Tales of a haunted highway in Kazakhstan have struck fear in the hearts of residents in the village of Khankol. The description of a disappearing woman walking along the roads is eerily reminiscent of vanishing hitchhiker folklore that appears all over the world. However, in Kazakhstan, these ghost stories have led to a police investigation, and, most curiously, animal sacrifice.
The story broke in November when the Kazakh news site
Tengrinews.kz reported that:
Residents of the small village of Khankol in the Karatobin district claim that in the vicinity of their settlement, the ghost of a woman with light-colored hair appears. The people are very frightened, even men are crying from fear.