Some modern tales say she was raped and killed by a taxi driver and this is why the fear driving in the area.

Many young men and women who have encountered her often will not speak of their encounters to do so brings sudden doom or bad luck. And if she chases you then it is a sign that you need to change your lifestyle or personal ways immediately and live a pious life. If you are on foot or a motor bike or bicycle and she touches you then you will die on the spot. Those who have seen the White Lady ghost and lived to tell of it say of her apparition that she wears a long white blood-stained nightgown tattered and ripped, and she has long disheveled tangled hair but has no distinguishable facial features or one covered with dripping blood. Only by saying the holy rosary and fasting for the following three days after you see her might then you be spared. For if you or the driver see her then she will certainly mark you next for a certain violent death.

If your riding in a taxi cab you will notice the drivers’ edginess and fear and panic level rise. If it is necessary to travel the route, they advise that the backseat of the car is fully occupied and that no one should look back or look in any mirrors. Witnesses of the white lady ghost, advise other motorists to avoid the street at night at all costs, especially if they are alone. Or as many believe today upon those that mock her existence. Many believe she searches for the man or his descendants to exact her evil revenge upon them. Her skull many say or her face which was cut away by a machete or bayonet blade was taken as his personal souvenir.

Murder on balete drive