folkloregirlfriend

millicent4

@jessieandrews https://www.instagram.com/p/CFATXQugpIK/?igshid=1ir4nw63evneh

oamul

thoughtportal

theorangepdf

visiting your grandparents when you’re not a kid anymore is like. this place was magical to me as a seven year old. it looks like a normal house now. i can remember thinking there was something hidden in the garden. there’s a feeling buried here i may never be able to reach again.