Vendor loses wares to 'ghosts'

In a shocking incident, a man in Gweru lost vending wares to what he calls ghosts on Saturday. The man, Peter Sibanda, of Mtapa suburb is a vendor at a bus stop and has been selling wares for the past two years.

Speaking to B-Metro Sibanda said on the fateful day he knocked of late.

"On Saturday I knocked off around 10 pm because business had been very low during the day so I had to extend my working hours. Just as I was packing my wares two men approached and they bought two cigarettes.

"I then noticed that they were heading the same direction as mine so I asked them to help me carry my stuff. I gave them two plastic bags, the other one had potatoes and sweets and the other one had tomatoes and onions," he said.

Sibanda remained behind packing other wares while the two men took to the road. However, to his shock, the men just disappeared a few metres from him and he only saw the bags they dropped on the street.

"Just two houses from my house the two men disappeared. One minute I could see them and the next minute they were nowhere to be seen. I quickly took the two plastic bags they had dropped in the centre of the road and rushed home," he added.

"I was terrified and I was not sure what to do. When I got home I told my wife and we realised that some of the tomatoes, potatoes and sweets were missing" said Sibanda.

The following day Sibanda's kids stumbled upon the tomatoes, sweets and potatoes next to the road and they told their father.

"I went there to check and I found out they were mine. I left the goods there as I was scared to pick them up. I have heard a lot of stories about ghosts in our area but I thought it was all lies until then," he said.