“The Midnight Bus 375,” also known as “The Bus to Fragrant Hills,” is a terrifying Chinese urban legend that is believed by some to be based on a true incident. The story centers around a night bus and its harrowing fate.
On the evening of November 14, 1995, in Beijing, China, an old man (or, according to some accounts, an old woman) was waiting at a bus stop for the midnight bus. The only other person present was a quiet young man also waiting for the same bus. The old man struck up a conversation with the youngster.
When the last bus of the night for Route 375 arrived at the Yuan-ming-Huan bus terminus, the elderly man and the young guy boarded the bus. The old man sat near the front, while the young sat a few rows behind him. The only other people on the bus were the driver and a female ticket collector.
As the bus was driving along, the driver noticed two shadows waving at the side of the road. He stopped the bus and three people boarded: two men supporting a third man by his shoulders.
The man in the middle appeared disheveled and had his head bowed, so his face was not visible. The atmosphere on the bus became tense and quiet. Soon after, the old man accused the young man of stealing his wallet and an altercation ensued. The argument became heated and the bus driver ended up forcing both men off the bus.
Behind The Midnight Bus 375 Incident
There were several mysterious left unsolved, including.
The police discovered that the bus did not have enough fuel to travel as far as it did.
Upon examining the fuel tank, they found it filled with fresh blood rather than gasoline.
The corpses were too decomposed to have only been dead for 48 hours, even considering the warmer summer weather.
An autopsy confirmed that there was no evidence of tampering with the bodies.
