"The Vanishing Hitchhiker"

"The Vanishing Hitchhiker" is a popular urban legend about a mysterious traveler, often a young woman, who is picked up by a driver, typically late at night. She provides an address but disappears suddenly, often leaving behind a personal item. When the driver visits the address later, they learn she was a ghost or spirit who died nearby years earlier. The story explores themes of ghosts, unresolved history, and the thin boundary between life and death, serving as a cultural reflection on mortality and the idea that some spirits remain to complete unfinished business.