I Picked Up a Woman at Nithi Bridge, But By the Time We Reached Chuka, the Passenger Seat Was Empty

The Nithi Bridge is one of Kenya’s most feared blackspots. People call it The Mouth of Death. Its twisted guardrails, lined with rust and dents, bear silent witness to decades of accidents. But some locals insist it’s not just reckless driving or bad weather… there’s something else lurking there.

I never believed such tales until the night I met her.

It was a cold Sunday night. I was driving back from Meru to Nairobi after visiting my sister. The road was quiet except for the hum of my engine and the occasional screech of insects hitting my windscreen. READ MORE…