The bridge that the children and adults sought shelter under right before their deaths in the landslide was the Mang Gui Kui bridge, called The Flooding Bridge to locals who knew it flash-flooded occasionally. Once a bus driver was driving past the Mang Gui Kui without passengers. A woman with long hair and a pale face boarded, paying with joss paper (ghost money that is burnt in offerings for spirits to have a comfortable afterlife). The driver saw the cash box and shouted, "Lady, please pay the fee!" But there was no answer. There was nobody on the bus! This driver kept driving as usual, suspecting the supernatural and not wanting to anger whatever spirits he had encountered. At the next bus stop, when he opened the door a voice suddenly said, "Thank you".
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