Several Kazakhstani cities have the same urban legend at once - this is a story about a ghost girl voting on the highway.
This legend, almost identical in artistic details, is told in different cities - only the scene changes. In Almaty, this is a girl voting on the Kapshagai highway. And the drivers are unanimous that the ghost has such a sign as horse hooves. Most importantly, when the "cloven-hoofed" girl begins to chase the car, you cannot turn around, because the driver's fear will give her strength and she will catch up with the unlucky traveler. In Astana and Karaganda, these are girls who became victims of killer taxi drivers who committed their atrocity outside the city.
Usually, a ghost girl, let into the car, asks to call her home and say that everything is in order. She dictates the number, the driver calls, the girl's parents pick up the phone and say that their daughter is not alive. The driver turns around. And makes sure the back seat is empty …
“The myth about the ghost has become so stable that now at night some drivers, when they are driving alone, are afraid to pick up girls on the Kapshagai highway,” says an engineer from Almaty, Merey Ryskeldiev. - I started to study this issue. It turns out that the legend is over 20 years old. And, unfortunately, it is not without grounds. I found the relatives of the deceased girl - they still live in Almaty. According to them, taxi drivers constantly called them, informing them that their daughter was being taken. And then the parents took the mullah and went to the highway to read a prayer. Since then, the calls have stopped … Later the legend migrated to other cities of Kazakhstan and became part of local tales.
By the way, on the youtube portal there are videos about Kazakh ghosts recorded on the tracks. The creators of the video “Souls of dead people. Exclusive Materials (Kazakhstan)”for several years meticulously collecting such materials.