This is a story
related to a cousin of mine. This is about a place called the Kasara Ghat...
The place is basically a valley which is very notorious for accidents that have
occurred from early 70's to late 90's.It's partially because the roads that
were build on this valley were very small, it is said that two vehicles could
not pass each other and one vehicle has to always back down and the roads were
so narrow that if one took a swift turn it would always end up crashed in the
valley.
The place is famous because it's the route to the
holy temple of "Sai Baba" which is known as Shridi Temple. Thousands
throne to this place everyday as the saint was a very revered figure through
out India.
Now back to the accidents which were very popular
back then. One of my cousins decided to go to this shrine with his friend in
his friend's car... Because the first Arati (prayer) starts at 4.00 am in the
morning therefore he started his journey around 11. 00 pm the previous day. He
had to travel by car the whole night.
Around 1.00 am he reached the Kasara Ghat. Now this
place has no street lights and all they had was the cars headlight and to their
advantage it was a full moon. Now while moving they saw a person on the bike
honking for them to move aside... My cousin was a bit surprised because the
roads were so narrow that the bike could hardly overtake them so they didn't
pay any attention but the biker kept on honking to which my cousin got really
upset, he told his friend to slow down the car so that he can give him a sound
tongue lashing.
As soon as the car slowed down my cousin started
shouting at the biker but what he saw shook him from head to toe. He suddenly
saw that the biker had no head over his shoulder and he was driving his bike as
though he was a professional... My cousin got so scared that he started
sweating and told his friends about this as soon as they saw him he whizzed
pass them and disappeared before their very eyes. All of them started chanting
prayers and drove off.
When they reached the shrine they asked a Villager
about what happened to them. He at once said some years ago a biker was killed
while trying to overtake a truck. From that day on wards people who traveled
through the route often saw this headless biker. Legend has it that if you do
not let him overtake you, you yourself would have an accident.
By - Rahul Banerjee
