*Originates from Peru* 

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It began with one, then two, then three accidents in such a short time that no one imagined it could be a coincidence. They all happened in the same place at the same time of night: passing the Chilco hill just before reaching the town of Pacasmayo, just after midnight.
The first two drivers perished. They were found with foam coming out of their mouths, faces frozen in terrible and unnatural masks of fright. Eyes wide and red, bodies contorted, those responsible for cleaning up the scene were scared as much as the locals once rumor got around of the deaths. They had driven straight into the steep and rocky hillside.

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The third driver survived, barely. They found him in the wreck at the foot of Chilco hill trembling uncontrollably which at first they thought related to his injuries in the accident. However, he continued to tremble even when he had recovered from his injuries and constantly seemed to be terrified of something. He didn’t speak for weeks. One day, he finally told what happened with great difficulty; this is what his family could gather from his stammering:
As an overnight driver bringing goods from Lima to the northern cities of Trujillo and Chiclayo, he had been rushing past the Chilco hill looking forward to a rest stop in Pacasmayo. At that moment, he saw something that made him jump in surprise.

A woman, blond, and dressed in white was waiting along the side of the road. The driver also noticed she was half-naked and pulled over to see if she needed help. She asked if he could give her a ride to Pacasmayo and he agreed – it wasn’t far after all, and he was hopelessly captivated by her beauty; he would have driven her all the way to Panama if she’d asked.
“She sat in the drivers seat…a-a-and began to stare at me,” he told his family, hands still shaking constantly. “I felt s-s-so cold and she growled at me to drive faster. Then she changed…she ch-ch-changed into a skull!” He couldn’t say any more.

Years later…

Another incident occurred in 1980 when a driver was passing Cerro Chilco and saw the same blond woman in the middle of the road. His truck struck her, appearing to kill her instantly. He hurriedly drove on to Pacasmayo and informed the police of the incident. When they brought her body to the hospital, she was not blonde. In fact, the woman looked completely different; she had dark skin and black hair and was known by many in Pacasmayo.
But no one knew anything about the gringa. Some of the locals began to investigate and theorize about the dangerous ghost.
Rumors began to circulate that she was the daughter of a widow, a resident of Pacasmayo, now very old and who had lost her memory and most of her sanity. The only daughter of this woman had attended the National University of Trujillo to study medicine. One day she had been on her way home from Trujillo when a fatal accident took her life.

They say she has haunted the hill ever since.

After the gringa appeared in a restaurant one day and left everyone inside with tremors and the inability to speak for weeks, the legend became simply a part of the landscape. A fact of life. “Beware the Cerro Chilco,” they say, and “never drive there alone at night.”

Those who drive from the Andean city of Cajamarca to Trujillo are not safe either.

The gringa has been known to appear and enchant drivers, asking them for a ride to Pacasmayo on their way. She gives them her address and invites them to visit her when they return. If they do, she leads them to the nearby cemetery and shows them their grave.

The stories continue and it seems the gringa of Chilco is here among us to stay.

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Original source: https://www.livinginperu.com/terrifying-legends-peru-7-ghost-la-gringa/