India is a country filled with bizarre stories, but at times reality turns out to be stranger than fiction. Highways are meant to bring prosperity and development, but for one tribal village in Telangana, a highway has spelled doom. The widows of Peddakunta | Source: BBC

The highway of death

The national highway number 44 connects India's north to it's southern part, but almost all men from a small village named Peddakunta have been welcomed by death on this highway. Peddakunta is now known as the village of widows as reported by BBC

The exact spot where men meet their death | Source: BBC

The reason?

While reasons suggested range from a curse to paranormal activity, the problem started after a bypass to the highway was built a decade ago. The hit and run accidents take place exactly around the same spot where the busy bypass meets the path to the village, indicating that the incidents are clearly avoidable.

In the village of 35 families, 37 men have died and three have left it for good. A 65-year-old pan shop owner on the road leading to the village says, "There are no men left there." A 44-year-old woman recounts how she lost her son and husband in accidents at the same spot in a span of few months.

The only surviving adult male who lost his wife | Source: BBC