Manila's Balete Drive, Taxi Drivers Say Don't Pick Up Women in White at Night

In Quezon City, the Philippine capital Manila, there is a road called Balete Drive. Beside the road stand several huge banyan trees, their branches drooping to the ground, casting shade even in the daytime.

A story has circulated here for decades, likely beginning in the 1950s: at night, taxi drivers say, a long-haired woman in white stands by the roadside, hailing a cab. She gets in and sits in the back seat, saying nothing. The driver looks at her in the rearview mirror, but in the mirror there is nothing at all. When he turns around, the back seat is empty, and on the seat there is only a pool of water.

There is another version: while driving, the driver glances at the rearview mirror and sees a woman covered in blood sitting in the back seat; she flickers and vanishes.

As for her identity, there are various accounts: some say she is a murdered bride; some say she is a female college student killed by a car; others say she is merely a wronged spirit under the banyan trees. Each version is told with vivid detail, but none has any record.

Along this road there are many old houses of wealthy families, some later demolished, some renovated, and some of the roadside banyan trees have been cut down.

Locals tell tourists that visiting during the day is fine, but at night they should not get out in that area.

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